Best Spoonfuls Poems

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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'Twas our Christmas Eve dinner; we all had sat down
at the table to eat. Grandma couldn’t be found!
We children were fussing; Dad rose to his...

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‘Twas the night before Christmas and I didn’t care;
I had dozens of latkes I had to prepare.
The menorah was ready, with candles to light,
Waiting there...

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Childhood Days

I’d heap spoonfuls of sugar in my tea
I wouldn’t drink it without it you see
That sweet syrupy drink
Wasn’t poured down the sink
Every single drop...

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Blink if the title drew your eyes in

See, the breadth of our human functionality
Sparks interest
Curiosity

Thankfully, no evil kitty cats were killed because of it.

But, humanity...

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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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She is opaque, at best she is vague,
living in a state of robotic floating.
She wonders if she could borrow emotion
from those whose moods are overflowing.

She...

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walled isolation
     when a relationship hits hurdles
     gripped by the unfamiliar 
     a...

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Dreaming of creamsicle
vanilla and orange swirls
My tongue is swimming,
diving into the delectable
spoonfuls of tangoing 
flavors of joy-bursting “ahh.”
Better yet - creamsicle milkshake,
that goes straight to...

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HEAVY TUMBLING STORY

Before forbidden words
dawn to confess
Come... Come.. C O M E...
Uncoil your taste-buds to me
Entrust you health fully to thee

Yours truly,
FOOD
___________________________________

Enamored beyond possible reproach
I...

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I never understood
when I was a kid
what it was with adults
and coffee.
It was, "Would you like some?"
"Won't you stay for some?"
"How do you like yours?"
"What...

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"Tour of Duty"

go forth and conquer
go forth and multiply
we are taught like 
good little madams, 
it’s fed to us right
(not left) from the get go...

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"Deliverance"

The Road 
leads us 
down 
cause ways 
in our worst dreams
we never dreamt

once the course set
there is no turning back
detours buy us some time
for a...

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birth, devotion, how i feel, little sister, mirror, mother, together,

Who do you think I am - Poetry Contest

Birthed special as twins
From a shared womb
We were...

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Many times when I would here a song, I would get an almost joyful longing, but I could never pinpoint the moment in my past...

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