Cornmeal Poems | Examples

Coucou

If sunrise sat on a dish-
should this be your wish-
hope for golden dough, mellow
spheres of cooked cornmeal
sunk in okra slosh
tomato
skies

Daddy's Cornmeal Mush

my daddy loved corn meal mush
mommy didn’t, she had eaten too much of it
during the depression of the thirties

I watched him cook it
because I loved daddy
he gave me a taste
with butter and maple syrup

now I loved corn meal mush too
I can hardly ever find it
but I will never forget the sweet gritty taste
and how much my love for it tickled my daddy

Oh the Hell With It Its a Holiday

Oh the Hell with it   It’s a Holiday
David J Walker
 
Knowing that
I am going
 
On a diet but that
Fat or slim
 
I will die anyway
But try not to stray
 
Into the fast foods
And savory flavors
 
Tempting me with
Deep fried
 
Culinary favors from
A Pied eyed Piper Pedaling
 
Perfectly baked
Buttery dishes
 
Cornmeal flaked and
Best wishes
 
For a man like me
Preferring deep
 
Fried catfishes to
Any kind of sushi
 
Oh….
            The hell with it
It’s a holiday

Rooting For Snidely Whiplash

I am rooting for Snidely Whiplash
Tie up sweet Nell and give her a gnash.
Silly Dudley Do-Right
Simply isn’t that bright.
Snidely, turn him into cornmeal mash.

Good villain, it is your turn to win.
Wipe off Dudley Do-Right’s ridiculous grin.
Leave her on the tracks
With their clickety clacks
Follow me, Whiplash. Do I hear an Amen?

Breaking In Birthday Mixer

oiled cast iron black
preheating pan in oven —
weevils in cornmeal

10/13/2020

We Live In a Zoo

Cat food in the kitchen
Bird seed down the hall
Dog food on the back porch
Giraffe food against the wall

We live in a zoo, a menagerie
With opossums and one snake
There is no place I would rather be
Having pets for us is no mistake

Cornmeal for squirrel with fluffy tail
Come visit us, we should charge you a fee
Buffalos arrive daily in the pony express mail
We are loving these animals, husband and me.

Cheese Curds

Tasty tidbits of pepper
Jack snuggled blankets
Of seasoned cornmeal and fried
With a creamy dip
For coating makes a
Luscious snack,
Wow!

Cheese Curds

Tasty tidbits of pepper
Jack wrapped sweaters on
Seasoned cornmeal coat and fry
With a creamy dip
Tasty coating makes
A great snack,
Wow!

Been Fishing

Fresh cornmeal battered catfish
Deep fried with corn and
Smoked potato and wheels of
Tomato’s served up
With sweet tea and mint
Marvelous
Thrill!

Fried Green Tomatoes

Sliced green tomatoes in a
Cornmeal batter full
Of succulent cooking herbs
Fresh from my garden
Fried in olive oil
A southern
Thrill!

The Old Gristmill

The Old Gristmill
(Not fit for the contest)


Way across the glen,
Many years gone passed
There lived a beauty of a woman
With her fine little lass

Her daughter was a charmer
And she could take me at will
To do a little grinding, 
At that wonderful old mill

Yes, those days seemed simple
Now that I am looking back
At how well she ground my corn 
And the way she held my sack

Times have really changed though
I buy cornmeal in a bag
And the girl from the Gristmill
Is now a mean old hag


Yes, those days seemed simple
Now that I am looking back
At how well she ground my corn 
And the way she held my sack


Times have really changed though
I buy cornmeal in a bag
And the girl from the Gristmill
Is now a mean old hag

Nature, Beautiful Nature

NATURE, BEAUTIFUL NATURE

When the morning sun peeps over the hill
The birds and squirrels can't seem to be still
I watch the horses out in the field
Romping and playing as horses will

I take a stroll to the old grist mill
To buy Grandma a peck of cornmeal
She'll fix supper, oh what a thrill
To sit and eat 'til I get my fill

In the meantime I'll go see Jill
And pick her a rose or a daffodil
Maybe go swimming down by the mill
Find some watermelons to steal

Summer in the country --- that's what is real
At one with nature is how you will feel

24 May 2018
For contest sponsored by Shadow Hamilton

Pizza Prayer

Tumble, crumble cornmeal, salted flour 
Stream olive oil
Feed water and toasty yeast with sugar
Crinkle, rumple, crease, and fold
Smooth a silky, doughy globe.

Cover, leave the orb to grow
Keep baby warm
Wrap with snug and swaddling towel
Linger, loiter, wait and proof
Sing a sunny, happy tune.

Overturn the ball on flour
Dust a wooden pin
Feed heart and conscience with honey
Rotate, flatten, compress, admire
Make a downy, level sphere.

Bridge the stretchy bread to pan
Curl edges like leaves
Swirl and ladle a coat of tomato 
Thick, chunky, bright, and red
Sway to kitchen melody.

Peppers, onions, olives, chokes
Sausage for some
Rain down the mozzarella and Swiss
Turn and toss, precipitate
Drizzle a snowy blend.

Push the pie into a hot cathedral
Pray for happiness
Think about joy and contentment
Pause, watch, patience, serenity
This journey bakes the future.

Copyright © 2016 Tess Harvester

In the Embrace of Mountains

Mountain soften the gawp of sun 
far beyond the boondocks, 
where the fog plays in stillness,
 ‘fore the banties arouse the glade
When life came to Bottom Land 
bare feet stomped common paths 
Between the tall oak trees 
echoes stood for seconds, 
as tiny voices cartwheeled  
from hanging rocks that bite into the dell

The Good River lend a hand, Big Sandy, 
to water the Bottom Land, 
three acres that fed nine mouths
 and satisfy our bellies
When the snow turn up, 
and pile high on the new year, 
like cotton on a mule cart, 
Pap wore rags to keep his toes; 
we count ten in early spring
When God send Roosevelt and the WPA, 
Pap wore cow hide boots like men ought to

The log cabin was heaven; we lived like gods
In winter, we listen to the hissing of burning 
fir and pinewood, and Pap’s alluring hunting tales
Ma’s fried-green tomatoes and cornmeal pancakes 
were more than quails falling ‘fore Mt Horeb,
and Pap was more than Moses, 
We loved more than Israel, 
far from the isle where milk and honey flow

All My Champions

Here’s to all my champions, yes you, this is my thing
You are the yam, cocoa, breadfruit, cornmeal dumpling 
Pumpkin, dasheen, and potato, in my pot of soup
An excellent, poetic, supportive, pen loving group

You, David Smalling, make my day most bright
With Audrey, you encourage me to put forth a good write
Sweetheart Linda, love her spirit, says such sweet things
Constance, Sara, Wilma, Doris and Carolyn, you give me wings

Carol, Andrea, Thvia, Nette, Joyce, John Freeman, Dr Ram
L’nass, John Loving iii, Poet Destroyer, the best with a slam
Monica, Nikko, Francine, SKAT, HGarvey, Nate, Chris, Sheri, Carrie
Catie, Noel, Rachel, Robert, Matthew, Walayee, sweet like cheery

Susan, Adell, Fabiyas, Sena, Sylvia, Sharon, Ralph, it is true
Barbara, Rick, Diane, Robert Dufresne, it is all because of you
Hai Au Chu, David Byrne, Jayne, Diane, each giving as a friend
Kimberly, Michael, Kevin, not the least because you are at the end

With Thanks always,  Joy (Jew)

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