"An Apple a Day"
by randyjohnson
People started returning apples to my store.
Because of word of mouth, they don’t want them anymore.
I got pretty irritated because of all of those returns.
People don’t want my apples because they have worms.
People don’t want them even though I’ve started selling them half price.
They don’t want my apples because they’re smart enough to think twice.
Some say an apple a day keeps the doctor away but I disagree.
Because if you eat one of my apples, a doctor is what you’ll need.
I’m unhappy and if you could see my face right now, you would see a frown.
The Health Department just examined my apples and they’ve shut me down.
Poetry
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Lol!
Maybe a new apple tree is in order dude. But anyway I enjoyed the lightheartedness of this poem more than anything else. Most people break out their melancholy when it comes to poetry but you chose to lift my spirits and make me laugh.
I see this type of poem in a children’s novel next to a funny illustration. I think it is very cute and young kids will gravitate to it.
I read this poem to my ten-year-old cousin and she loved it! Kids that age love humor like this.
I love the off-kilter humor of your poetry. It’s pretty funny stuff. I agree with MikaylaMoss about how you choose to lift spirits and bring a little levity to our otherwise dreary poetic world.
It would be great in a collection of poems for children. I can see this being used as a learning tool for rhyme (couplets are great) and because it’s got things to think about like cases in which the usual aphorisms would not work.
This was funny! This is the first poem i see that has randomly made me laugh loud. Keep it up!