Day-5
NaPoWriMo-2026
Prompt: Today, your challenge is to take a page from Catullus and Darwin, and write a poem in which you talk about disliking something – particularly something utterly innocuous, like clover. Be over the top! Be a bit silly and overdramatic.
How I hate that slimy thing
Sticky, yucky, and ugly!
The better half never forgets
To get that thing from the market.
But I stay away from it
As much as I can muster
A courageous denial.
I know, it has medicinal benefits.
It can heal my creaking joints.
If that makes any sense
Considering the emotional
Drama it evokes
Everybody in my house loves it
The sticky, yucky, slimy thing.
Gosh! The smell, the look
Causes my tongue to burn
And my stomach to churn
Why should they name it
After ladies' fingers?
Participating in: NaPoWriMo-2026
I quite enjoy okra, but I agree about it being misnamed ladies' fingers.
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