Best Larders Poems

"A Goodly Warning"
 by Rachel Heffington

O! Time is a faerie-maid, dark is her dairy laid:
Larders of mem'ry and amethyst lore.
But one kiss from her lips
On your lips as she slips
One cold hand in your pocket will finish the chore.

For her kiss it is sweet
It is...

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The heat of summer slowly dissipates.
Long days grow shorter and the weather cools,
as Autumn equinox delineates,
when children move from beaches back to schools,
and leaves begin to dry as sap recedes,
preparing for their colorful array.
When frost arrives with glistening silver beads,
Fall’s arbor shines in glorious display,
while...

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The Ocean 

When he heard, I had been a seafarer he wanted to know about 
the ocean, “write it down for me,” he said...What nerve.
The ocean has many colours one of them is blue, sometimes it is 
like a mud and often it is black...

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the apple tree greed 
the apple tree greed 

he has an apple a green apple 
he is the only person in this room 
with a green apple 
suppose suppose NOW 
he has MORE of those at home 
WHY he has a GREEN APPLE tree 
In...

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Add some water
Bring to boil slowly
Condiments will come later
Dolloped desire dropped in
Edibles let her entice
Fresh with filled flavor
Grown lovingly at home
Heartily stirred to cooking
I read the recipe and see
Jelled images of repast
Kindly koshered believers
Larders of lowfat love
Milking a midnight marinade
Nourishing nocturnally
Organic ardoured nutrition
Potluck or purposefully
Quinoa...

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Autumn sun’s shimmering light, glorifies the day’s finale, at the top of the road, a beacon of fall.
Through golden leaves, which are swiftly whisking off the proud oak’s strong-held branches,
Alive with gentle glitzy touches of orange, and an occasional glimpse of yellow turning to red,
The...

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I heard the Sun whispering,
“wake-up,”
into the ear of Nature
amid cheerful musical greetings
from avian performers,
and weary creatures stirred
paying homage to the first rays of

light.

A sauntering neighbor
with a grizzly disposition 
sniffed the air 
as wild blueberries nearby 
captured by a ray of sunshine 
shuddered, and coldly accepting...

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Life Lesson from a Best Seller

In appreciation of the nature trails of New Zealand,
It was not the journey, but friendships that formed as a band,
The time and memories strengthened, and kept challenges at bay,
Best friends to the end learnt wisdom in treks of clay,
Hardships built...

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“I do not know if he still lives in that cave or if he is even alive, but I can tell you where it is.  I have never shared this with anyone but Jessica, after her mother passed.”
     “Do you...

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Merchant vessel,  clucking chickens , shiny buttons

Chanel perfume brandy  tobacco Van Diemens Land

Applauded expedition notions......Memory of that kiss

Gatherings in balconies ,stables, larders , courtyards 

Bathwater perfumed with orange skins lavender mint

Celestial blessing ripening vine gossamer silhouettte

Glossy  pear  trees  perculated coffee...

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Myriads of golden flickering leaves dance, 
Glinting reminders of coming circumstance. 

Stately spruces preside as they have done before 
with certain reserve, they know what’s in-store.

A hearty clear stream, shares stories from on high
with any who will listen, as it babbles by. 

Stands of birch...

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Fall
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The moveable feast
Free food for the  forager
Weeds for the foolish

Nettles that sting you
are nettles that can  feed you
Praise the forest fare

Flowers to fauna
mother nature’s larders full
of flavoursome treats

Free to the finder
fare fit for a king or queen
three cheers for free food....

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the world's a pot
and we're all the spoons
wanting a taste to eat
smellin' life's scents
stirring things up
stewin' with our meat

there's just as much
to eat here today as
there was back before,
and there's just the
same peoples here too,
well, maybe a few more

so what's in the pot
besides some stones
to...

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I start with Spring glorious spring 
the time when things wake up
and once more colour floods
the earth with beautiful scented flowers

They all bask with delight in the yellow sun
while birds are busy building nests
in which to lay and tend to their chicks
one day they soon...

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