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I’m with my friend Mable seated at her dining table; her roast turkey’s bone dry and I can’t understand why! She cooks for the navy but she cannot make gravy; it ends up in lumps and pours in gloopy clumps! I’ve made it quite clear I’ll make gravy next year! n/a IN 10 LINES 5 WORDS Contest Sponsored by Laura Loo Submitted to A Stunner January 2018 Contest Sponsored by Line Gauthier 12/26/17

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Sanjay Karmakar

Date: 3/23/2018 1:21:00 AM

have a great fun to read the poem. nice one. with love and regards. sanjay.

Jan Allison
Date: 3/23/2018 6:27:00 AM

Thanks so much Sanjay:-) hugs jan xx

Leon Enriquez

Date: 1/5/2018 12:01:00 AM

Dear Jan: Nicely said. Leon

Jan Allison
Date: 2/20/2018 2:26:00 PM

Thanks leon:-) hugs Jan xx

Anisha Dutta

Date: 1/1/2018 11:11:00 PM

So nice to smile n enjoy.Love.

Jan Allison
Date: 1/2/2018 3:57:00 AM

Thanks Anisha:-) happy new year:-) hugs jan xx

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 12/27/2017 5:46:00 AM

You can always bring a smile to my face Jan. This is a delight! I feel akin to her! I hope you had a great Christmas! : )

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2017 6:17:00 AM

Hi Connie, I hope you had a wonderful meal and lots of joy with your gorgeous little granddaughter and family. I just had fun with the poem and posted the poem as the contest will fill fast:-) hugs jan xx

Julian Scutts

Date: 12/27/2017 5:40:00 AM

A fine example of succinct domestic poetry. The only other reference to gravy in literature that I can think of is in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, which relates gravy to the grave as a possible explanation of Scrooge's strange visions. Let no indigestion come between us and a good new year. Thank you also for a comment on my poetry a few weeks ago, Julian

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2017 6:15:00 AM

What a lovely informative comment Julian. I'm not sure if my poetic efforts are something Dicken's would have approved of lol:-) I hope you had a lovely Christmas and my best wishes for 2018:-) hugs jan xx

Sneha Rv

Date: 12/27/2017 4:16:00 AM

Haha you make this seem so easy to do :)) Good luck in the contest!

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2017 6:12:00 AM

I just had fun with the challenge and turkey was a topical theme :-) hugs jan xx

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/26/2017 10:12:00 PM

oh Jan, this is just WONDERFUL with your "flavorful" humor . It's whimsical and I love it.

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2017 6:09:00 AM

Glad you enjoyed it Andrea:-) I've written another turkey poem to post today which is comical as I don't eat it but i know many people have it at this time of year:-) hugs jan x

Geoffrey Brewer

Date: 12/26/2017 10:07:00 PM

So maybe Mable’s gravy ‘s only wavy In the Navy

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2017 6:08:00 AM

lol Geoffrey:-) I hope you had a lovely Christmas and my best wishes for 2018:-) hugs jan xx

Eve Roper

Date: 12/26/2017 8:53:00 PM

love it, Jan, it sounds like my dinner Christmas Eve, luck in the contest

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2017 6:05:00 AM

Oh I hope your turkey wasn't dry and someone can make smooth gravy! lol:-) hugs jan xx

Ilene Bauer

Date: 12/26/2017 7:41:00 PM

this is adorable, jan! hope you had a lovely holiday...

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2017 6:02:00 AM

Having my son home was the best gift, we had a lovely roast beef dinner and no lumps in the gravy!:-) hugs jan xx

Arturo Michael

Date: 12/26/2017 6:55:00 PM

Very nice, Jan...Please make the gravy next time...Although I like it dry too...

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2017 6:01:00 AM

I make excellent gravy - no lumps except mushrooms that i always chop finely ... and we never eat turkey as none of us are particularly fond of it i do find it a dry meat lol:-)hope you had a wonderful Christmas and best wishes for 2018:-) hugs Jan xx

Frederic Parker

Date: 12/26/2017 6:40:00 PM

well, my friend, some people know how to cook and some don't, it is a learned skill one I'm glad I've learned...good luck in the contest

Jan Allison
Date: 12/26/2017 6:53:00 PM

I enjoy cooking and agree it is a skill you learn but you need to practice:-) We never have turkey always beef and our dinner yesterday was one of the best i can remember and the gravy was lump free apart from the very finely chopped mushrooms that I add:-) Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and my best wishes for 2018:-) hugs jan xx

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 12/26/2017 5:40:00 PM

I like this poem that has 10 lines. Hope you win. Have a nice evening my friend.

Jan Allison
Date: 12/26/2017 6:51:00 PM

Thanks Darlene its just a fiction write for the contest:-) hugs Jan xx