A racket started in a shed
‘Tween a shovel and a rake,
They each felt top importance
A choice they ought to make.
The shovel flexed its muscles,
Claimed lifting’s all it takes.
Retorting was the other,
“No holes are made by rakes!”
The battle raged for hours.
All the gauges got the ‘hots’.
The hose became incontinent,
Rope hammock was in knots.
“Enough!” a shadow shouted.
The hoe cried, “It’s the broom!”
“I brush things up inside and out.”
Then it swept across the room.
It was never really settled
Which tool held the most clout.
If your shed remains real quiet,
Just know they worked it out.
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Hopefully they can work through it.
Good fun and nice wordplay!
Thanks. 😀
That was fun! 😊
Thank you 🌼
😁 Thanks! Not Chaucer but I was aiming for Shel Silverstein.
I loved your idea of inanimate objects fighting! Makes sense to me! LOL
btw I had to look up Shel Silverstein.
From what I read your stuff’s a lot better 😉😊
I think he’s great.
I only read two,, well bits of two….
I love this wonderful bit of poetic humor … my shed is absolutely quiet tonight.
😁 Isn’t it nice when tools get along?
Love it! I can just see them arguing!
😊 Mine are on lockdown until they behave. Thanks!
:>)
Hahahaha…What a cool tale.
(My shed’s ruled by the sprinkler, who just hoses everybody down if they get too rowdy.)
🤣 I’d bet the WD40 is a popular guy too then. Thanks.
I love it! The Secret Ego Battles of gardening tools.
A fun poem 🙂 Tools spend a lot of time in a shed, and surely they don’t agree on everything!
Only seems natural. lol 😊
Love it
😊 Thanks.
My mower keeps dropping oil….tools complain they keep slipping…….guess that explains the utter ‘mess’ when I open the door….like a pile of ‘pickup sticks’….remember that game?
HA… yes I remember. I actually had considered saying that the lawnmower couldn’t hold its oil!
All that arguing leaves my shed messy too.
If their hubris catches on with the power tools, I’m going to be in real trouble!
Thanks. 😉
I am a saw the mighty saw
Electric, powered to go
I am in charge of all of you
To me now bow down low
whimper whimper (power drill -junior version)
judder judder (jigsaw)
To you great one we all bow down
We bow down at your teeth (not feet Susan)
You keep the law and order here
And stop shedloads of grief
My tool shed’s hunky dory Susan……trained up the saw well….
Delightful conclusion. lol
If the power goes out, there will be chaos. Seems the generator is in ‘charge’ then.
Sparks will surely fly.
Darn generators drink heavily but choking them, now and them, helps keep them in check.
Now that is some quite insightful insights there….I’m impressed
My tools heard this and wish to respond (see what you’ve started?. ….I know I know it’s all dVerse’s fault)
You think you’ve got things organised
But GENERATOR I
Am master of you rabbly lot
Cross me and you die
whimper shake whimper (drill junior)
jugger shake jugger (jigsaw)
he’s all talk (KING SAW)
GEN and KS insisted on caps……never get offside with a generator or power saw Susan….results can be diabolical
🤣 😁👊 Well played.
Generators are show offs but run things well. The Govenors of their domain.
Found a crack in my solar panel, apparently they’re spiteful and jealous too!
I’ll surely watch my back. Thanks for the warning… and fun.
Thankyou…..imagination is a powerful tool not used often enough..
Whoever heard of tools talking to themselves?……
😁 Most of my adult life has been spent with kids. They told me about tools and taught me everything I know. 😉
what good fun
using tools for a pun
threaten to lay them in the hot sun!
Thanks! ;-D Clever comment too.
🙂
Excellent work Susan, very well written! Wonderful rhyme!
😊 Thanks very much!
I love the idea of all the tools in the toolshed having an altercation – a great imaginative piece!
😊 I appreciate that! Thanks.
So far, my own shed has been quiet. 🤭
As far as you know…😉
😯 🤣
Well, this is a delightful frolic in the toolshed. I love everything about it — the rhyming and rhythm, and the humor especially!
Thanks! I love making people smile. Of course, I giggled as it took shape. 🤭
Entertaining to visualize this! I had to laugh at this…”The hose became incontinent”, not only funny but also because I didn’t think I’d read another poem with the word, “incontinent” in it, after Ingrid’s! 😀
🤣 That was precisely why incontinent was on my mind. It’s cool how grazing on the work of others influences our own work.
Thank-you.
Ha… so much fun… I think both shovel and rake are mostly unused for me.
The axe and the scythe on the other hand… but their story is much scarier.
Yikes… I’d get out of their way! Thanks for commenting. 😀