As a poetic chef,
I am ready to create a specific dish.
As I look in my book of recipes,
Limerick jumped off the page.
I must check to see if I have all the ingredients,
humor - got it.
A-A-B-B-A rhyme - got it.
7-10 syllables each line - got it.
Now to create this specific dish.
Add five lines of rhyme,
A-A-B-B-A.
Then add 7-10 syllables for each line.
Stir well,
now add extra humor.
Bake until you see the laughter browning,
serve warm for a plate of smiles.
Leadership presumes just two ingredients
one is a leader, two is the ship
What of the passengers, you may ask
~ theirs is an altogether different task
Ingredients of Character
Does envy in disguise exist there?
Boastfulness? Pride?
Do they sell the innocent for silver
And the needy for a pair of sandals?
Ingredients o Character
The proud and ungrateful who denied
The oppressed justice.
Lovers of pleasure and self, the swift
will not escape one's overpowering
Anyone will not mobilize their strength
And encouragement will bear the same
Attitude and mind towards each other.
Ingredients of Character
Disobedience: do they not know how
To do what's right?
Ingredients of Character
One's growth of one's expectations, beliefs,
Persistence, affection, and love will be tried
And tested.
Ingredients of Character
Mulligatawny, soup for you,
Uniquely, peppered, seasoned through,
Lots of ingredients, we might use,
Lentils, a mustard seed or two,
Interesting flavours, we might choose,
Garlic, chillies, tamarind too,
Adapting, finding, something new,
Trial and error, tastes good, it's true,
Always learning, that's what we do,
Warming, nourishing, filling too,
North, South, East, West, the whole world through,
Your soulful bowl, of poet's stew.
Invisible doesn't mean not exist
Air is invisible but it does exist
God is invisible but he does exist
Romance is invisible but love exists
Food with artificial and chemical ingredients
Doesn't kill but harm exists
You won't die instantly
But you'll suffer enduringly
Just like you can't judge someone
guilty
Without full proof and solid evidence
But guilt exists
Sweetness and sourness of life
depends on the seasoning of emotions.
We are blessed with the gift of birth,
but our thoughts are processed
using different ingredients.
We all explore paths to euphoria,
but passengers we pass by,
sprinkle their own nourishing memories,
upon our picnic of existence.
Pain persecutes everyone,
despite the diversity of
gender, colour or faith,
but it tastes the same.
Yet love is never the same flavour.
Romantic aromas can leave bitter side effects.
Vibrations of a heart breaking,
sound the same, but some cracks are deeper,
some wounds heal quicker -
some forever remain.
Delicacy of regret is one we never forget.
It's embroidered on our tongues,
reflecting through bitter breaths,
as flashbacks echoing in dark corridors,
resemble rotting cuisine.
Our essence is simply cultivated fodder,
within a vulnerable universe,
feasting on a substance of snacks,
awaiting our best before date.
Silent One
13 August 2022
Putting words on a page do not a poet make,
Writing down a recipe does not bake a cake.
This year makes 10 years since I've been an ingredient in this soup,
Due to lifes' journey, been in and out like a belt through pants loop,
Over the years I've read some great poetry, made some great friends,
If you're just joining this group, we welcome you family, you'll
soon comprehend,
Not seeing poetry from some of my old friends anymore, but hope
you're all well,
I'm still around y'all, still firing words through readers mind, like the
great William Tell...
God saw Flood's "Ingredients" snag
That let the cat out of the bag
The Devil cried, "Weed!"
The Angels agreed,
"Let's change his facemask to a gag!"
born with clean slate
life a recipe
depends on the blending?
© Harry J Horsman 2021
Inspired to write this after reading
Richard Lamoureux poem 'Seeker'
Ironic the form i use is also
his invention.
To dwell in paradise
In company of the noble Prophet
Get these ingredients
And have a share in the everlasting merriments
Shaadah
It is to testify
That no other deity is worthy of worship but Allah
And that Muhammed is His messenger
Solah
It is to worship Allah 5 times a day
Yield to the call of Adhan
And Call on Him as much as you can.
Zakat
Give of what you have been given
For when you give
In return His blessings you shall receive.
Sawm
You are commanded to fast
In the beautiful month of Ramadan
Fast my brother, fast as much as you can.
Hajj
Seek the house of Allah
In the beautiful city of Makkah
Go on the journey, do the tawahf round the Kaabah
© 2020 Muyideen Ayinla
Ingredients To Achieve A Dream - Panagiota Romios
Dream Recipe: Ingredients
Have a huge dream that seems unachievable!
Be fearless and put up pictures of that dream all over your house.
Invite your God to mentor you and then close your ears.
As the world is replete with nay-sayers out to choke you with fear.
You think I am supercilious or dallying in a game?
No, this is so real, if you don't do this, you will find others or
circumstances to blame.
Most importantly, do go on a total news diet.
Total abstinence, please, oh please, just try it?
Read and listen to only things that uplift you heart.
Be very careful as what enters your mind, as all that
becomes you.
And if suffering from any illness, do the best you can to not let
it define you!
Don't let anyone ever steal your dream.
Then your life can be the Creme de la Creme!
February 19' 2020
3:30pm PST
Ingredients of a Leader
Great leadership is like the essence of a perfect plate of food.
Many people only notice the appearance of the dish after completion.
However, few are able to savor the rare spice combinations, ingredients and attentive eye on the temperature that goes into creating the perfect dish.
Spices and ingredients such as inspiring others, commitment, passion, communication, empowerment, and empathy.
Temperature of being insightful to not overwhelm, but perceptive on when to add spices or ingredients such as support, confidence, and honesty.
There are many types of leaders, but they all have one thing in common. Serving a perfect dish.
Have a huge dream that seems so unachievable!
Be fearless and put up pictures of that dream all over your house.
Invite your God to mentor you and then close your ears.
As the world is replete with nay-sayers out to choke you with fear.
You think I am supercilious or dallying in a game?
No, this is so real, if you don't do this, you will find others or circumstances
to blame.
Most importantly, do go on a total news diet!
Total abstinence, please, oh please, just try it.
Read and listen to only things that uplift you heart.
Be very careful as what enters your mind, as all that becomes you.
And if suffering from any illness, do the best you can do,
Under no circumstances let it ever define you.
Don't let anyone ever steal your dreams!
Then your life can be the Creme de la Creme!
"All things come to those who believe."
August 10, 2019
9am PST
~Ingredients in a Friend~
Aspiring to be great
Believing in God
Compassionate to the core
Determined to see things through
Enduring to the end
Forgiving....always
Grateful for each minute
Humorous with joyous laughter
Idealistic you bet
Just to the deserving
Kind to animals
Loving to humanity
Mature beyond their years
Noble as royalty
Outgoing and fun
Patient to the core
Realistic and sees truth
Trustworthy with secrets
Vital to all
Warm and understanding
Xenial*with an open door
Young at Heart
Zestful and on the move
July 18,2019
4pm PST
* Xenial means hospitable.
Word of Greek origin.
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