Best Spoonful Poems

(This is a universal story of mother’s sacrifice for their children, be it material, emotional, or intellectual.)


It was during the Korean War
Father was taken away...

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Big things in small packages, so goes the phrase
       And astounding, a spoonful of snow, in such ways

A thousand...

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Fill my  cup 
                    ...

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When streams of paper roses,
bleed bitter fragrances,
evil mists of leaves slowly fall,
drifting along autumnal 
breeze of yesterdays.

And i question
unseen dirt trapped
between sharpened thorns:
what if the...

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Outside the lines 

What is it about poetry 
that so consumes you
Brings you to your knees,
cowering in a corner
of your own delusions
Reading in between the...

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You told me
when I nearly died
how weird it felt
to feed me
how agape I waited
mouth open wide
for the next spoonful
like I did as a baby

Hungry little...

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He sang sweet songs, sweet needle point lullabies
His eyes were crystalized, their awestruck blackness ate me whole
I stayed mesmerized by his carelessness and smooth complexion
He...

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Recently, the weather turned chilly and rainy creating a desire for cornbread and homemade soup.  Thinking of re-creating my mother’s traditional autumn soup brought...

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Yesterday when I stood before him, he spoke my name
Today, I still stand, but the floorboards are cold
and he no longer knows the color of...

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On a stool she sat at Greatfather's
 feet,
 He feeding her ice cream as a
 birthday treat.

 Two years old sitting up straight,
 to catch...

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She washes her face with her tears 
Hiding behind a veil of fears
Upon her sleeve sits her heart
Making it easily torn apart
Swallowing a spoonful of...

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PoetrySoup …

I Was Heartily Welcomed… As I Sat At Your Table
By:  Carol, Sara, Carolyn, Dane Anne,  Moses, and Abel
    ...

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A slice of Americana
love their Mar-a-Lago cream cheese pastry
immorality a lot
They crave their leadership cake ...
spin-sugar batter laced, 
full of vulgarities and obscenities
in a profanity...

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"Lemon Drops"
 


a spoonful of sugar
makes it 
all go down

lemon drops 
medicine; monks -
zero ground

(LadyLabyrinth / 2021)








"Meet Me in the Hallway"/ Styles
https://youtu.be/aszLVNrU5jY
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strawberry ice cream
on this hot June afternoon

melting on my tongue . . .

from the dish up to my lips
I bring each spoonful of bliss


June 22,...

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