An Ode to the Great Exploding Turnip

by canopy

Published April 8, 2026

E - Everyone

In Poetry....

O!

O! O! O! 
O! Great Turnip how I yearn for thee! 

Thou star in my dreams not for a fee! 

Thou dances before my closed eyelids such glee! 

And bring me such sweet ecstasy! 

 

O! Great Turnip how I remember thee! 

Thy bravery was the thing of myths oh heehee! 

Still stories are told about thee! 

At the Spy Academy! 

 

O! Great Turnip how I miss thee! 

Thy exploding feats were tales of such infamy! 

Everyone knows how thee single-handedly, 

defeated the Onions! 

In the Battle of Spongnions! 

 

O! Great Turnip how I wish to see thee! 

Again here in the academy! 

Again on missions for the country! 

Exploding here! Exploding there! Eeeeeeeee!

Such excitement it excites in me! 

Come now sir! Wouldn't thee, 

again like to serve thy country, 

and explode in the name of all this Turnipry! 

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creeperfeverdreams wrote a review Review · Apr 26

Hello there, human! I'm reviewing using the YWS S'more Method today!

Shalt we commence with the spookifying S’more?

Top Graham Cracker - This is the ode to the Great Exploding Turnip who has protected everyone from the Onions. It is something that everyone must do to recite and remember as they go about their day and stay grateful to said Turnip.

Slightly Burnt Marshmallow - I have no recommendations to make as of right except for the fact that I wish an actual turnip had been conjured from this poem and exploded right before me.

Chocolate Bar - I love how honest and heartfelt this poem is towards the Great Exploding Turnip. It feels like an appropriate thing for a civilian to say to a turnip that had served their country. I especially love the line at the end when the speaker wants the turnip to come back again, because clearly, the country is in need of the turnip’s services again.

Closing Graham Cracker - Overall, a marvelous poem on the great majesty that is the turnip. I have throughly enjoyed reading this, but not as much as the turnip enjoyed exploding. And so now…

I wish you a magical day/night! ^v^

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SylvanusGrace wrote a review Review · Apr 25

Thank you for your service, Great Exploding Turnip! It was really an honor. What I like about this poem is the dynamics of James Bond and Maximus Decimus Meridius mixed into one. I really like the idea of this poem, and it poses so many questions: How did this Great Exploding Turnip defeat the Onions? Were the Onions a mafia or an evil empire? Is the fate of all garden(s) saved in the Battle of Spongnions? (loved the names :) ) I would like to hear more about the great deeds of the Great Exploding Turnip...

Thank you for sharing this! It's a really interesting poem.

All the best!

Sylvanus Grace

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lalalucky commented Comment · Apr 9

"oh heehee" ????!!!!!!! okay im obsessed

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CarrotWrites
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CarrotWrites commented Comment · Apr 9

I love this! So fantastical and happy-filling :))

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Snoink
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Snoink commented Comment · Apr 8

WAIT WHAT.

...is this actually something to celebrate??? I think having a turnip exploding would be actually quite Bad. Like, can the turnip come back or is it... gone forever???

Why am I trying to imagine an afterlife of a turnip?????

I have so many questions right now...

canopy replied · Apr 9

Initially I thought it could come back but this sounds so much better if it was an ode to a dead exploding turnip.... so much macabre lol

Snoink replied · Apr 9

WHAT HAVE I DONE????

thehoplessromantic commented Comment · Apr 8

ATTACK THE PENGUINS



Thomas Edison's last words were "It's very beautiful over there.” I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.
— John Green, Looking for Alaska