Best Tamale Poems

Hot Tamale
     By Dane Smith-Johnsen

Man from 
Guatemala,
Educator-
Hot tamale.
Lessons learned
Adoration churned.
Another’s love
A young heart burned.
From darkest fear,
You drew love near.
Esteem encroached.
By promises...

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My favorite Poetry Soup poet, the most honorable L Milton Hankins
His avatar is predominately on the home page, he’s the big tamale
Obey grammar rules and...

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The journey began in Kigali,
but came to an end at Denali:
it started off Rocky,
but downed with some Sake,
grilled moose makes the perfect tamale.
...

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Potato chip, I love you up,
my darling little buttercup.

A cup! A Reese’s chocolate one
with peanut butter. Oh, what fun!

What fun is time with nacho chips;
delightful...

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Alber’s Tamale Pie, Australian Meat Pie, Apple Pie, Amish Country Strawberry Pie,  
Bacon Pie, Bean Pie, Boston Cream Pie, Butterfinger Pie, Banana Cream Pie,...

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I am that I am

I am the way to your long forgotten dreams
I have been visited by so many people before you
And shall continue to...

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Tamera liked to run in the cold, on a whim she stopped by Woolworth and bought a package 
of hot tamale candies to eat after...

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Floating  Market on the River

A Thailand tradition 
Large sun umbrellas 
And boat roofs or hoods
And Asian conical hats
A bucket of cracked brown egg shells...

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She was as sexy as sexy can be
   Body undulating like the sea
Hips gyrating at the speed of sound
   Billowing breasts...

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LO LO-LI TA
GLAD TO ME-ET YA
YOU TINY YOUTHFULL THING
MY FA JITA 

SPICY AND SWEET 
WITH A TOUCH OF SMART
YOU LEAVE YOUR MARK 
ON YOUR CANVAS...

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red rice risotto 
roasted ripe rutabaga
raised raisin roll-up

saucy soup saucer
sloppy spaghetti supper
sweet summer sipper

tempting twisted tea
tomato tossed tamale
turtle topped torte

7/22/2020

Contest: Let the Pens Flow -...

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After Chican@ Literature 100

First of all, you are not going to find this stuff at the mall, sitting on a shelf next to a t-shirt...

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Christmas has it's candy canes and chocolate Santa Claus doll
Easter with it's Peeps and jelly bird eggs can get a little dull
But do you recall...

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The waiter: short, surly and brusque;
in the air, hung a slight scent of musk.
Natasha’s Cantina:
with Masa Harina,
crime’s perfection, wrapped in a cornhusk.

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I promise I won't...

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Good golly,
Miss molly
What a bit of folly
Let’s be jolly
Have a tamale...

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