Pour it slowly
Cannot cup overfill
Combination deliberate
Dissolves into the dough
Takes on new form
Any child will tell you...
Christmas is the best holiday of all.
The secret is drawn-out anticipation.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2026, Honorable Mention 2026
What is it? What could it be?
something special in the recipe
Is it from Gramps or Grandma
dear Mom or sneaky from Pa
That unique taste special blend
did you get it online or from a friend
Not quite vanilla or cinnamon
just a pinch of flavor a smidgen
Not to sweet or even sour
but boy oh boy does it have power
Did it come from the orient or France
so good makes your tongue dance
Almond extract just a touch
nutmeg but don't use much
Brown sugar with cayenne
lemon peel or soy sauce from Japan
What is this special spice
should I ask Alexia for advice
Whatever it is makes eating good
happy taste buds are understood
Gather around now don't shove
the secret ingredient it's made with love...
of course.
Ingredient 3
For Malo
Tis, Tis, ah
De wondering
Stability and endurance
Hard and strong
Strong and hard
Go hard
With this endurance
She say Mi Pussimiagh
Lick and slide
Yo'dicc to mi-ahh
Bounce wiff mi
bounce wiff mi
Oh dew yo best
Bounce wiff mi
Bounce wiff mi
Pass the lovers test
Ooh I so cummy
I love you so much
Bounce wiff mi
Bounce wiff mi
I feel your touch
Got mi ooh ah she while- legs
To be your best
You phuck wiff mi
Til then we parted
I want sum ooh ah sha waullie
Sum ah sha wayllie
Keep us apart
Ah to what
She gollie mention
Pussie mi ah
Gal pay attention
Boogie woogie
I phuck de best
Tougune cum rye chard
Tell mi what's lefted
One ingredient peanut butter fudge -
you don't even have to budge.
All you need to have's a spoon.
Serve in the morning or afternoon.
From someone who did not know him well:
To a supporter, a poet, a contest host
Acrostic all the way to villanelle
Here is my version of a toast
Milt, who read new poems everyday
And wrote of all the things he loved the most
Unafraid to stand up, not back away
Complimenting strangers as well as friends
With something sincere and kind to say
A spirit lives on as a good life ends
Memories remain to help recoup
Still writing somewhere as he transcends
In a unique, diverse, poetic group
He was a key ingredient in this bowl of soup
The secret for great flavor
in a baked cherry pie
Add a little almond extract
for the taste that will happily surprise
For dull tasteless vegetables
like cabbage and green beans
Add a little bacon grease
watch the kids lick their plate clean
For tender succulent beef
every Chinese chef knows
Mix the beef with baking soda
become a stir fry hero
Sauces to bland slow down
simmer that sauce for a taste profound
Slow and easy a little sugar will do
cook extra for second helpings too
Need some flavor oomph
in meats gravies and stews
A good shake of Worcestershire sauce
your taste buds will woo
Add the old stand by for any plan dishes
pour on the ketchup make it delicious
But the true secret ingredient every cook knows
a little love adds the flavor that makes your kitchen glow.
[Written with much love and bonhomie in
response to Milt’s Poem ‘Hearty Poetry Soup’]
*
Not so long ago in a land called Soup
A warlock gathered a talented group
These were the wordsmiths who writ all Soup Lore
But the warlock decided that they’d write no more
For he had been born to be ‘Soup Laureate’
A role he’d hold longer the more folk he ate
Even a warlock is sometimes unreasoned
Not much consolation…when you’ve been lightly seasoned
So here in this cauldron we boil and we bubble
Somehow I sense we’re in some kind of trouble
My hope is this as I cling to the edge
I hope I’m the meat and not the two veg
But, lo, I discover that Milt’s being mother
He’s spotted my need to write something or other
His warlock-like methods at first seemed remiss
Until this old turnip sat down to write this
But still I find one thing decidedly troubling
I look like a beetroot from all of that bubbling
My poor scalded feet are developing bunions
So at my next barbecue… Milt’s in the onions!
L ~ is for the life we share on planet earth
O ~ is for the natural wonders of our universe
V ~ is for the voyage taken beyond the stars
E ~ is for the eternal fire within our hearts
S-ecret ingredient is joy,
H-appiness is a factor;
A-s these two truly bring
N-othing but mirth
G-alore.
T-he secret ingredient in life
A-ims to make you strong;
L-et faith dwell deep inside,
I-t won't let you go wrong.
S-neaky or hidden part in glory
I-s to have this best element;
C-ount on love February ninth, it's the greatest secret ingredient.
(Dedication: For my wife Ann.)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Grace wears a poise as heart moves fest,
Soul knows a voice as touch funds quest.
There is a way that love funds peak,
A meal can play with prize that speaks.
Fond food fare brings a happy gist,
A touch now flings a wholesome feast.
A certain choice can usher soul,
Taste buds rejoice in meals most whole.
Your savvy touch brings great delight,
Each dish as such a lovely sight.
If you must know just what you give,
Your food brings glow that surely lives.
A dazzling touch makes taste buds smile,
You offer much to sizzle style.
A heart of gold you fund food fest,
Joy now beholds a hungry guest.
A magic touch in secret tells,
Ingredients such appetites dwell.
So here we are with wholesome foods,
Cooked by home-star Michelin good.
So here's to you with gratitude,
Meals come on cue with attitude.
You are the best to each and all,
A blessed fest when hunger calls.
Leon Enriquez
18 June 2018
Hamlet Place, ACT
Dancing
In the
Sun
With
My
Whole
Family
Always
Together
Linda, (aka PD) is a bright star
in our poetic galaxy
Her poems have depth and passion
Making her words shine bright
She is one of the main ingredients here on the soup
Giving spice to the words she pens
She has a love and passion for the unicorn
One of her favorite creatures
If need be PD can slam you hard
With words that cut deep
Hence the name Poet Destroyer
But under the veil of that moniker is a sweet person
She is the rose in the garden
Whose petals glisten in the light
With her positive comments
She brings beauty to our poetic world
For the- Appreciation of PD- contest
5- 15- 2013
I'm feeling a right nincompoop;
my spirits are starting to droop.
I need to amaze,
a magical phrase,
which wins me first prize - in the Soup.
~
For Andrea Dietrich's Limerick Contest.
One ingredient of the artists is woman
That is why they love their mothers
I love to become an artist
So I will love my mother
She is the precious ingredient of my life
Not less than the love that speaks out itself
She is my womb when I was alone
She is my hug when I am in tears
Now I am old still I love her
I love her, I love her, I love her
So much...
I need to be old for me to get young
I realized that in my younger days
I don’t give a damn to loving her
But requested many things as if I don’t care
I love my mother, please forgive me!
I love you so much
Never and never will you leave me?
I am indeed wanted to become an artist
But the real artist is my mother
Never surrendered to hardship
I will stop not to end
Remember I wanted to become an artist
And you are my ingredient!
Neldy Jolo
WM-KL 5:43PM
28 March 2012
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