Best Pinto Beans Poems

pinto beans bubble
and so does the lasagne 
as corn bread rises...

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Standing in the ankle high emerald green grass of my 
great-aunts property barefoot, hearing the creak of wood
on steel.
My daughter and husband are in the...

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I do not want to eat rice and beans any more
I want a new meal
I'm ready to throw this pot out the door
I'm sure I've...

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This tanned wee white child of Welsh-English
With a bit of American Indian flowing 
like a creek running through the meadow;
p-h-y-s-i-o-l-o-g-y spelled out loud
Daddy was proud...

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Molly’s Country Kitchen

~Polk stalks sliced, rolled in flour fried
   Refried Pinto beans
   Fresh Polk leaves rolled in eggs fried
  ...

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Lucky ones

Your pay is to break, to hurt, be bent and stink,
 the bank is your body, selling labor the means.

A wage is a a...

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chili, pasta, steak,
		fresh fruit salad, lemon cake,
		gravy, gumbo, roast,     
		bacon, jelly, melba toast,
		spicy pizza, stews,
		juicy kiwis, taffy chews,
		shish kabob, rolls, greens,
		melon,...

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When I see you in the broad daylight
Your long,ratty beard gives me a fright

You keep critters in there just for play
They won't hurt a thing,you...

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Beans
Beans
Pinto
Pinto Beans
A diabetic's dream
Helps to stablize blood glucose 
How many ways can one prepare these beans ..let us see
Just boiled seasoned, added to turkey chili,...

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SOUL FOOD RESTAURANT
 When you visit your favorite soul food spot,
 Along with your faithful friends,
 What you'll eat any given day,
 On your tastes...

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"Red Bean Soup"

Ground beef browned to perfection
Sautéed with onions.
Spices and herbs added, too.
Tomato sauces.
Pinto beans.
Boil.


© July 25, 2011
Dane Smith-Johnsen


Written for Poetry Soup Member Contest: Low...

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Got GAS--- Flatulence


Got me sum delicate tummy
Ate too MUCH late at night
After eight-thirty  for Pete’s sake----
Guess I should not have ate
That cabbage and raw...

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I come from the country,I'm proud to say, 


Playing with rocks in the creek,half of the day. 


Watching my grandmother wash clothes on an old...

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I’ll Take a Mess of Fried Possum Innards 

By Elton Camp

The mountain family made its annual trip to town
It was with their horse and wagon...

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King Of The Range

 

Pinto beans and hot fry bread

are his means for survival out on the

open range.

 

Herding cattle all day with his quarter...

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