Best Sweet Basil Poems
Witch HazelWitch Hazel
There once was a witch named Hazel
Mistook poison oak for sweet basil
She finally conceded
New glasses, she needed,
For Halloween spells reappraisal...
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Categories:
sweet basil, halloween, silly,
Form:
Limerick
Green Plantssun shines from above
to synthesize chlorophyll ...
green peas appear
my meal full of them
like herbivores and insects ...
sweet basil flavored
green snake hides
between the grass and creepers ...
bush rat approaches
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Categories:
sweet basil, nature,
Form:
Haiku
Categories:
sweet basil, nature,
Form:
Haiku
A Spicy LoveRosemary Thyme fell in love with
a spicy character who was Sweet Basil.
Her parents didn't Extractly like him,
because he Peppered them with Salty
words. So they would meet secretly.
One day however, she Cinnamon Cumin.
Her Poppyseed her, Anise he mad!!
To keep them apart, he put...
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Categories:
sweet basil, fun,
Form:
Free verse
A Seasoned Song RecitedA SEASONED SONG
rose,oh rosemary
sweet aroma to me,
fragrant,my thyme with thee;
lovely lemon balm
ope'd hand is my palm,
mark! love's finger print,
indelibl'd with mint;
hold sweet basil at bay,
hark! these sage words I say
my evening primrose,
see my ardour grows
aside the mistletoe.
Such is this feverfew
in my lovage for you
Listen to...
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Categories:
sweet basil, nature,
Form:
Verse
Mulberries and Monarchs
Each year I plant an herbal garden
very near a stand of mulberry trees
and every Spring when they're in bloom
they attract butterflies and honey bees.
This morning, as I tended the sweet basil,
a young Monarch landed close to my hand.
Then, a cloud of them swirled around...
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Categories:
sweet basil, butterfly, nature, tree,
Form:
Rhyme
A Seasoned Songrose,oh rosemary
sweet aroma to me,
fragrant,my thyme with thee;
lovely lemon balm
ope'd hand is my palm,
mark! love's finger print,
indelibl'd with mint;
hold sweet basil at bay,
hark! these sage words I say
my evening primrose,
see my ardour grows
aside the mistletoe.
Such is this feverfew
in my lovage for you
...
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Categories:
sweet basil, food, health, nature,
Form:
Sonnet
Sweet,Sweet Love2 cups of vanilla ice cream
2 cups materialized onions
3 cups of sauteed mushrooms
4 cups shredded roast pork
1\4 sauteed crushed onions
5 cups of egg noodles
2 cups of sauteed cabbage
2tablespoons of cayenne pepper
2tablespoons of thyme
2 tablespoons of sweet basil
1/3 cups of port
1/3 cup of Brown sugar
1/4...
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Categories:
sweet basil, food, music, romantic love,
Form:
Ballad
Migrationsan open window
and a shout of girls with blossom sweet basil in the hair
over
the salmonoids rummage
the depth of the rivers
the springs want to find
to lay the spawn
in the darkness of an idea
a snake...
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Categories:
sweet basil, imagination, inspirational,
Form:
Lyric
A Spicy RelationshipROSEMARY THYME was walking down the street when she CINNAMON CUMIN, who's name
was SWEET BASIL. He was from OREGANO.
She fell in love with him ALUM the way, PARSLEY because of his good looks.
But her POPPYSEED her...ANISE mad!! Her sister GINGER tried to...
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Categories:
sweet basil, imagination, love
Form:
Narrative
Dappled ThingsOh, thank you God for dappled things-
For skies of bright clear azure blue;
For singing birds with lovely wings;
Fresh cool secret forest springs;
Landscapes beautiful- and morning dew;
Thank you...
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Categories:
sweet basil, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Come On With Dah Grub1/4 cup of chopped shrimp
1/4 chopped crab meat
3 cups of chick peas
1/4 green onions chopped
2 teaspoons of cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons of chopped thyme
2 teaspoons of salt
1 Tablespoon of dehydrated garlic
1 egg yolk
mix well and form balls, deep fry until golden brown
a good sourdough about 3...
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Categories:
sweet basil, creation, food,
Form:
Ballad
Sweet Love of MineWalking down the quaint city street entering the sweetshop,
Oh yes! Hershey’s Almond Milk Chocolate tasty flavor
Sweetheart chooses sweet licorice and hot fudge brownie delight,
Sweetie pie and I flavor sweetmeat crystallized fruit.
Sweet tooth such a happy mouth vibrato to have;
Healthy sweet corn with sweet pepper...
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Categories:
sweet basil, happiness, happy, husband, love,
Form:
Free verse
GardenI love farms and planting. We love green foliage. My small garden have grown. Taking care and work on it make me happy. I often water it. I really appreciated that several times of smooth rain in the last month. I like its followers. Today...
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Categories:
sweet basil, beauty, farm, garden,
Form:
Haibun
My RoomI confide my self in a room
Large windows opening to a garden
Smell of honey suckles mixed with lavender and sweet basil
Venus fountain drips as birth sings winds dancing in leaves
The only wish I made a sound of my music...
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Categories:
sweet basil, inspirational, passion, time, visionary,
Form:
Free verse