Lord love a Duck !

Wll laying and brimming over with Joie de vivre !

Gather round friends, time to make amends
and listen to my overt overture
no more prescriptions for pills, to chasten ills
prevention is preferable to cure

This may sound indiscreet, we are what we eat
not pretence or old wive's tale,
just as an apple a day, keeps the doctor at bay
likewise, a coy clue to the holy grail

A tasty yellow banana, is nutritious manna
fortified with ready energy,
consuming such food, after it is well chewed
creates positive, pulsating synergy

Eat plenty of tomatoes, salads and potatoes
for all are loaded with lycopene,
you can be confidant, absorbing antioxidant
neutralises, harmful cells in the spleen

But my piece de resistance, to salubrious sustenance
nothing more than a simple duck egg,
I hear, 'shock horror, golly gosh, what a load of tosh'
allow me to continue, I beg !

The domesticated duck, adheres to water and muck
and will totally become immersed,
to us what appears gloop, to a duck is sumptuous soup
which it consumes, to quench a vigorous thirst

Nutrients beneficial to well-being, are not easily seen
nor found in processed food,
insects, maggots and worms, make many squirm
but delicious to a duck and duly imbued

Don't be put off, by what a duck likes to scoff
or think me enigmatic and vague,
when ingested by this bird, such organisms are transferred
into pure protein, contained within its egg

So look after your health, for it is your wealth
don't deviate or become unstuck,
now here's my case, plain as the nose on your face..
"The Lord loves you and the Lord loves me, that's why he gave us the duck ! "

Author's Note

lycopene
noun: lycopene
a red carotenoid pigment present in tomatoes and many berries and fruits.

antioxidant
noun
a substance such as vitamin C or E that removes potentially damaging oxidizing agents in a living organism.

Reviews

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

OMG Tom! Didn't know all that delicious ( ?) information about duck eggs, but makes perfect scientific sense! As to the rest- equally sound sense! And all contained in a clever and eloquent poem with great imagery, flow and rhyme. Love the duck & you !

[Tom]

Yes indeed Annette, so glad you see the merits and value of the ' mighty duck' ! Would love to be able to bring you round half a dozen of eggs, but I think it might take me a while before I'd get there..lol thanks as always my good friend!!

[NeuroVersifier]

A timely poem, masterfully delivered. Good to get back to the basics. A respite from our over-manufactured, processed lifestyles. Salvation through unexpected means, especially ones that quack.

[Tom]

Some say I'm 'quackers' NeuroV but you & I know different lol... And thanks for the appreciative words!

[Miss Sharon]

So very true Tom! You make your point quite well and very cleverly to boot. I like! ~Sharon

[Tom]

You just can't beat a duck-egg Sharon and thank you for reading & commenting !

[marilyn 1225]

humorous and clever well done with knowledge please when you have a moment read my poem that came from my nowhere about a duck totally different though from yours thanks

[Tom]

I will indeed Marilyn and thanks for commenting so favourably on my little quackie poem !

[Rita L. Sev]

Lol! Tom, this is a fun frolic of a poem! Makes me glad I am so particular about my food choices... ;)

[Tom]

Thank you Rita

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahaha! not sure i will run right out to our local duck egg farm and buy up my fill ...but i love this little ditty and from hence will avoid those pills ;)
lots of great advice on our eating habits ..tongue tingling assonance ... intelligent rhyming ... and fun! enjoyed your overture in the key of digestion :)
E.

[Tom]

Thank you Einstein for your visit and cultured review of my poem !

[Einstein Noodle]

:) .............

[Daisie Vergara (Dhaye)]

Haha! I enjoyed this so much, Tom! I can fully relate because I am an endorser of veggies and egg and fish rather than meat and processed foods. Alright! Health is really wealth.
I like this a lot. Great!

[Tom]

Thank you Dhaye for your wonderful review and wise words !

[Miss Sharon]

What a lovely way to start my day Tom! I feel as though I've taken a course in med school nutrition and am so much the better for it. ~Sharon

[Tom]

Thank you Sharon, and what better way to accompany your early morning read than a nutritious duck-egg for breakfast ?

[Miss Sharon]

I'm actually not a big egg fan, but I do like to boil them to take when I go hiking. I've never had a duck egg. How do they compare to chicken eggs?

[Tom]

Bigger, better, more nutritious and delicious.....You don't know what you're missing Sharon ?

[Miss Sharon]

Guess I'll have to find someone here who raises ducks and sells their eggs. I'd give it a try. ~SP

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Tom, We had a pet duck who loved us dearly and had
as much feeling as a dog really. The eggs of "sweetie heart"
were best used in Cake, so the batter we did make.
We even had a chicken "Buck Buck" who had almost as much
feeling as a Duck. Yes🌻 the incredible edible egg is just that.
truly, Pat

[Tom]

Thank you Pat for your lovely comments !

[Neville]

Hey Tom, I take my hat off & salute ya, I know of no one else that could have penned this. Quackingly good & seemingly full of both fact and more than a smattering of my kind of humour...I'm off now out for a duck... All Good Things, Mate, N

[Tom]

Thanks again Neville and you're right, you just can't get enough of them !!

[Sami Khalil]

Some people duck healthy transformations and some delve right into it with diet and choice treats. The lord created and you described in marvelous details this delicious duck and its benefits. Your writes are so beneficial as the advises you share...:)....

[Tom]

Yes indeed Sami no zero or a golden duck for you, tops marks as always for your accurate review and thanks for commenting !

[Sami Khalil]

Thank you kindly. You are welcome...:)................