Best Squashes Poems

An oddly-shaped Thanksgiving bird:
   quirky 
   turkey

What we call Grandma's mashed potatoes:
   dreamy 
   creamy

How she adds...

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I prepare myself for a deep relaxing bath
but that dratted spider was out to have a laugh

As I pour scented bubble bath into the water
Spidey...

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Pumpkin, merry queen of squash,
regnant on accord.
With a smooth and ribb-ed rind
clad in pepo-orange,
two strikes to sever
from the vine.
Gourd!





*Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded by...

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Columbus sailed three ships
Across Atlantic’s girth
And discovered awesome crops
On the other side of Earth:

Incredible avocados,
Amaizing yellow corn,
And tasty sweet potatoes
Were fabulous rewards.

Peppers sure delighted
And spurred...

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In those tender hours before the dawn
I cry that I'm his tragic pawn.
He shreds my senses into tatters
then squashes all the hope that matters.

Yet I...

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Under a tree of wet blossoms, shimmering to life in the sun, one honey bee is circling around two burly men, who wave it off,...

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A pawn for a pawn,a crown to crown,
whom is Master of this Lodge in town,
this I enquire while preparing the pyre for you to retire,
my...

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Zoning by micro-climates my
Yards' spaces, and then
Xeriscaping them to conserve
Water because of the drought, I can
Visualize neat straight furrows
(Under colorful vines
Trailing red, green, and purple...

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1. Too fired up
he exaggerates every niggle
and squashes every chance to assuage our boils.
He acts without a lode star
putting everything under weigh
and exhibiting ignorance with...

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I woke up from a nightmare into another nightmare
As the lights swooned and the clouds became clear
I thought morning came
But it was the beginning of...

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Please bring back paper bags,
I cry in genuine pain.
Those tight wrapped plastic covers
are driving me insane.

With scissors, knives and razor blades,
I hack and cut and...

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A Tale of Two Bugs 

Two bugs go strolling along the road one day
One is named Joe
The other is named Bo
Joe told Bo he knew...

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An unmade bed smothered in pillows 
The corners of the quilt brushed onto the
Floor sprinkled in kitty litter and cat hair

Shoes cluttered around throughout the...

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Pumpkin Legend

Have you carved a jack-o’-lantern for Halloween?

Did you know that the jack-o’-lantern dates back to medieval Ireland? 
Its legend involves an Irishman named Jack...

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Turtle crosses
Not bosses road
Squashes too soon
Before moon's shine
Some goon killed him
In light dim died
Quickly fried, she
Cat dived on plate  ...

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