Iowa Avenue’s Thursday Thirteen

Today’s Thursday Thirteen (#1) is partly a response to Eve’s tag and #2 - #13 are some fun with “a PIZZA the size of the SUN.”

Photo courtesy of Jedo

And of course, I’m a poet, and just didn’t know it...........................:)

“a PIZZA the size of the SUN,” was written by Jack Prelutsky. If you haven’t heard of him, he’s famous for writing children’s poetry.

The rules of Eve's meme are the following:

• Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
• Open the book to page 123.
• Find the fifth sentence.
• Post the next three sentences.
• Tag 5 people. (Be sure to post your comments here after you post your meme to your blog.)

• 1. Excerpt from I’d Never Need a Haircut

  “I’d have a new perspective
  if my head should disappear,
  and find it quite a challenge
  showing anger, joy, or fear.
  My parents would be puzzled,
  they’d be baffled, they would stare,
  when they made the observation
  that my noodle wasn’t there.
  
  There might be minor drawbacks
  if the space above my neck
  should become the site of nothing
  more substantial than a speck.
  I’d have to make adjustments
  when I wanted to be fed--
  I’d have a different outlook
  if I didn’t have a head.
  
  

  2. My Mother Makes Me Chicken

  My mother makes me chicken,
  her chicken makes me cough.
  I wish that when she made it,
  she took the feathers off.
  
  

  3. My Fish Was Small

  My fish was small,
  my fish was gold,
  but now my fish
  is still and cold.
  
  My fish no more
  will splash and splish.
  My fish is gone
  I flush my fish.
  
  

  4. A Fine Head of Lettuce

  I’m a fine head of lettuce,
  a handsome romaine.
  I haven’t a cranium
  made for a brain.
  
  I’m simple and shy,
  I remain on my own.
  I’m known in the garden
  as lettuce alone.
  
  

  5. An Unsavory Tomato

  An unsavory tomato
  felt disgruntled, glum, and cross,
  having just been judged substandard
  for a salad, soup, or sauce.
  
  With unmitigated rancor
  it declaimed, “I’ve been disgraced!”
  in unbridled agitation
  that irate tomato paced.
  
  

  6. Raisins

  I used to put raisins on oatmeal,
  until that indelible day
  when one sleepy raisin awakened
  and rapidly scampered away.
  
  

  7. My Brother’s Really Stingy

  My brother’s really stingy,
  he’s the lowest, he’s the worst.
  he never shares his lollipops
  unless he licks them first.
  
  

  8. I’m Happy as Anyone Ever Could Be

  I’m happy as anyone ever could be,
  there’s no one on earth half as happy as me,
  for I just found out at the doctor’s today
  I’m really allergic to live…HOORAY!
  
  

  9. Milk!

  I only had known it in cartons
  my parents picked up at the store.
  I recently saw where it comes from-
  I do not drink milk anymore.
  
  

  10. Spaghetti Seeds

  “These are the best spaghetti seeds,”
  the farmer promised me.
  “And each of them will grow to be
  a fine spaghetti tree.”
  
  I planted them a year ago…
  that farmer is a phony.
  I’ve not got one spaghetti tree—
  just fields of macaroni.
  
  

  11. I’m Usually a Speedy Horse

  I’m usually a speedy horse,
  today I’m very slow.
  I’m hardly making headway
  as long the road I go.
  
  I’m slower than a tortoise
  Oo a sloth atop a tree—
  My rider has decided
  that he ought to carry me.
  
  

  12. A Triangular Tale

  I

  Do

  Not

  Know

  At all how

  I got stuck

  Inside this piece

  Of pie and I’m

  Unsure how to

  Begin to get out

  Of the fix I’m in. This

  Triangle is simply not

  An entertaining sort

  Of spot so I can say without

  A doubt I’d like to leave and WOW…..

  I’m out!

  
  

  13. A Pizza the Size of the Sun

  I’m making a pizza the size of the sun,
  a pizza that’s sure to weight more than a ton,
  a pizza too massive to pick up and toss,
  a pizza resplendent with oceans of sauce.
  
  I’m topping my pizza with mountains of cheese,
  with acres of peppers, pimentos, and peas,
  with mushrooms tomatoes, and sausage galore,
  with every last olive they had at the store.
  
  My pizza is sure to be one of a kind,
  my pizza will leave other pizzas behind,
  my pizza will be delectable treat
  that all who love pizza are welcome to eat.
  
  The oven is hot, I believe it will take
  a year and a half for my pizza to bake.
  I hardly can wait till my pizza is done,
  my wonderful pizza the size of the sun.
  
  Hopefully these poems made you laugh. I enjoyed sharing them, and now, tag, you’re it!
  
  Because,
  
  After all, it’s about a healthy lifestyle!
  

  © Iowa Avenue