Vegetable Matter
If a conflicted carrot
based on its looks
could feel it's a parsnip
it would be a turnip for the books
and should confused chard
on corn do a number
lettuce hope the offspring
isn't a baby cucumber
some plants are quite confounded
in my garden bed
sadly the rhubarb is convinced
it's celery badly sun-burned red
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Categories:
celery, food, fun, humor, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
Veggie Might
Vegans deliver "praise-me" talks
And brag about their healthy walks
They all spout facts
But watch their backs
Because they know celery stalks!
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Categories:
celery, food,
Form: Limerick
Third Floor and Celery
Third Floor
Reality distraction
staples in the wall of my loneliness
plastered over
to gain permanency
but as a lightweight spackle,
haphazardly poised on the rusty putty knife,
is used to smooth out
the wall
with childlike enjoyment
staples find freedom
flying...
down below someone utters
uninterruptible profanity
Celery
hard times
and they told me those are
the celery sticks cracking
kid
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Categories:
celery, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
The Celery Fields
(One of my rare attempts at macaronic writing--the reasons for it may be found in the context of the poem. Only a smattering of knowledge of Spanish is needed)
Madre de Dios! Morning already?
The mud, still damp upon my pantalones--
how can I face another day?
My niña is so thin.
Two little oranges are not enough for
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Categories:
celery, on work and working,
Form: Free verse
Song of Celery Sky - the Newest Doll
Blue tin eyes dim blink
crystal lullabies to freeze
plastic harmony...
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Categories:
celery, daughter, children, imagination, life,
Form: Haiku