an ode to our juice carafe

Our lovely juice carafe's first birthday is coming up, and to celebrate we'd like to dedicate a nice poem to it.

 

Not being great poets ourselves (see below if you need further proof), we'd love you to have a go at coming up with a fitting tribute. It needs to start with the line "It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday", and it should follow the rhyming pattern ABABCDCD, so you might want to avoid sticking an orange at the end of a line. A little bit like the one below, but much, much better:

 

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
And we’re planning a bit of a do,
We’ll probably play some reggae,
And dance a little bit too.
Someone will bake a big cake,
Hopefully with jam and cream,
Then we’ll all be too stuffed to stay awake,
So we’ll fall asleep and dream.

 

Leave your poem as a comment to this post and the 3 we like most will each win a case of our finest juice. We'll be picking the winners on Thursday February 2nd so get your entries in by the end of the day on Wednesday.

This competition is now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered and congratulations to Lydia, Paulme and Becky. A case of our juice will be on its way to you shortly.

 

Comments

[Sammy]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
It's been giving us juice for a year,
Saved you from playing croquet,
And helped me towards an innocent guilt-free beer.
Whether It's apple, banana or orange,
It's been giving us a high five a day,
No need for a throat lozenge,
Helping you on your healthy way.

[Mary T]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
Happy first birthday to our juice carafe,
Hip hip thigh bone horray!
Sorry we couldn’t get you the giraffe.
The zoo said we couldn’t have one,
Not even for your anniversairé,
So instead for your birthday we bought you yummy fruit,
An orange two apples and a pear.

[sarah]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
one year strutting himself
in the fridge near the dismay
of mystery veg under the shelf

he pities the poor veg
who didn't make it through
but knows he's got the edge
to make another birthday or two

[Kelly dower]

It's our juice carafes first birthday
And we'll all be smiling in glee
From hand picked fruit on a Monday
To squashing a ton or three
We're going to have a party
To celebrate the Innocent way
None of this concentrate malarky
It's natural for us all day!

[Tom Edmonds]

Apples are great,
Oranges are too,
We make our juices,
and we make them with love for you!

[Brice Carpentier]

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Noone likes your juice
As much as I do

[Brice Carpentier]

(seems like I'm not the only one not to have read the whole post before commenting :))

[Sara B]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
That wonderful, wonderful stuff.
An apple-y, orange-y bouquet
With none of that preservative guff.
Happy fruits squeezed, squashed and pressed,
And bottled with love and care,
Into your fridge-shelf they’ll nest.
And wait for you happily there.

[Janet]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
What madness will that makes us do
Everyone at Fruit Towers wants to play
Let’s get everyone else involved too
Big hats for carafes we should make
Out of cardboard, glitter and glue
Then for each of us we should make
A lovely cake with cream and lots of goo!

[Meryl Herbert]

It's our juice carafes first birthday
and my is it growing up fast
from a teeny weeny idea
the whole thing's become quite vast
so bring in the cake with the candles
the jelly and ice cream too
clear your throats and start singing
A Happy Birthday to you!!!

[Zac Bauman]

It's our juice carafe's first birthday,
Orange, Apple and juice Blends,
We've watched it grow so naturally,
So this message now we send.
No artificial loving,
Has helped to raise our brand,
Like all, aged one. Were innocent.
Picked and realised by hand.

[Fi Fox]

It's not a giraffe,
It's not a moose,
It's an Innocent carafe
Full of Innocent juice!
So, to this smooth, groovy dude
raise a glass full of innocent cheer
shake a leg and bust some moves
to many more fruitful years!

[Paulme]

It's our juice carafe's first birthday
A Juice of high repute
Twelve months of loving labour
Devoted to the fruit
The finest natural product
From Innocent to you
Add a drop of Vodka
And make it naughty too

[Lacy Louise Savage]

When feeling down and in need of a spruce
Just have a delicious glass of Innocent juice!

[Zac Bauman]

Autocorrect ruined my last line and I never noticed so doing it again hehe.

It's our juice carafe's first birthday,
Orange, Apple and Juice Blends,
We've watched it grow so naturally,
So this message now we send.
No artificial loving,
Has helped to make our brand,
Like all, aged one. Were Innocent,
Picked and raised by hand.

[Sophie Kemp]

It's our juice carafe's first birthday
Witness us swell with pride
And come with us please on a foray
To sample the juices inside
Be you ardent for orange or apple
You will love our carafe - just turned one!
So come to the party and grapple
With our bottles of liquid sun*

*may contain traces of fruit

[pearl hassan]

It's our juice carafe's first birthday
get down with the kids and drink
if you eat and drink heathly
your poo will not stink!
vitamins and minerals
will help you feel fine
instead of being hunover on wine
innocent juice parties are the best
richard reed dancing in his string vest
telling us his juice is top notch
whislt dancing to micchael jackson and holding his crotch!
It's our juice carafe's first birthday,
bring on the fun
innocent drinks are as bright as the sun!

[Claire Carter]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
And what a year it’s been!
We’ve gone from three to five flavours,
All fit for the Queen.
With our a handy shaped bottle,
Every fruit’s been squeezed in tight.
Never concentrated or sweetened,
To make it taste just right!

[Matt Archer]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
Just a single candle on the cake.
Enjoy its treasure the innocent way:
Prior to drinking, shake.
Don't be taken in by counterfeits,
To refresh, inspire and sooth,
With our fruity juice you can have the bits,
Or if you prefer, go smooth.

[Christopher]

Oh hey,
Did you know it's juice carafe's birthday,
100% oranges aswell as in apple too,
some poems should rhyme,
I like fruit.

[angie mcmenamin]

The Juciest Juice and the moosiest Moose,
Spent hours and hours in innocent towers,
Wondering how innocent could be greener and greener again,
Toasting the caraffes 1st birthday they consulted a Hen.
The Hen said "no way... They're as green as can be"
So if That'll do them then that will do me!

[Fi]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
we want you to join in the fun.
Think of the best party game you can play,
take a picture to show us how it's done!
We'll play it in our famous fruit towers
and over England if we think it's that good!
But after we've played silly games for hours
We'll remember our carafe, just as we should!

[Amy Lawrence]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday
So it's time to celebrate
We love it in every single way
We think it's really great

It's easier to recycle
It's easier to reuse
I said to my boyfriend Michael
"How can you refuse!"

[zebedee b]

it's (y)our juice carafe's first birthday
and i think
. . . . . . . . . . . . . i can safely say
it's become my favourite drink
to brighten this
. . . . . . . . humdrum daily grind;
this sad, drab office:
.
a flavour firework in my mind

[John B]

Innocent Carafes are a surefire hit
Standing bottle and top above the rest
Filled with the goodness and healthy bits
There's a reason that they are the best

Innocent Carafes make a delightful drink
Just like drinking liquid gold
And as you drain off this bottle. Stop and think.
It's amazing for a one year old!

[Rachael]

Dear Innocent bottle,
You are the curviest carafe
With a tall neck like a giraffe
All the best stuff's in your trunk
And you look better when you're drunk.
Happy birthday!
(PS, the first round's on me)

[Caroline]

It's our juice carafe's first birthday
and now our jc is just one
there'll be jelly and cake for the birthday
And plenty of fresh air and fun.
There'll be no blasphemy, no nasty language
For this is a family tea
We'll all start off with a sandwich
Then toast Innocent's jc

[Donmary]

My Love

Your skin glows like the kiwi, blossoms flustered as the hyacinth in the purest hope of spring.
My heart follows your ukulele voice and leaps like a penguin at the whisper of your name.
The evening floats in on a great puffin wing.
I am comforted by your burqa that I carry into the twilight of shelfbeams and hold next to my pancreas.
I am filled with hope that I may dry your tears of tequila.
As my intestine falls from my top hat, it reminds me of your pin.
In the quiet, I listen for the last squeal of the day.
My heated chin leaps to my suspender belt. I wait in the moonlight for your secret plastic so that we may porking as one, chin to chin, in search of the magnificient duck egg blue and mystical phone of love.

[Shakesbeer]

It's our juice carafe's first birthday,
It's breathing a sigh of relief,
Because, well let's put it this way,
Most carafes have lives that are brief.
It's not that it's not fit to use,
It's not that it ever springs leaks,
It's just that once we've drunk the juice,
Recycling melts most within weeks.

[Shannon]

NOTHING RHYMES WITH ORANGE

[Shannon]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday
They're full of loads of rubbish stuff
Like some sweeteners LOL JK
They're made of fruit so sweet enough
We squeeze and squash the oranges
But here we have a predicament
Because nothing rhymes with oranges
I'm so very sorry, innocent.

[Anton]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
And we're happy as can be,
we'll celebrate in our favourite way,
with a drink fresh from the tree.
The carafes are like our smoothies,
customers think they're great,
They think they're really groovy,
as we don't use concentrate :)

[mathew]

It's our juice carafe's first birthday
and not mine
wish it was
so I could drink my annversary carafe

[Di]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
And we're wishing it many more,
So if you're feeling 'thirstay',
Just head to the nearest store.
The juice carafe is waiting
To party with you in style,
So here's to celebrating,
This month, for quite a while!

[Claire Mitchell]

Happy birthday to us,
Happy birthday to us,
Happy birthday to Innocent Carafe,
Happy birthday to us!
- Original

[Sarah J Balfour]

Innocent's Juice Carafe

It's the juice carafe's 1st birthday
But don't don a silly hat 
For innocent have just intro-juiced
Another way to make you FAT!

You sit there in the chiller
Proclaiming you're good for people's health
But if they REALLY knew what was good for them 
They'd leave you on the shelf

For you're full of evil fructose
And that way to diabetes paved
And ev'ry time you're drunk from
The more that you are craved

For innocent has duped you
Into believing you need your 5-a-day
But they're not really the evil ones
They're doing what the govt say

If you want a healthy breakfast
Ditch the juice and bin the grains
For that will only lead you to
A world of misery and of pain

So heed the message of this rhyme
For I know where it's really at
If you want to be slimmer and healthier
Just eat lots of lovely FAT!!

[Nicole Stanfield-Caile]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
And oh what a lark it will be,
Don’t tell — we’ve got quite the soiree
Planned at our carafe’s birth tree.
We realize he’s come very far
Since first being plucked off the twig,
Amongst his round brethren, he’ll star
In our fruit-filled first birthday gig!

[Naomi Turner]

It's our juice carafe's first birthday
So we asked it "how do you feel?"
It opened its lid just simply to say,
"I'm feeling fruity, as part of your meal!"

Oh juice carafe you bring so much joy
With your refreshing taste,
It doesn't make a difference whether girl or boy,
Your juice won't go to waste.

[Susan Riordan]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
It’s time to celebrate!
As a consumer, I would like to say,
Your smooth orange juice is great!
Your entire range is such a treat,
And that's a certainty too!
Full of yummy fruit good enough to eat,
Happy Birthday from me to you!

[Sarah Hopkins]

It's our juice carafe's first birthday,
So join us to celebrate
This practical, stylish baby
That has made our juice look great.

Our orange, apple or juice blend
Are Innocent, tasty and pure,
So join the birthday carafe trend,
We think you'll be back soon for more!

[PottiJo]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
Our trees are just bursting with fruits,
We think that they’d probably say
Its the goodness down in their roots.
To celebrate this first birthday,
we shall dance and sing until dawn
it’s the Innocent party way
that we dance bare foot on the lawn.

[Gill Mills]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
Crack out the buns and pinata !
We can’t quite believe how a year has flown by,
For the juiceboy that’s visibly smarter
We all think he’s dandy and stylish
So give three cheers - a stonking hip, hip, hooray !
For our baby who’s grown to be Champion
And a King of our five every day

All Hail and Happy Birthday the King Of Carafes xxx

[Becky]

It's our juice carafe's first birthday,
Bring on the marching band,
Bursting with fruit and here to stay,
They're the zest-iest in the land.
So let's dance for joy and celebrate,
Gather round all your friends,
'Cos they're never made from concentrate,
And there's even some exciting new blends!

[Mr L]

Innocent continue its reign
Beautiful juices oh so YUM
They do it over again
Enjoyed on route to my tum
And the best to come
More products on the way
Synergies greater than the sum
Lucky they are here to stay

[Jennifer Carter]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
You’re all invited to the do,
When will it end I can’t say,
We’ve got a fruit fondue!
Now our carafe’s only young,
But we hope she’ll last a while,
She leaves a lovely taste on the tongue,
That really makes you smile!

[Samantha May]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
And what a year it’s been!
The perfect way to start the day
Orange juice for the win!
So if you haven’t tried one
What’s the matter with you?!
They’re fruity and fun
And innocent too :P

[lydia]

Its our juice carafe's first birthday,

We are planning to have a great laugh,

All our staff will be singing hip hip hip hooray,

For the success of our posh jug, the carafe.

The apples and oranges, all of our fruits,

The staff, and Richard Reed too,

Are going to strip down to their birthday suits,

And cause quite a hullabaloo.

[fran]

carafe’s is a juice and it gives you such a boost, when you take a sip you feel the kick of of health letting it self lose.

Happy birthday

[Diana Wadham]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
An idea of which we're proud.
We like to think we're not blase,
But we can't be kowtowed.
It's brilliance we just can't downplay,
So stand out from the crowd,
And go and buy (at least) one straightaway,
We're sure you'll be wowed!

[Desiree]

It's our juice carafe's first birthday
I can't believe you've yet to try Tropical,
As Mango and Passion fruit was Thursday's
And the taste was simply scrumptilogical.
To switch from smoothie to juice,
Will take a whole pressed apple of trust,
Glug, glug, swallow, it starts to seduce,
Soon, the world will be overcome with Tropical Wanderlust.

[angie]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday.....
Yipee eye Yay
The fruitiest Fruit juice reigns supreme for the day
sip it, slurp it or down it in Glugs
our juicy gain is a loss to the slugs....

[Andy]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
So join in with our Olympic fruit fun.
Squash citrus and berries, we’ll show you the way,
Tie a pear to your foot and round the track run.
Throw a pineapple high, way up to the sky
Jump over a melon, kick a plum into goal
We’ll punch a ripe apple, just don’t ask us why
To win is the aim, using head, heart and soul

[Meredith]

Wishing 'Happy Birthday'
To the amazing juice carafe
I really don't know what to say
About how much I love carafe
It's yummy and fresh
It's fruity and fresh
Did I mention it's fresh?
But I don't know what to say
About carafe...
Oh. I just said something.

[Sophie V]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
Let's party, who's up for some punch?
If you're juicy, smooth, bitty or fruity,
You'll really love it with lunch,
Let's all go out for a picnic,
Play games in the afternoon sun,
A carafe can't cry if it wants to,
So we'll all have oodles of fun!

[Catherine Ollerton]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
We have juiced our fruit all year,
And we think its true to say
It's even better than beer!
With lots of different blends,
Our juice is truly a delight,
We hope you like our fruit trends
and it does not contain any kites!

[julie]

Its our juice carafes first birthday
inocently made with love and care
thank-you for making it easy to say
Its definitely one for the family to share, especially in an olympic year
children can love getting their five a day
At school, work ,or just making fun
Big bottles or small its quality all the way, perfect to toast the queens jubilee
with champagne or lemonade or just on its own its the unique special one for me.

[Amique]

It's our juice carafes first birthday.
It's a big event you know.
If the weathers really bad, it might just even snow!
But it doesn't matter.
We'll still have lots of fun.
Because whatever the weather,
we'll share juice with everyone!

[Hannah]

I it’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
N no, really it is true.
N nice and here to stay,
O oh, and it's good for you.
C Come to my house and have a drink
E excellent in my cup
N no dirty plates left in the sink
T too late, I drank it all up.

[Meryl Herbert]

It's our Innocent carafe's first birthday
My favourite flavour's the orange
and my favourite place to drink it
Is the very top of the Blorenge
I really do love a challenge
it gets me every time
so I really felt I had to prove
that orange does have a rhyme!

[Sarah Stokes]

Juicing is amazing,
You may think we're like the rest,
But let me tell you now,
THAT OUR JUICES ARE THE BEST!

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY!

[Rebecca Salama]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
Oh how they grow up so fast!
It’s as if they were hand-picked just yesterday,
Long may their innocence last!
We’ll keep them fresh – no spoiling,
Leave mother nature to take her course,
Be so proud we won’t stop singing,
‘Happy birthday’ until we are hoarse!

[Fiona B.]

It's our juice carafe's first birthday,
So let's do the whole she-bang!
We'll need help going all the way,
So let's call in all the gang.
Juices, Smoothies and Thickies,
We call in need of your aid.
Help us water our guest's throaties,
We might even colour you jade.

[Bec L-H]

Its our juice carafe's first birthday,
Oh man what a beautiful squeeze.
I still remember that thirst day,
the fruit bits made me weak at the knees.

I daydream about opening the fridge door,
Secretly indulging in my first crush.
Taking that first swig thinking 'phwoar.'
As they say in the South West 'Gert Lush!'

[Kate Smith]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
A whole year of bottled delight.
We've listened to what you have to say,
And we hope we've got it just right.
We book the sun, we book the rain,
We pick the juiciest fruit,
We squeeze and squeeze and squeeze again
To create a carafe to suit.

[Kate Smith]

It’s our juice carafe’s first birthday,
We hope you'll raise a glass.
To make juice we go a long way –
Peter uses his ass.
We take off our socks and stand in a vat
And everyone has a good crush.
We've pain in our wrists – and not just from that –
We're trying to turn it to mush.

[tatiana]

who is the winner??!!!!!!!!!!

[Meryl Herbert]

so who won?!

[Sarah Hopkins]

It's your juice carafe's first birthday,
You asked us to make up a rhyme,
Lots of us rose to the challenge
And sent in our poems on time.
But now you're keeping us guessing,
Your birthday is losing its fun,
Come on guys, please stop messing,
Just tell us - WHICH POEM HAS WON?

[Kelly Dower]

I second the above poem...pleeease tell us who won! :-)