Linda Milgate Poet Rhyme

Ah Italy and Food

All over Italy north and south
Cows and goats and their cheeses
Corn polenta, mid-land pastas
There white and red wine always pleases

Beans and cabbages poor man’s wishes
Folded with tomatoes and onions
Add broth, and eatable Allium that helps the best dishes
That strong flavored bulb even illnesses eases

Ah Italy the chefs and mothers have such genius
The country endowed with uncommon vigor of mind
There you will find versions of dishes of every kind
And though the Nazis were there people still dined

Many sent their meats and cheeses to barns and homes
Where people would run and hide leaving the worse behind 
Reminding us Bologna gave us sauce, pasta and pears
In remembrance still everyone gathers and shares

Ah Italy how I wish I could again be there
But tonight in Santa Cruz there will be —
Still be tomatoes, cheeses, pasta and pears

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Joseph May March 30, 2021 at 5:19 AM The delicious flavors of Italy, Lovely verse Linda..

Rico Leffanta March 17, 2021 at 12:13 PM How could any of you have gone to Italy and not even mention Gelato? Best in the world! Aloha! Rico Linda Milgate March 19, 2021 at 10:43 AM so true!!

Victor Buhagiar March 16, 2021 at 11:34 PM Malta is very near Italy and I visited that country many times. It is rich in culture and food and fashion clothes. It's the soccer and politics that I don't like. Going anywhere in Italy you find great food. You can copy their recipes if you have the right ingredients.