My poetry is awful. If you google "poem" and "dirty dishes" you will get several hits. Here is the first hit I found.

Thank God For Dirty Dishes

Author Unknown

Thank God for dirty dishes;
They have a tale to tell.
While others may go hungry,
We're eating very well
With home, health, and happiness,
I shouldn't want to fuss;
By the stack of evidence,
God's been very good to us.

I'd add "Merry Christmas" and your name.

If you didn't want this this to be religious, you could change it to something like

Thank Goodness For Dirty Dishes

Thank goodness for dirty dishes;
They have a tale to tell.
While others may go hungry,
We're eating very well
With home, health, and happiness,
I shouldn't want to fuss;
By the stack of evidence,
This years's been very good to us.

Here is a link that might be useful: Dirty Dishes Poem

Hi Bluelou - I asked for some suggestions from my buddies on The Cooking Forum and they came up with a few!

Here is a link that might be useful: Cooking Forum

Okay here's my attempt.

Please accept my Holiday wishes
On this small gift from me to you
To help with those dirty dishes
That your family left for you to do
DonÂt for even one minute think
That dirty dishes will never reappear
So please keep it handy by the sink
Cause Christmas comes but once a year
But Dirty dishes are a daily thing.
©2005 Eve Originals

Christmas arrives only once a year,
But dirty dishes are always here.
So this gift is given from me to you
To help with kitchen chores you do.
I hope it brings a smile your way
As my wish for a 'bubbly' holiday!

Les, one thing I remember about you being at THS was all the poems you would write for others. I always thought that was so nice of you!

noone would want a gift made of rubber.
especially a boughten?dish scrubber.
it's a reminder of a sink full of dishes.
don't think it's at the top of anyones wishes.
(but you're getting it anyway)

hows that one?don't know what boughten is but it looks like a fancy word.maybe british.

Great idea!! Uh....what's a boughten dish scrubber? lol

'Boughtin' is another way of saying 'purchased'.

Oops...that's 'boughten'. I think that the op is trying to say she purchased a factory produced scrubber instead of handcrafting one.

I bet you could package this up really cute. Sort of like the "We whisk you a Merry Christmas" whisks.

Well I'll be danged! That's the neatest idea I've heard in a while!!!

Thanks, Lonestarlady (and thanks for clueing me in about THS again). One thing I missed most about not being here was writing the poems - lots of fun for me!

Thank you for your contributions, I really appreciate you taking your precious time to help me out. Now I can finish my project and get my co-worker gifts ready.

I found this one somewhere; maybe you could change it around if you wanted to.

God bless my little kitchen,
I love its every nook.
And Bless me as I do my work,
Wash pots and pans and cook.

And may the meals that I prepare
Be seasoned from above,
With Thy great blessing
And They grace,
But most of all Thy Love.