Humpty Dumpty sat on a tuffet
Contemplating the world and Little Miss Muffet
Of all the women he’d ever met
She was the one he couldn’t forget
As he sat there all alone
With thoughts of whey and a wish bone
He saw her comeing his way
Aww, thought he, this must be the day
For truth be known he was much in a whirl
With this dainty, pretty waif of a girl
So much in love was he
That the spider approaching, he just didn’t see
Until it was way too late
As he lay in wait by the garden gate
And as Humpty Dumpty lurched from the stool
He fell and became a pile of gruel
All scrambled and looking so sad
Miss Muffet thought his predicament was bad
So she scooped him up and tossed him in a pan
And thoroughly enjoyed the scrambled up man
Dee Garner
© October 2, 2007
In a list
A contest entry
- HUMPTY DUMPTY SAT ON A ...... by Melodies.
600 points, ended October 3, 2007, 14 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - PIF Fractured Fairy Tales by Antipodi.
1200 points, ended February 4, 14 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Grinning at your poem... and loving it a second time!
So glad you came to our contest. Wish I could clap again! 
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Ouch eaten for love now thats cullenary delight..good luck in the contest
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HoodWink
what a delightful and fun write this was although poor Humpty didn't fair very well in the end 
unique little twist on the two nursery rhymes together 
Congrats on the bronze. be well and be blessed
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Hood Wink
All scrambled and looking so sad
Miss Muffet thought his predicament was bad
So she scooped him up and tossed him in a pan
And thoroughly enjoyed the beat up man
Little different version
CooL
Rick
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HOODWINKED !!!
What a delightful twist on the old classic! I just knew there had to be more to the story than the story books told...LOL Well done dear Poet!
You have been Hoodwinked by the Poetic Bandits today because WE CARE!
Dennis
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HOOD-WINKED !!
Wow, this is really funny and so totally deserving of the trophy!
The idea is excellent, as well as the rhyming.
Thanks so much for the laugh.
Keep it up!
Annie
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Hood-Winked!
I love your humorous thoughts on Humpty Dumpty...I used to live oppisite the Castle where he actually lived (Cardinal Wolesley)...there is only the Banqueting Hall left standing...Mary Queen of Scots had it all demolished and all the stone went into building York Minster
Just thought I would tell you that little snippet
It's funny how a lot of childrens nursery rhymes are about true historical figures or events...you have made me chuckle with this tale, especially the last line...awwww that was so sad
Love the rhyme scheme and the uplifting sense of fun in your penning
You have been ambushed by a Poetic Bandit
Love and smiles...
~Lilac
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How interesting, I didn't know all that. And thank you for the comment
dee
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this is precious! and btw you have been Hoodwinked!!!
(by the poetic bandits)
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Sorry I forgot
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Hoondwinked
Hahahahaha, I had a feeling this was one of Melodies contests. She comes up with some good ones. -
HOOD WINKED
This is a beautiful poem. I got such a real chuckle out odf it. It was a real pleasure to read.
You have been Hoodwinked by the Poetic Bandits, because we care about you.
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HOODWINKED!
LOL
This was just too funny!
you did an awesome job at this..great
just awesomely great.
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I love it!! Expertly crafted and played out. It was soo amusing and creative with a cool spin on fairytales.You are a great writer.Can't wait to read more.Oh, and thank you for the comments on my poetry, I appriciate it.
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Aww, poor humpty. This was a good piece which mixed the rhymes well. Congrats on the bronze.
Thanks for your comment
AP Daughter
Pozo
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haha wow amazing, i never knew! Love this, made me laugh, and it is very cleverly written. Great write
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Hmm... A beautiful mind is all I can say... and i loved the concept of your write. It really did make sense afterall
The power of hte write, though not very obvious, is subtle and that's good, because poetry was never intended to throw cold water on the reader's face... and one more thing- It sounds veryyyy credible.. thanks for sharing.
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and there I was thinking that four lines was a beater. This is the best of the longuns. Good luck!
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Oh dear...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
This is hysterical Dee.
The imagery it conjours is marvellous.
Thankyou for giving me such a laugh.
Best of luck in the contest.
G.
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Smiling especially well here because this poem is adorably funny... And the comment by Yemassee is so much fun to read!
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Miss Muffett was a cannibal.
Little Miss Muffet
wished Humpty would stuff it
but all she could say was, "Oy Vey!"
when along came a spider
and sat down beside her
and suggested a cheesy soufflé
Well Little Miss Muffet
acted all in a huffet
but couldn't think of something to say
for deep down inside her
she was pleased that the spider
had thought of the Dumpty this way.
"You get a blender,"
the spider told Brenda
(Miss Muffet he called this way)
"And I'll get the skillet,"
and then we will kill it,
and fry that egg right away!"
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It appears that is was a love triangle.
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Lol... a love triangle indeed, Yem. Humpty, naive young egg that he was just didn't see the writing on the wall from which he had recently embarked.
Thanks for reading and commenting with such a funny poem.
Dee
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