A chicken soup for the rainbow lover’s soul.
A chicken soup for the lover of chicken soup.
A carnage of birds, a devastation.
Chicken soup for the dried-up garden—
It’s been a lousy summer sucking us dry.
Chicken soup for the grocery list.
Chicken soup for unwanted potatoes.
Chicken soup for extinct animals.
In the west, the sun sets upon chicken soup.
With or without noodles or rice or barley,
Or vegetables—canned or otherwise—
Carrots and celery or egg drop chicken soup—
Chicken eggs, of course—or the alphabet
Or chili sauce. Chicken soup for chili lovers,
For the spicy soul. Chicken butchered
& boiled specifically for your cold.
A chicken soup for the cold soul,
A chicken soup for the sole of your shoe.
A chicken soup for decision making:
Does she love me? Or love me not?
Knots tied with chicken soup.
Chicken soup tied and sold in knots.
38 ways to tie your soup, to be tied.
Chicken soup for the protection of others.
A prayer to chicken soup, may it bring me
A winning lottery ticket. Chicken soup
For recovering alcoholics who still
Need hydration. A hydrangea’s
Chicken soup—to be loved like no other.
A chicken soup for Barry Bonds—
May he break Hank Aaron’s record.
Stick a pin in the chicken soup & bet
On its opponent. 30-Love. Match point.
A chicken soup for winners.
A chicken soup for losers.
Chicken soup for those who tie or draw.
The 60-plus occupations of soup.
Chicken for Sue, born in the year
Of the snake. The snake that ate
An alligator and died. They both died.
A chicken soup for the one who is eaten.
A chicken soup for the one who eats
Things other than chicken soup.
Transcending the bowl. A meta-bowl
Chicken soup for the transcended bowl.
Chicken soup for the transcending soup.
Chicken soup for the Marxist, steering
Away from values associated with heirarchies.
Chicken soup for the mud wrestler,
The roller derby queen. Chicken soup
For dairy queen, for the queen of hearts,
For Lady Di and the paparazzi,
For clean and dirty kings and queens.
For kiwis with wings, for the royal
Food pyramid. Chicken soup in
January, it’s so nice
To slip upon the sliding ice.
The meaningful yet simple diction in "Self Help" by Bruce Covey convoys the many uses of chicken soup. This poem conveys that chicken soup is for everyone: "the roller derby queen," "the queen of hearts," "for the one who eats," and many more. It illustrates that this is for everyone. Overall a very good poem.
ReplyDeleteThe powerful and plain diction in Bruce Covey's poem "Self Help" alludes to all the applications of chicken soup. I honestly never knew chicken soup could do all these things. I also am surprised that someone could write a entire poem about soup, that just proves poetry truly can be about anything. The speaker believes that "chicken soup" can be utilized "for good decision making." This poem isn't one of my favorites because it doesn't allude to anything serious and doesn't bring about content emotions.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the repetitive, but relatable themes of "chicken soup." Assuming that it is related to the plethora of books, I find that it is quite assuring that a variety of people like Princess Di, alcoholics, and losers are all similar by a common need-self help. Although this is a lengthy poem, the idea that everybody suffers and needs to pick themselves up is a great theme for the work.
ReplyDeleteIn the poem the home remedy "chicken soup" appears to be a cure all for almost anything the writer can think of. It can help from a "rainbow lover's soul" to "Barry Bonds." The poem seems to have a comical element, so it is not actually suggesting chicken soup fixes everything, but perhaps teasing the common use of the food to fix aliments.
ReplyDeleteI think that this poem describes and shows that chicken soup can be used by everybody. It can also be used to make people feel better. There are also many different kinds of chicken soup. I find this poem funny because of all the examples that the author provides.
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