Category: food/cooking
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Born day keto quatrain
red stevia strawberry jam round waffle, square grid spiced, coconut flour confection ginger, mint tea chaser 5-18-21
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Spilled milk
I’ve never cried over spilled milk, but I’ve cursed a few times and once when I spilled the last milk In the house, I used water and hated myself for ruining a perfectly good bowl of Cocoa Puffs. 3-27-21
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Diary from solitaire
Think these bars…..pillars Live in a plantation mansion Lie about all day No one interrupts your reveries Clean clothes and linen You promenade the halls Guards serve you hand and foot Cuisine in need of a better chef 3-18-21 *note from wife: no idea what tags to put w/ this one
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Strong coffee
You ask yourself if fresh feta From a vacuum packed container Bought at Trader Joe’s, Tastes as good as feta You remember from Greek town Chicago. Pungent bricks pulled From briney bucket sea. New sensation on your tongue Next to gyro and potatoes. Your waitress brings a smile, Baklava, a cup of thick coffee, An…
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pressed cider
Mom had a friend from church who had a friend who had a cousin who sold fresh pressed cider in gallon jars at the end of his lane along the river road; she would buy a jug or two for cold evenings for a hot drink while watching Lawrence Welk. One weekend, she sent me…
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slow cooker
the last cricket played his bow I wondered if he knew night would bring a killing cold the moon was full and large but I did not stay outside to watch it wake and rise dinner simmers in the kitchen I read, ‘After Ruben’ by Francisco Aragon I smell it from my chair 12-1-20
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rain check
Thanksgiving Day rain, lone bird sings in woods Siren calls in distance Watch out! We’re coming through! Everyone is staying home Empty seats in the living room Be safe, be healthy, be happy Thanksgiving Day rain drips from trees COVID canceled traditions Family gatherings on Zoom Family recipes homogenized and fortified 19th century dashes and…
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#4 grocery shopping before it rains
impulse buying sucks grocery list will help you eat before you go 10-29-20
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Two ways to eat poetry
1) Remove factory slices from plastic bag Be sure to retwist the tie to keep the rest from going stale Every slice the same thickness note uniform color and texture An occasional baked in void or bubble will drip butter on your shirt Enriched and fortified Easy to digest 2) Walk to a bakery Buy…
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Lunch at the deli
While cardinals flit bright in trees, Mockingbirds, robins and jays order lunch from a menu written in lines left in dirt from yesterday’s raking; Carolina wren waits patiently to bus tables when they leave 10-19-20
My husband's poetry 