The Gravy Cake Poem by Kim Barney
The Gravy Cake
One time my mother made a cake,
As lovely as could be.
This time she did no frosting make,
But caramel sauce, you see.
For lunch we had a nice beef roast
With spuds and gravy, too.
The gravy looked just like the sauce;
Sounds crazy, but it's true.
My father cut himself a slice
Of cake, and boy, did it look nice!
He topped it off with what he thought
Was caramel sauce, and then he said
Did I put gravy on that instead?
All it took was a little dip
Of his small finger, just the tip
To prove that yes, in fact he had
Put gravy on it, my poor dad!
My mom was gone; she'd had to leave
For some church meeting, I believe.
When she got home, to her delight
Sat that nice cake, a lovely sight!
She grabbed a fork and took a bite,
And I think you know, my friends,
How this sad story ends.
The picture is of my father as a young man, probably a little younger than when he put the gravy on the cake.
Written 04 February 2015
Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
Wonderful poem! Hahaha beautiful witty pen, thank you for sharing! Loved the picture too didn't know we can have own pictures displayed.
People have such odd taste buds I am sure someone would appreciate Mum's gravy on the cake. Lovely poem and also picture of your father. Thank You
already left comments. now it is time to put into my/our July 2017's 'showcase of and for PH poets', to be found in my poem list under July 2017's. follow my instructions to find this poem page again! thanks. pass the cake, please. bri :)
DAMN! IT IS KIM BARNEY! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! IN DISGUISE. I JUST LOOKED AT THE POET'S NOTES AND READ RECIFE, .........A DEAD GIVEAWAY. ESP. AFTER WHAT YOU TOLD ME RECENTLY ABOUT YOU AND YOUR PH NAMES. AND I KNEW I'D READ THAT FIRST OF 'YOUR' QUOTATIONS BEFORE TODAY. ABOUT RIVER RUNNING. FOOLED ME! ! BRI ;) SO, i'll add poem to list but maybe not you, whoever you are!
I SEE another comment has been left by you on one of my 'my english sucks' poems. i could not recall your name when i saw it. no photo or bio do i see. but i DID think this title familiar and the poem i certainly recognized. i may not have sent it yet to MyPoemList, but now i shall. your page now shows you as being a 'friend' of mine, and i suppose you were in my friends list. but i pared it down considerably recently for various reasons. now i'll add you again, just in case! if you would care to share this or another of your poems in what i call my 'monthly (usually) showcase for PH poets', where i display in one place, on my PH site, the poems of some of my PH friends, let me know. or ask questions of me. did the gravy taste ok on the meat at least? ? bri :)
Ah.. how bitter sweet is this story my friend.All you have to do is open a cake shop with me now and we will have it sown up.Love this story. Cheers and thanks as always for your encouragement. Geoffrey.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Very nicely envisioned. Thanks for sharing.