Best Buttermilk Poems

I'd almost forgotten, how fondly this little hamlet
snuggles tight against the purple hills, and how State street
divides the town into two parts, like a pizza, one half a progressive present,
and the other half, the antiquated past.   The old library building still exists,
although now...

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buttermilk sky
clouds race the moon
london
walking through russell square
where we first embraced our love...

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Ralph the garbage rummaging raccoon, found Nipper the cat at Buttermilk Saloon,
he had been suddenly sadly jilted and bleeding heart was extremely wilted.
Decided to stay out with the toms all night, to avoid a cat lover’s feline fight,
she saw him with her cousin in the...

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Buttermilk clouds with lavender tinged linings
Float on pink ribbons of an evening sunset.....

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A political figure
in the north said outright 
that our country should be punished over bretix 

This is my statement 
to one backwards thinking fool living on our island

Punishment Ireland has had over the centuries 
how low unholy such a statement beneath par 
brands in word...

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Few people remember Buttermilk’s name
A Quarter Horse of considerable fame,
He appeared in many a western show
Ridden by Dale Evans, Roy Roger’s beaux,

Buttermilk replaced several horses Evans rode,
Appeared in all but six television episodes.
Evans was known as Queen of the West
Riding Buttermilk she was at her...

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(This is a fictional poem)

My cow didn't give buttermilk when I pulled on her udders.
Only regular milk came out even though I fed her lots of butter.
Now I'm feeding my cow lots of chocolate but no chocolate milk is coming out.
People say when it comes...

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gravy on the side
lightly poured on a biscuit
Southern spicy grits

9/8/2018...

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Buttermilk sky, early dawn
Sun bringing sweet sips of life,
Warm promising day ahead
No school on a springtime Saturday.

SECOND PLACE WINNER
written February 26, 2022
especially for "LIND30nr" Poetry Contest
sponsored by Chantelle Anne Cooke...

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I waited alone in a lonely spot in the morning,                Under the shade of a huge banyan tree,            ...

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I have decided to live on buttermilk.
It contains all the ingredients
to sustain a happy and productive life.
No more worrying about the next meal.
I can spend more time seeking perfection-
picking flowers and counting stars.
I can find my place in the universe,
pondering existence,
the meaning of love,
how death...

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