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My Shopping List

For Terry Flood,* since you insist,
Here, in rhyme’s my shopping list:

Orange juice and Starbuck’s (iced,
Even though it’s overpriced),

Bagels, Swiss and muenster cheese,
Whitefish salad, frozen peas,

Broccoli and salad greens,
Carrots, berries, nectarines,

Melons, muffins, chocolate treats,
Licorice or gummy sweets,

Ice cream, cookies, corn chips, bread,
Hummus, pesto, peppers (red),

Eggs and butter, IPA’s,
Pasta meant for many days,

Chicken, mushrooms, sometimes meat – 
Think that makes my list complete.

(For omissions, I’m to blame
Since rhyme, not shopping, was my aim!)

*a fellow poet on Poetry Soup

Grocery Poem Viii

The pure joy of buying
hummus on sale,
watching the green numbers
shrink on the checkout screen -
saving thirty cents

what could be more
important than this?

Huh, Miss

She slipped from among us
in search of good hummus,
like a whispery breeze
at the scent of chickpeas;
escapes for tahini
rivalled old Houdini.
Her nose for good cumin
was simply inhuman,
her longings, appeasing
on lemony squeezings.
She never found fault
with a good pink rock salt,
and oft was caught splurging
on fine extra virgin.
But she went on a bender,
took a shine to a blender,
sliced her tongue on that trough,
and her hum is still off…

Lilith Down

When Bayt lahm guttured Bait lehem,
no bagels and baguettes are baked.

As hummus and labneh melting down,
prickly grapes grown in Golan Heights, 
Awakened Elchanan terminated Goliath.

Raising Rachel tribes of nomadic life,
goes to a mysterious hypogeum.
The underground chamber,
forefather of Hebron and Nablus.

Vegetated Couple Yearning For Supper-

A chocolate stare;
A strawberry kiss;
A vegetated pair;
A hummus bliss;
We are produce;
Dessert of course
Fruit and fresh
Vegetated couple
Ah! Now what's for supper;

5/29/21
Written by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021

The Fridge

If you’d compare my fridge and yours
You’d marvel at the food each stores
For everybody’s taste’s unique, 
So open up – let’s have a peek.

I’ve orange juice and lots of cheese
And coffee (Starbuck’s, if you please).
Butter, berries, veggies, beer,
Salad stuff and never fear…

My favorite cookies, hummus, fruit
And eggs and condiments, to boot.
There might be olives, whitefish spread
And in the freezer, bags of bread

(Including bagels) and, for sure,
More ice cream than you’d know what for.
There’s frozen chicken, a knish
And meatballs, eggplant, but no fish.

I’m sure there’s more, but look around – 
Organic products won’t be found.
Still, we should all relate a smidge
‘Cause we all like what’s in our fridge!

Weaving Native Life

Trees' jagged branches
catch the sun sinking a moist
hummus color spread

and coating the edges.
Pointed, thrust into seeping
ink of violet cotton,

is the mountain, chalk
colored. It is a beautiful ogre,
deceptively majestic.

It eyes a village
weaving native life.
Spines of which are wild

burnt-colored trees, 
the bones of the forest, its 
tangy scent sweet to prey

that lure the lion, 
whose deep yellow is the hue
of the indian 

sunset. The sky is now
an acrylic portrait. A stoked
fire settling, rose imbued.

Ash color ingrained
into stone embraced by ivory
patches, bone-chilling.

The sugar- soft dirt
covered paths collect footprints.
Carved into a life.

To Dip

Confronted with a crunchy chip
I never can resist
A dive into a favorite dip,
So here’s a little list:

All types of hummus make the grade
And eggplant, mashed and chunky
Or salsa (not-too-spicy made)
Or cheese (not those too funky!).

An onion dip with sour cream
Is totally addictive
And spinach might just reign supreme
(For vegans, not restrictive).

Though veggies also might be dipped
And certainly are healthy,
The choice is clear, but I’m equipped
To keep my chip dips stealthy!

The Interview

field of windmills

thick, wool and warm

fireside...

Sunday
flowers......
silly friends

autumn to winter
sad smiles...

hummus with pita
bab ganoush
pumpkin soup
7am.

green memories

that change regularly

Murphy's law

side by side
in a cave with Nick

you wouldn't understand
how tired I feel
you can not translate the pain

For Mi Wifey

1/4 cup of pumpkin seeds
4 cups of chicken thighs chopped
1/4 c green onions
1 cup of avocados
2 tablespoon of crushed garlic
3 tablespoons of crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 cup of lime juice
3 tablespoons of olive oil
1 cup of cooked broccoli chopped
9 boiled eggs
lettuce 9 1 head) shredded
4 tomatoes diced

mix chicken, oil, lime juice avocado, onion garlic red pepper flakes, and broccoli
arrange lettuce and tomato into a salad
top with chicken, arrange eggs on top

for a dressing
combine 1 cup of sour cream, 3 tablespoons of hummus, 3 tablespoon of ranch dressing ( powder form in the packet)  1/4 cup of feta, 4 tablespoons of olive oil.
top with about 16 slices of crisped bacon ( crumbled

Chickpeas

chickpeas in a pod
conglomerate of peanuts
butter of hummus

If You Weren'T Such a Nut Meg

She had so many chances
     Yet she kept muffin it up
Butter intentions were good
     Just not much coffee in her cup

Couldn’t make a good decision
     Too much waffling back and forth
Always peppered with doubt
     Should she head south, no maybe north

Still, she was fun at a party
     I would say, hummus a tune
She’d say, "Icing because I’m happy"
     As the words began to croon

Maybe that’s what’s most important
     Omelet let her off the hook
So she’s always in a pickle
     Doesn’t do things by the book

Once again, I’m gonna help her
     Since she is such a good egg
I said, girl, you’d go much farther
                   If you weren’t such a nut Meg

Fodder Cable Cars Are Jousting With Clams Today

If you are going to attempt a waltz in a spotty teapot costume complete with a lid then do remember not to partake in tea drinking beforehand because the liquid might ruin the material and thus render the authenticity of the costume. People then would not quite believe that the waltz was going to be preformed by a tea pot for the fabric would be unsuitable to maintain an act. Acts admirably administer admirable and administrative actions. And a duty bound club of a chosen cup formation is now passing down the streets of the towns to clink and wave their handles at passers-by. And passers-by are neither Portarlington polestars pulsating, pink pine poles picking pogos. And neither are they decagonal in diameter. Disc like then. Good. Spin spin spin. Great. An electrical elephant prancing in a printed gown with a pointy hat. A peanut is very very inebriated and fell off a cushion. Left angled mirror equals four wheels driving to a dunk. Xxxxx authentication z z znz at thirty six hollering hula hooping hummus humps to twenty one beef cutlets in tight trousers. Z

The Art of Making Hummus

Let's do this, cooking can be fun
If it's not too hard, you're the one
To win a heart (or two) with food
Admit: it will make you feel good

Take dried chickpeas, soak 'em well
One night is fine, you can tell
when they're ready, they're fat,
increased in volume, how cool is that!

Cook for an hour, that is just fine
While you wait just drink some wine
Throw in the blender, add sesame paste,
garlic, lime and olive oil, to your taste

Do NOT forget cumin, honestly
What cook are you, if you can't see
That hummus is nothing without
Now: for once be very stout

And take your most beautiful bowl
Because you're cooking with your soul
Put the gorgeous mixture in there with love
Sprinkle virgin olive oil from far above

In loving drops, a velvet rain
Virgin oil yes, not the plain
Now invite your love to wine and dine
I bet she asks you: "Please be mine?"

***

Februari 2, 2017

Linus and Hummus

Charlie Brown offered his pal Linus
Food that Lucy said was the finest
She said it was Hummus
Charlie you’re the dumbest
Good grief, that stuff came from her sinus


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