Best Shortcake Poems

No store bought jump starts
Cool creamy dough kneaded by hand
Baked until golden then cooled so slightly
Carefully sliced and slathered in butter
Because margarine would never do
Sun ripened berries diced and stemmed
Tossed gently with sugar forming the glaze
Fresh heavy cream beaten in a chilled bowl
Using a wire...

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Strawberries and shortcake,
With some whipped cream on its crown,
Is the greatest ever birthday cake
Deserving of renown.

Though it's fallen out of favor,
I remain a loyal fan,
So to celebrate a birthday,
I will buy one if I can.

Seems the past can still provide us
With a blueprint for a...

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I want a strawberry shortcake Halloween.
This was announced by my niece Shanteen.
I want pinks and stripes and polka dots too.
And strawberry shortcake? Added Little Loo.

Yes that especially, Shanteen agreed in a hurry.
The family had to get inventive, and we had to scurry.
Halloween was the very...

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