Laundry Day at the Chicken Farm

[Good Word]

(inspired by William Carlos Williams, ChunkyC and maestrowork)


There's something about
a red bucket of chickens
dazed by Spray and Wash
beside the white washing machine

[ChunkyC]

I like it!

[LimeyDawg]

Oh no, you didn't go there...

So much depends
on my blue can of beer
next to my black monitor
above my tan delete key.

Its unkind to hook me like that

[ddgryphon]

So much I've left
undone

black coffee
untouched

bereft of
creamer

hot beside the
fresh pot

[maestrowork]

chickens have no lips
thus
they can't give me lip service

Good poem! I am so glad I inspired someone today.

[kdnxdr]

so much
left to the imagination
can't be right

[rhymegirl]

Oh God, what a funny poem! I love it!

[Paint]

Hey! another chicken person/poet! I love your poem and it inspires me with its contrast--

two
a black
a white horse
stand
switching flies
for each other
in the blue shade
of the red barn
on a gold autumn
morning.

[kdnxdr]

so much depends
to get out of the house
making certain
of no accidents
in old age

[kdnxdr]

white chickens

red firetruck

bad timing

crossing the road

[wordsheff]

so much depends
upon

the red wheel
barrow

on the other
side

[kdnxdr]

depending on why
white chickens
crossed

the road unending
carries red
wheelbarrow

[kdnxdr]

white chickens
blender

red
wheelbarrow

[kdnxdr]

chickens
red
from pushing
white
wheelbarrow

[kdnxdr]

white chickens
turned socialist
red wheelbarrow
for flag

[kdnxdr]

chickens red
from the wheel
lie in the barrow
dressed in white

[kdnxdr]

chicken witness
of farmer's barrow
turned white
at the red,
wheeled in faint
refusing
to ever cross the road
again

[Unique]

white chickens
red sauce
Schezuan
tonight

[Good Word]

for the white chicken
so much depends upon
the red rooster that it's stapled to
and whether the rooster's mother
taught it to look both ways
before it crosses the friggin' road

[arrowqueen]

A Soup-Song of Chicken.

Oh, chicken soup is wonderful.
And very good for you -
but it isn't quite as healthy
from the chicken's point of view.

So let us all be thankful,
as we savour every drop.
Be grateful for the food chain -
and the fact that we're on top.

[Yeshanu]

red and white sign
chickens
fried in batter

[Paint]

All the red chickens
hated the white chicken
until the wheel barrow
ran over it-
Now ALL the chickens
are red.

[P.H.Delarran]

gramma's apron was
white with black dots
and red heliotropes

to help me with my learning
she asked me to spell 'spurting'
while she chopped a chicken's head

[KellyAssauer]

-on the event of having failed my Andrew Carnegie class -again:

There is something about the face
of the White Towered Poet
the shock of weight and waft
when handed a live red chicken.

[P.H.Delarran]

the greying poet
inspired by vibrant tales
of chicken butchers
chose teriyake for dinner
and set the pot to boil

[P.H.Delarran]

the demise of a chicken
scewered through
talk about pecked to the bone

[Paint]

oh we poets love a rant...

gypsy eyes
looked into mine
fortune told
in chicken broth

[maestrowork]

Three pieces
dark meat, please
And while you're at it
throw in a cob of corn
buttered if you will

[maestrowork]

Waddle, waddle, waddle on the wall
Which is the fattest chicken of all?

[jst5150]

There's something about
a red bucket of KFC chicken
sprayed and washed down
with a diet coke
eaten beside the white washing machine
that gives me awful gas

[kdnxdr]

white chickens
in red wheelbarrow
depend
on the farmer

[kdnxdr]

white farmer
red neighbor
trade
chickens for pigs

[kdnxdr]

white curious
chickens
checked out
bucket of red
paint
and were wheelbarrowed
to
the burn pile

[Paint]

The whole flock gathered
in the henhouse
after farmer Bill,
long asleep.
They played on the
gameboy
with their orange feet
that Red Rooster
had stolen
so stealthily from
farmer's son,
Jun-Jun.
After much cackling
and crowing
white chicken finally
got to the next level.

[maestrowork]

The woman of my dreams
ate a red bucket of chicken
all by herself
next to the white delicates
she washed today
Then she realized
she ran out of napkins

[ddgryphon]

only bleach can
assure

you will have
chickens

fresh clean and
shining

white beside your
red barn

[kdnxdr]

one chicken white
red eyed
staggered
to his demise
wheelbarrowed
into eternity

[kdnxdr]

chickens with red
eyes
crossed the road
oblivous
to their dependence
on the necessity
of perceiving
that the wheelbarrow
was careening
out of control

[maestrowork]

I just washed my Y-fronts:
red, white, and blue
They fit perfectly on my three hens:
Lucy, Bea and Gertrude
Who says underpants
are only for cocks?

[jst5150]

Y-front, beeotch?
I just washed my three hens:
red, white, and blue
They're underpants fit
perfectly on the wheelbarrow's lament
Who says Lucy, Bea and Gertrude
are only for cocks?

[P.H.Delarran]

the proud red cock waited
by the brown chicken coup
inside were the loud squawkings
of fresh white eggs being squeezed out
in time for breakfast

[Good Word]

Febreze is so nice
inside the red chicken coop
where white chickens poop

[Unique]

Three white hens
see how they run

Around and around
the yard

Headless and heading
for the stewpot.

[kdnxdr]

WIP

red chickens
in trepidation
mute their clucks
entering an all white
henhouse
amidst rumors
of nightly visits,
the Wheelbarrow;
learning to depend
on one another
subcultural codes
develop

[kdnxdr]

wheelbarrowing
down the ravine
red chickens
white with fright
knew their lives were dependent
on the final
outcome

[Paint]

the hens had all heard
of Chicken Soup for the Soul;
it was said bad little chickies
went there when they
strayed too far from momma.

[P.H.Delarran]

the farmer's hip wife
brought soul food
to every potluck dinner in the county
always wearing a red bonnet
in memory of the chicks sacrificed

[P.H.Delarran]

once a week the farmer's wife
lets loose the red cock
party in the henhouse

with feathers fluffed
the seasoned Layers
cluck their disapproval

as the Spring Chicks
sashay through the coup
exposing their white down

[Unique]

Two white chickens
hopped

Into the red wheelbarrow
waiting

For a ride to church
because

It's Sunday
and a long time til dinner

[maestrowork]

A man can only
eat so much chicken
when his underpants
are in the wash

[maestrowork]

When the spin cycle starts
Do you grab the chicken and run?
Or do you take them for a ride?

[maestrowork]

Foghorn said to Tweetie
Wear clean underwear
my dear
when you don't know when
the next axe will fall

[kdnxdr]

white chickens;
depends
on rose colored glasses
forgotten
in the wheelbarrow

[ddgryphon]

I wear my white
depends

living in
the hope

that my age
doesn't

make me truly
chicken

[kdnxdr]

white, red
chickens
depends
on what you want

[P.H.Delarran]

dark meat or white
much depends on this choice
so say the heart doctors

[Unique]

Since so much
depends

upon the price
dear


tell us now
chickens

white capon or
hen

[maestrowork]

I forgot
where I put my chicken
until I looked
into the dryer
so full of feathers

[kdnxdr]

wheelbarrow,
cradle of dependency,
I'm a chicken
white with fright
and red with embarrasment
to confess
my agrarian ignorance

[P.H.Delarran]

the rednecked sherrif
in his brown uniform
knocked on the farmer's door
arrest warrant in hand

so much depends,
he told the farmer's wife
on what's inside your dryer
he found white feathers

the farmer shuffled out
his hands and feet in cuffs
his wife worrying after him
in her red hat

[ddgryphon]

So much depends
on not

hitting the
chicken

and leaving
it dead

beneath the red
wheelbarrow

[ddgryphon]

white chicken crossed
black road

escaping
dew wet

wheelbarrow
wielding

crazed farmer from
red barn

[Susie]

Your poems are all superb
As I write this by the chicken coop.
But instead, I'll go inside
And have some chicken soup!

Super poem, Good Word & everyone's!

[kdnxdr]

working with chicken, red, white, depends, wheel and barrow:

castrated pig
pivots in dance
red
and in debt
looks to the roulette
afraid
of spiritual purity,
yet hoping,
all visible rays of the spectrum
will encircle
his hoary head,
assuage his anger,
and lay him 'neath the hill
in peace


C:kid

[Unique]

white wheelbarrow
stained

red blooded
chickens

martyred
in the name

of Sunday
dinner

[Jaycinth]

What’s that, white chicken?
Is it me you’d peck?
Silly birdie, I’ve got your neck.

Hand full of chicken, quite enough said.
I’ve got teeth,
I’ve got your head.

Headless chicken.
Cannot squalk
Run around bleeding, soon you won’t walk.

Pluck the whole carcass and give it to Megan
She’ll eat it all,
Cause today I’ll eat vegan.

[Paint]

grandma took out the chicken food
wrapped up in her apron.
"Chick! Chick! Chick!"
the birds would come runnin'
her favorite was red
with white spots. She
called it Maude
it ate right out of her
pocket.

[Stew21]

saw Dirk posted a link to this in the contest thread, it needs a revival! :D

anyone game for more Chicken poems?

[KellyAssauer]

I can handle comments
constructive,
rude or terse,...
but no comments at all?
Makes me a chicken
to post here,
another verse!

[kdnxdr]

poultry
without recourse
becomes the main
course
if they become
dependant
on the farmer's cart
to get them around

[P.H.Delarran]

so much depends
on the weather
when serving
chicken at a picnic

so much depends
on pepto-bismol

[JRH]

Watching the chickens and roosters
Dance their merry dance,
The young farm boy soon realized
A yearning for romance,
Yet knew that it was doubtful
That he'd ever get that chance,
For he was a little chicken.

[ddgryphon]

No chicken poetry, I think I tapped out on the last bit, I just feel compelled to share that we recently obtained 25 chickens--in pursuit of fresh eggs, or so Mrs. Gryphon tells me. It has already cost me the building of a coop and several weeks of living with the little peeps in the house.

[kdnxdr]

so much depends on
25 chickens: eggs
and Mrs. Gryphon's happiness;
what's the cost
of building a chicken coop
and sleeping with the peeps?
only my red eyes
and white fluff to clean.

[P.H.Delarran]

A few eggs a day
will be a reward
but with a breakfast so plain,
will your tastebuds get bored?
I predict in a week
or two if you wait
Mrs Gryphon will seek
raising a pig for your plate.

[ddgryphon]

The damn chickens
joyride

to town
in the

wheelbarrow
clucking

freedom calls to them
with beer

[ddgryphon]

The weathercock
silent

above
the red

barn alone
and black

spins to point
windward.

[mkcbunny]

This thread is awesome.

[ddgryphon]

This belongs here too, I think.

A chicken once crossing the road,
inspired a young poet's new ode.
A wheelbarrow wet,
I'll never forget
how little I thought of this load.

[Billytwice]

H5N1
See the scientists all run
Chickens!
With their heads chopped off

[Unique]

H5N1
See the scientists all run
Chickens!
With their heads chopped off

That was funny enough*
to see again, Mr.Chicken

Don't DO IT that way
IT won't work like IT

Questions?/?Answers!!
Not Free This Time, :D

Nor even cheaply paid*
This is our Time to turn

Work Back Into Play
Namaste~ d/n mean
nasty. Ha ha ha .....

Ho ho ho, now what..?
Christmas game to. . .

Sing? / Work /Play!

[Unique]

So much depends
on scientific evidence
yet the chickens
still don't care
a red ride
is still death
in a wheelbarrow.

[Paint]

All the birds were quiet
nestling in their bed
hoping it would be
Tommy turkey
who would lose his
Christmas Dinner head.

or something like that...
Merry Christmas to All!
Paint