Widow Brown And The Cricket Poem by Kim Barney
Widow Brown And The Cricket
It was a hot and sultry day
and we were stuck in church.
The preacher's sermon bored us all
and we began to search
for anything to take our minds
off those tales of creation
and ancient prophets long ago
and warnings of damnation.
I was back then just six years old;
my brother Tim was four,
and we did something that hot day
we'd never done before.
Half of the folks were fast asleep;
the widow Brown was one.
Her mouth was open wide and deep,
and thus began our fun.
Tim found a cricket on the floor,
about an inch in size.
He sat and stared at it a bit,
and then to my surprise,
He popped it in the widow's mouth,
and she sat up at once,
and I was thinking, 'Timmy Boy,
You truly are a dunce! '
I thought for sure she'd spit it out,
but think she was in shock.
She started then to choke and cough;
we took a little walk.
The bug was caught back in her throat;
she swallowed that dang thing!
The preacher cut his sermon off;
the choir began to sing.
There were a few who'd seen it all;
they knew what we had done,
but no one scolded us a bit;
they said it was great fun!
And Congratulations on first place! .. : ) Ever so deserved! .. Endless 10'S And Stars! ..++++++++++++++++++++
This poem is hilarious! It is full of good practical humor! Thank you for sharing!
It's a sweet poem. Innocence at it's best. Congratulations for the selection of the poem
Thank you, Spanner, Rebecca, Timber and Aarzoo. I can't respond directly to the comments because they are not showing up yet.
Hilarious poem! Congrats on first place in the contest! Well-deserved!
Rebecca, Thank you for your multiple comments. You mentioned wonderful memories in one, but there are no memories here. Many of my poems are true, but this one is total fiction!
A funny poem indeed.Congratulations for this poem adjudged first in Mississippi poetry contest.
A well crafted funny poem! Very entertaining. Congratulations again, Kim. A well deserved recognition of your great work.
This is pure poetry gold! I was laughing until I had tears on my face! ! ! Excellent poem! ! ! Thanks for sharing this amazing piece!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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I started laughing so hard I couldn't catch my breath! .. This is an awesome poem! .. With such wonderful memories to recollect! ..