Saturday, 21 May 2022

A Poem a Day (507): Minnie Mouse’s to-do list

 
NaPoWriMo 2022 was a fun month of writing, so for May I’m using the prompts from April 2021’s NaPoWriMo to write poems.

Day 8

Our (optional) prompt for the day is to write a poem in the form of a “to-do list.” The fun of this prompt is to make it the “to-do list” of an unusual person or character. For example, what’s on the Tooth Fairy’s to-do list? Or on the to-do list of Genghis Khan? Of a housefly? Your list can be a mix of extremely boring things and wild things. For example, maybe Santa Claus needs to order his elves to make 7 million animatronic Baby Yoda dolls, to have his hat dry-cleaned to get off all the soot it picked up last December, and to get his head electrician to change out the sparkplugs on Rudolph’s nose.
 
 
Minnie Mouses to-do list
 
For the party of the year
in the house of little Miss Mouse,
there was a lot of organising to do,
from the decorations to the invites
to the cleaning and the food,
the last chore being the most exciting.
The biggest expense was going to be
the cheese, lashings and lashings of it.
 
A big hunk of cheddar, rubbery Edam,
triangle of Brie, one Pecorino Romano,
a chunk of stinky-feet Gorgonzola,
little biddy Derby, rolling Camembert,
some lemony shavings of Mozzarella,
cue the Danish blue, bits of Parmesan,
a vibrant orange Double Gloucester,
fresh squidge of Cottage Cheese,

some crumbly Feta, firm Ricotta,
gooey Goats Cheese, sturdy Gouda,
a fancy Gruyere, and a few jugs of
sweet red wine to wash it all down.  
 
Copyright Vickie Johnstone, May 21, 2022


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