Best Pintos Poems

Fierce Im a fire blazing 
Heat sweeping through the plains 
Singed wheat blowing smoke signals

Powerful Im the rain storming
Downpour letting out the aches and pain
Flood...

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On a spotty, sprinkled day, at the Plott's house on the block,
A squatty Uncle Scotty had sent a polka dotted,  cuckoo clock!
The family said...

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Fresh peppers, onions sauteed
Lean, lean ground beef browned
Tempting aroma surrounds
Chopped fresh herbs sizzle
Juicy tomatoes
Pintos, too
Zing!  

Inspired by: Andrea Dietrich and Lunch
Contest:MAKE ME DROOL WITH...

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Usually a pound of ground
with black beans abound
pintos are good for your heart
cannellini start
pepper, tomatoes
green chiles
mix!
      
Jalapeno, seeded, minced
chop one...

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When I visited Victor today,
overwhelming stench drove me away.
We stood outside and talked.
I complained, and he balked:
“Don’t be mean. I can’t help it. OKAY?”

He let...

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i am at the part of unfortunate decision
fake flowers in hand and a dusty prayer
hesitation has a cup of warm pintos with country ham with...

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I’m just a painter, dressed in white
In your office, painting all night
Never to see me, gone before light

Been told by your boss, you don’t like...

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On a polka-dotted day, at the Plott's house down the block,
Mama Plott was plotting where to place her dandy cuckoo clock
The handy, cuckoo clock,... took...

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Parsnips say I, oh please try them, do,
For Parsnips are so good for you!
But no, you just won’t try them, will you.
Instead, you stomp and...

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many 
prepping   

quickly 
stepping  

no time 
wasting

bird needs
basting

ham needs 
slicing

spuds need
dicing

boil them
quickly

cream them
thickly

dressing’s 
baking 

long time
taking

pintos
sweet peas

mac and
cheese, please

baking
chess pies

watching
rolls rise

tea is
brewing



feast,...

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What's a simple man like me
Doing in this part of town
Especially at a time like this
When the sun is going down

I crank my Barry Manilow...

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The First Time I Cooked Pinto Beans

By Elton Camp

I wanted to eat some pintos

So I cooked up a pot of those

And when done, I tried...

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Based on painting by Bev Doolittle: Woodland Encounter

American West in Camouflage

Two Indians* hide, in the birch forest,
        ...

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OMG
By R Henderson

Painful sweaty clumps of air converged.
From Uranus it demanded to be purged.
Your body full over engorged.
But the contract of passage had been forged.

The...

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Had Been Sitting With Both Feet

Had been sitting with both feet below seat;
After that did end up between each sheet;
With Ten toes,
Everyone knows;
Walk down street...

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