A Hole In My Sock Poem by John Carter Brown

A Hole In My Sock

Rating: 4.8


I've noticed, again, a small hole in my sock
And there's something I don't understand:
It puzzles me greatly, I'm baffled, and so
On this subject I now should expand.

I put the sock onto my left foot and see
That peeping out there's my big-toe;
This makes me unhappy, because I am sure
That left there, the small hole it must grow.

To effect a solution is easy enough,
So I swap the sock o'er to my right,
Then the known laws of physics get twisted around,
I begin to lose trust in my sight.

I cannot believe what I see on my foot
It seems that the hole has reversed;
It's moved to the left - to my other big-toe!
I now think my sock has been cursed.

I swap the sock back, and the hole moves again,
It's creepy - what does it intend?
It's back to the right, where it was in verse two,
I now think I've gone round the bend.

And so I surrender, it's all got too much
Sock-holes move, and of that there's no doubt;
I just wanted to warn you about it, and thought,
Like the toe, that I'd just point it out.

(Written Aug 2013)

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
I think I need some new socks.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kanniappan Kanniappan 19 December 2013

The poem is nice and funny. To a poet, anything can be a subject for making a poem including 'socks'.

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Inwalked Bud 24 August 2013

haha! I enjoyed this very much! Funny and witty...made me smile from start to finish..

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Mary Forrester 24 August 2013

Great poem John and very funny.

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Valerie Dohren 25 August 2013

Very funny write John - can't say I have experienced this problem myself though, and yes I definitely think you should buy some new ones.

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Ruth Walters 29 August 2013

.......and point it out you did :) What I want to know is how socks are lost in washing machines and are never seen again? Is there some black hole, some cavernous pit within the machine that sucks them in? Do they end up in 'sock alley' or down 'sock it to me hill'? ? ? ? ? ? Where are all the odd socks? : o))))) I know not still. Beam me up Socky, tee hee

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Ruth Walters 16 February 2024

Hello old friend, love your humour in this poem

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Intrigues of life are as sharp as that…

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Kim Barney 10 February 2022

Very clever closing line. Enjoyed this poem.

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Bri Edwards 13 February 2019

i just can't wait a hole two years to use this again in one of my (usually) monthly showcases of PH poems, to be found upcoming in my list of PH poems. thanks. bri (:

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Bri Edwards 26 June 2017

from MyPoemList, this now goes into my/our July 2017's 'showcase of and for PH poets', found in my PH site. Thanks. bri :)

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