The Mad Sock-Eating Society Poem by Practicing Poetess
The Mad Sock-Eating Society
For health, you need to eat
More fibre in your diet
Once there was a people
Who decided to apply it
The problem was, that they mistook
'Fibre' for that in cloth
They boiled their socks in water
'Til the socks were very soft
Added some salt and pepper,
And took it all with tea.
And thus they became
The mad sock-eating society.
Yes, they were mad,
Madder than the Hatter.
Devoured enough socks, that
You could knit a sweater!
Gobbled down socks quite
Madly, they did
From morning at breakfast
Until they went to bed.
When winter came, with chill and snow,
They suffered cold feet.
They had no socks to wear,
Because their socks they did eat!
a very funny poem that is quite absurd who has ever heard of a society that has that moral fibre? ...........wonderfully written.
A society that has that moral fibre- - Hahaha, LOVE it, Tom! Thank you for this. I wish that Roald Dahl were still alive to illustrate this- - he would have been perfect to draw these characters.
Hahahaha very funny I can't stop laughing!
Lorraine Margueritte, I STILL laugh when I read it! Did you read in the comments how the inspiration came about for this one? Curiouser and Curiouser! : D
What a lovely nonsense rhyme to start the day. Very amusing, where did that idea come from. I thought the Mad Sock -Eating Society were going to be washing machines! ! !
Well, Alison, are you ready for this? Truth is stranger than fiction sometimes! We poets are strange birds, and inspiration can come in many ways. Truth be told, I awakened in the middle of the night to use the lavatory, and in my sleepy brain there arose a phrase; The mad sock-eating society. What sort of strange dreams I must be having, I thought. But, being a writer, I jotted it down on paper just in case it would prove useful for later, then fell back asleep. The next morning before breakfast, I alrready had Stanzas 4 and 5. Oh, so this is supposed to become a poem! Sounds like something from Lewis Carroll, or Dr. Seuss! I kept working with it, and Stanzas 1-3 and 6 soon followed. The moral of this story? All poets should keep a notepad close at hand, and write down any idea you have, no matter how crazy it sounds. You never know what will come of it!
Wonderful humor is very wisely expressed here in this poem. Last stanza gives more concentrated ideas here. Suffering in cold but not wearing sock is so sad. But eating up socks expresses cleverness of humorous presentation in this poem...10
many thanks once again, Kumarmani, for constructive, analytical feedback- - And for the 10!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/18/2024 10:57:58 AM # 1.0.0.1119
This reminded me of Alice In Wonderland. Yes, I love nonsense poetry, and try to write some from time to time. Me thinks this is just a tad better though. Loved the humor. This is a very visual penning your words make it very easy to imagine. It would probably make a good children's book. Anyways, it's a fun read. One worth reading again and again.
Thanks, Richard, for your generous and positive review! : -)