Some Like It Hot
...
With coriander cumin turmeric
basmati rice saffron and spice
onions chilli peppers
and all things nice
with chapati and chutney
a samosa or two
naan for starters
rogan josh vindaloo
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Categories:
chutney, food, fun, humor, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
DOSA
...Dish of Indian make.
Dear to all Keralite.
Dry rice and dal well soaked,
Drained and ground to fine paste,
Dough flattened and roasted,
Delicious with chutney.
Delectable to all.
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Categories:
chutney, appreciation, food, home,
Form: Pleiades
Evanescence
...Nested in the cat’s cradle
Paraded in a child’s fable
I have no voice, don’t let me die
No longer shall I live a lie
I have no soul nor thoughts to save
Unbeknownst to me is
this life ...
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Categories:
chutney, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Gateways of Bahdur
...Remote to the walls of intelligence, a civilization is defined without a typographical position
Entrance to the society is marked with long, gargantuan red gateways that extend high
High as if touc...
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Categories:
chutney, 12th grade, beauty, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Monkey Business
...marauding foxes
mutilating fruit
minutemen mischief-makers
marching upon us
pick our pockets
laugh at our loss
“No mangoes for sale”
maimed, mangled, mashed
sweetness sham...
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Categories:
chutney, animal, culture, environment, fruit,
Form: Free verse
The Vada Pao
...I live in a country where people worship the holy cow
But there is a street food in Mumbai famously called the vada pao
It is humble food of the poor but with a big mac it can compete for sure
Man...
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Categories:
chutney, food,
Form: Rhyme
Fun With Friends
..."recently scenes of early life have stolen into my mind, like breezes blown ..."
- Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (from his writings)
When I was young and...
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Categories:
chutney, childhood, friendship, fun,
Form: Terzanelle
A Pickle Party
...All the Pickled produce gathered
At Branston Manor - if you please!
They entered via a staircase
Made of Jacob's Crackers and Cheese.
The Gherkin Girls and Chutney twins,
Who's names are Tom a...
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Categories:
chutney, food, humor,
Form: Rhyme
More Pickles Than One
...For ten months now I’ve brooded over coming second place
in the pickle section deeming, it no less than a disgrace.
It was written plain and simple, so there can be no excuse,
that the pickles in ...
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Categories:
chutney, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Cowboy Shooters On Motor Scooters
...[Just a little note to help maintain the peace on Soup.
To cause no animosity among our friendly group
I myself am partial to some tasty asian food
I hope you’ll see my tale as fun and ...
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Categories:
chutney, humorous, native american, western,
Form: Rhyme
A Drizzle of Memories
...Sometimes when my mind is restless and stressed,
From the humdrum of the daily grind,
I feel refreshed and chilled
By a cool drizzle following a soft breeze:
A drizzle of memories from the ...
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Categories:
chutney, childhood, memory,
Form: Free verse
My Little Tree
...I've got a little apple tree
But it's started to get big,
I planted it about three years ago
When it was just a twig.
It's started bearing fruit you know,
Rosy apples by the score,
At the rate ...
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Categories:
chutney, food, fruit, nature, tree,
Form: Rhyme
The Avenue of Gastronomic Delight
...The Avenue of Gastronomic Delight
Down the broad avenue called Gastronomic Delight
City life gathers when twilight awakens;
In eateries, drive-ins, greasy spoons and taverns – jumpin’ joints j...
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Categories:
chutney, america, food, international,
Form: Verse
Guyana
...Guyana
Georgetown Guyana, Sunday morning
the market is bustling with people voices
buying vegetables and other food items
a variety of different brands and choices
as the sun shines in the s...
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Categories:
chutney, appreciation,
Form: Ballade
Pickle
...PICKLE
Plums preserved in palatable pickles:
I relish, cherish sweet and sour taste
Cheery chutney alluring taste buds sensitive to sweet cum sour.
King of dishe...
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Categories:
chutney, appreciation, food,
Form: Acrostic
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