IF ALL THE WORLD...(1)

Michael Edwards

 

If all the world was bread and cheese

there’d be a lot less anguish

for picnics in the diocese

would never be short of a sandwich.

  • Author: Michael Edwards (Offline Offline)
  • Published: January 29th, 2018 02:37
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  • User favorite of this poem: Aislinn Wilson.
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Comments10

  • Goldfinch60

    Dolce latte of course Micheal.

  • orchidee

    Some of those picnics are short of a sandwich I reckon! The only solution is as you say: get more bread and cheese in! heehee.

    • Michael Edwards

      Yup - I love those sayings (not sure if they use them in the States) : sandwich short of a picnic, crumb short of a biscuit - but my favourite is one of my own - wait for it ----- a fart short of a colander full.

      • orchidee

        Using that colander for sprouts? Bit windy!

      • FredPeyer

        Too much 'Anglo-Saxon' for me! Ok, I know what a trunk is, and I do wear trousers instead of pants, but when it comes to sandwiches, crumbs, biscuits, or colanders or calenders, whatever, I get lost!
        But your poem does sound nice, even if I don't understand it! 🙂

        • Michael Edwards

          Thanks Fred - go on Fred I think you're pulling my leg - you must know sandwiches and biscuits are what you would know as cookies. As for a colander (or cullender) it's a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as vegetables or pasta or rice - you might have a different name for them.

        • Violet bluebell( used to be yellow rose)

          lol.. bread and cheese is nice .. i think crusty frenchbread , cheese with added pickle and tomatoes.. nice read 🙂

          • Michael Edwards

            Thanks Charlotte - yes I've eaten it in France in a gite we hired - with local cheese and wine after a long drive - may not have been the best meal I've ever had but the most memorable.

          • Christina8

            Very clever write! I enjoyed it!

            • Michael Edwards

              I've never written in this genre (If all the world...) before and just finished another - good fun, thanks for the comment

            • Mottakeenur Rehman

              Alaways perfect!

              • Michael Edwards

                Thank you M - I quite like a bit of nonsense - so British.

              • dusk arising

                One of the phrases i use is 'he/she's not exactly the sharpest tool in the box' which conveys a similar meaning.
                'If he were a ghost he'd be too mean to give you a fright'
                They probably call a collander a strainer stateside whereas here its simply the release of flatulence whilst constipated.
                Please don't draw mental pictures.
                Love your pic, two birds with their wings out of sync (a rare sight... how do they do that, u never see them taking lessons).

                • Michael Edwards

                  I promise not to draw them - love all these idioms and haven't heard the ghost one before - perhaps a poem consisting of nothing but idioms might be fun - I might work on the idea. Thanks da.

                  • dusk arising

                    Now that does indeed sound like a fun project.

                  • orchidee

                    Ahh, you started me off singing now! A hymn with similar title: 'Let all the world in every corner sing'. A square world then?!

                    • Michael Edwards

                      Square? I thought it was flat with a lip to stop the oceans draining away. But aah no - you're not really singing are you?

                    • Aislinn Wilson

                      Rhyming "diocese" with "cheese" is bold to say the least. I love your style, as always.

                      • Michael Edwards

                        Only works if you can get the metre right - seems okay in this - thanks so much Aislinn - I really appreciate your looking in and commenting.

                      • BRIAN & ANGELA

                        Very droll MICHAEL ~ Gorgonzola for me and Chianti ! Yours BRIAN



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