Witches Stirring the Soup's Brew
...Three busy witches stood stirring a stew
Cauldron filled with freaky things for a brew
Each Halloween they made
soup in their escapade
Adding ingredients to a brown roux
Jan, of cou...
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Categories:
garni, halloween, humor,
Form: Limerick
Autumn Delicacies
...Autumn Delicacies
Scruffy clouds scoot across a ragged autumn sky
Scattering bits of seasonal, savory, spice ~
Hues of paprika fly from orange tupelos
Then spin together in tumbleweeds of ru...
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Categories:
garni, autumn, celebration, nature, tree,
Form: Verse
October Spice
...October Spice
Inspired October creates a recipe
For a sumptuous feast
A bouquet garni of paprika hued orange tupelo,
A fete of fragrant cinnamon shades in russet umber oaks,
Sprinkling tinges ...
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Categories:
garni, october,
Form: Free verse
Serendipity Soup
...Take a pot, heat it hot.
Scratch it dry.
Scrape up any brown, dry left-over bits.
Check the sides as well.
Sniff the seance of conjured smells.
Imbibe the well-up of wafting aromas.
OK, now, dr...
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Categories:
garni, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Fr - Comment Te Dire Adieu
...peu à peu comme une rose
quand vient l’automne
je t’ai vu faner
devant moi tout lentement
je n’aurais pas cru
voir éclore entre nous un amour si serein
garni d’un parfum plus divin
tu m’a...
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Categories:
garni, death, grief, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Chef's Special
...There was an old sauce chef from Killarney,
Whose Irish stew, was flavoured with blarney.
While he quaffed bottles of hock,
That was infused with shamrock.
Which spiced up his sp...
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Categories:
garni, food,
Form: Limerick
Warrior Poet
...Warrior Poet, newest nom de plume for Mark Halliday
An American citizen, gained a taste for living abroad as a LDS missionary.
Retired in 2007 as a Staff Sergeant from the US Army (20 years service...
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Categories:
garni, books, culture, food, identity,
Form: Acrostic
Bouquet Garni
...A golden fish in
blue waters, with many eggs,
collecting the sperms.
Haiku in sun-
light was the essence of
the daydreaming.
The lost road in
bamboos comes out
as solitary song.
Satish Verma...
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Categories:
garni, art,
Form: ABC
Haricot From Baton Rouge
...(Aieee! We Gon’ Pass A Good Time Yeah Cher …Enjoy et Laisez les bons temps rouler)
Haricot was tall and quite lean
In English they would call him String Bean
Haricot would often travel down th...
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Categories:
garni, family, food, friendship, happiness,
Form: Free verse