by Kay M.
Member since:
September 1, 2007

Yard Sale (a silly poem)

May 22, 2008 11:22 AM EDT (Updated: May 22, 2008 12:59 PM EDT)
views: 217 | comments: 38

Hubby said "You want to sell the things for which we've worked so hard?"

I shook my head ."No", I said. "I want to sell the actual yard"

 

We sold our yard to old hippies who didn't mind sleeping in tents

We didn't miss the lawn mowing and they didn't miss paying rents

 

We were happy with this arrangement, though the neighbors thought us strange

Then one cold night the hippies said "Dudes, can we come in for a change"?

 

Now we are one big family and there is no room for our gear

So we are going to hold a conventional yard sale this year

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Comments: 38

donna h. May 22, 2008, 11:26am EDT
very good
Marianne R. May 22, 2008, 11:48am EDT
Cute.
Bridget ♥ May 22, 2008, 12:01pm EDT
nicely done
Christine L. May 22, 2008, 12:32pm EDT
Too funny! Cute poem.
Peter Joseph Swanson May 22, 2008, 12:52pm EDT
ha ha - SO creative !!!
necee t. May 22, 2008, 1:12pm EDT
very funny... cool...
Kimber L. May 22, 2008, 1:37pm EDT
cute
thanks for posting to Make me Laugh
samantha b. May 22, 2008, 2:45pm EDT
lol, awesome
Patty H. May 22, 2008, 3:20pm EDT
Cute
Bhawana 'Gather Proud Mom' May 22, 2008, 4:31pm EDT
I am laughing and just enjoying...hooo hooo hoo

excellent
~Lady Neeetah of California~Obama #44 W. May 22, 2008, 4:39pm EDT
That was different, cool, creative ~~ LOVED it!
Elsie Duggan May 22, 2008, 5:59pm EDT
I love it Kay, I wish I had thought of a yard sale when I was moving, now spending a lot of time on eBay trying to get rid of some stuff I should never have brought with me, I love the premise of your poem, letting people sleep in your yard, and then letting them come in, and need to have a yard sale, great imagination and I could see the moving about.
J R B. May 22, 2008, 6:09pm EDT
So cute, I love it.
Sue M. May 22, 2008, 7:42pm EDT
Cute poem, Kay!
Amanda "middle of nowhere" C. May 22, 2008, 8:28pm EDT
I would have kept the hippies in the yard. No mowing sounds great!
Chelsea R. May 23, 2008, 11:18am EDT
great poem! :)
Beth - Doing God's work Daily J. May 23, 2008, 11:44am EDT
that is a great poem.
April H. May 23, 2008, 1:02pm EDT
Priceless!
Elaine B. May 23, 2008, 1:47pm EDT
Love the poem, Kay!
Melinda ~choosing happiness~ S. May 23, 2008, 3:26pm EDT
LOL!! My daughter is in the midst of holding a yard sale this weekend- I can't wait to read her your poem! I love it!
Sheila Deeth May 23, 2008, 7:31pm EDT
Oh great! Loved it!
Digital Diva S. May 24, 2008, 12:27pm EDT
Very cute.
Donald M. May 24, 2008, 12:50pm EDT
That was just crackup funny. I have yard sales all the time, but now dont have a place to do them. I told my friends, that I needed to start building efficiency apartments and everyone do like the hippies except for the drugs of course. Do share shopping and share cropping. Old ones babysit for the ones that can work. Their job. Workers shop on the way home for the everyone else. Barder work, Retired work in garden or do what they are good at, have a small community of busy bee,s without out the cost of every day life.
Goodness no not a confined relligious sect. Just people helping people,
Rae M. May 24, 2008, 1:21pm EDT
Selling the yard, that is an interesting concept. Cute!
M & M. May 24, 2008, 3:33pm EDT
Great.
William Dotani May 24, 2008, 4:13pm EDT
This gave me a smile. It is just cute verse.
Jerri H. May 24, 2008, 9:17pm EDT
That was hilarious!
Curt L. May 25, 2008, 1:35pm EDT
Delightful, Kay!
Carol Lloyd May 25, 2008, 4:01pm EDT
very good
Sujata (funnily 'Suji' ) S. May 26, 2008, 11:07pm EDT
Sheer fun in verse !! WoW That I now know is Kay !!!
Kay M. May 27, 2008, 1:59pm EDT
Thank you all for the nice comments
Sherrie H. May 28, 2008, 1:15am EDT
Very cute poem!
J W. May 31, 2008, 5:04am EDT
good poem
necee t. Jun 7, 2008, 8:42pm EDT
cute
Ang, wandering aimlessly, G. Jun 8, 2008, 1:29am EDT
Cute.
Jessica S. Jul 17, 2008, 12:29am EDT
very sweet poem. lol! i'm having a yard sale on saturday!
Heather ~of the Whippets~ M. Jan 25, 2009, 7:31am EST
Cute poem.
Nancy S. Jul 3, 2009, 6:05pm EDT

Lol.  What a cute poem.

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