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Cook Me up a Jewish Dish

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    Matzo ball soup, gefilte fish
      cook me up a Jewish dish
    Kneidels and kreplach, knishes too
      a bissele Chinese, egg yong foo… 

    Chopped liver and herring
      and if you...

Categories: gefilte, abortion, food, humor, jewish,
Form: Couplet

The Passover Section

...With springtime now upon us,
If your town has lots of Jews,
The supermarket has some foods
You might have need to use.

For Passover’s approaching
And the holiday demands 
No bread nor pasta b...

Categories: gefilte, holiday, jewish,
Form: Rhyme

Sollys Deli

...I love Jewish food,
So does my tum,
It makes my mouth water
And delights my tongue.

I worked in the City.
Of London years ago
London brings back memories,
That I treasure so.

I used to pa...

Categories: gefilte, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

A Merry Brunch With Marky-Mark the Shark

...I am a foodie, I must confess, I swim a few laps for exercise
Along come the Mollusk, and to my pleasant surprise
I have no restraint and they look so yummy
I just open my jaws wide, and fill up m...

Categories: gefilte, day, fish, food,
Form: Rhyme

Pre-Seder

...The chicken soup and matzoh balls
Are ready for the pot.
The hard-boiled eggs are in the fridge.
(We never eat them hot.)

The items for the Seder plate
All wait for their debut,
With my homem...

Categories: gefilte, holiday, jewish,
Form: Rhyme

Dream Bug

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"Dream Bug"



Hour glass 
rainbows sparkling
crystal grainy rapids
sliding intrepidly through life’s fingers

their coloured sands speak in to...

Categories: gefilte, dark, psychological, romance,
Form: Free verse

Poem Before Passover

...Soon enough we will gather
for the festive meal 
   We will tell the tale 
  of the liberation of the Hebrew slaves 
We will drink wine,
    sing and enjoy 
   This festival comes 
once a year...

Categories: gefilte, father, jewish,
Form: Concrete

Groucho's Gefilte

...date: Feb 15, 2017

Always the same little hash joint. 
For lunch, the identical dish - 
in Kremzer's, on Mott and Delancey, 
potatoes and yiddisher fish. 

His real name was Julius Henry, 
b...

Categories: gefilte, humorous,
Form: Quatrain

Gefilte Fish

...The company was wonderful;
The meal was quite delish,
All lovingly prepared except
The jarred gefilte fish.

But certain things you have to have – 
Tradition reigns supreme – 
And years ago, gefilte ...

Categories: gefilte, food, holiday, fish,
Form: Rhyme

Passover Memories

...Tonight we’ll sit around the table
While we’re reminiscing
Both about the Israelites
And those whom we are missing.

Every Seder takes me back
To those when I was young.
I can hear my Zadie’s voice,
...

Categories: gefilte, holiday, nostalgia, fish, cousin,
Form: Rhyme

Holy Moses

...'Twas high noon on Mount Horeb as Moses munched his gefilte lox.
He was lolling about taking a restful break from tending Jethro's flocks,
When he was startled out of his wits as a nearby bush burs...

Categories: gefilte, funny, religion,
Form: Rhyme