Kernels Poems - Poems about Kernels

inorganic garden

...metal beads dropped in
a great jar of liquid glass
will anything grow—
from inorganic kernels
tucked within a sunless hall?

rainbow branches rise
as brittle flames pierce the seas 
crystal c...

An Abandoned Rural Station

...A former place this, a patch where roots rattle,
where stubble has a ferrous frizzle.
A long-truncated railroad stop
humming still with a faded reality.

As dry voices on the wind, they return
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Popcorn Words

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Corn couple lies in beach with bodies bare,
smooth skin soaks in midday sun’s scorching glare.
        His lewd stare makes Miss Cob groan,
        heat bakes anger in her bone,
kernels of si...

wild eyed pancake

...wild eyed pancakes
invented by grandma
two kernels of corn for eyes
delighting her grandchildren
sometimes a mistake makes the best memory...

The Two Cobs

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The two Cobs at the beach made a stop

Each then laid out their blanket to plop!

But they somehow forgot

That day's sun was too hot-

Quickly, Madam Cob's kernels did pop!

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Too Hot To Handle

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 Lounging on the beach supine
    With Rayban sunglasses on.
    At last, summertime is here; 
             A hot one at that!

 The heat could roast a chicken;
        A sun too hot to h...

Emotional Shrapnel

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Written: May 11, 2025, for contest by: Sara Jama

Quote: “Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. Sorrow prepares you for joy." By Rumi

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Tale of Hiking Hannah

...Hiking Hannah wondered about hundreds of hikes in her wonder journals.
She's been to Kansas to see sunflowers and Iowa to see corn kernels.
Her cousin asked. Are you going to Europe- namely Italy a...

Rubicon Crossing

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Written: May 06, 2025 for contest by Edward Ibeh
                   
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Like kernels, the day's enigmas start to unfold, 
The green folk are s...

My Mother

...Her face is a clock I know by heart,
laugh lines like sunbeams,
worry wrinkles like pencil marks
from all the times she erased my fears.
Her eyes are forget-me-nots,
blooming blue even on cloudy...

Popcorn: My go - to Snack

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Kernels popped in olive oil,
Butter-drizzled and
tossed with salt or Parmesan 
or candied as balls!
Versatile delight
in puffs of
white!
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Melody Moon's Cauldron

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Written: January 30, 2025 for contest Sponsored by: Anoucheka Gangabissoon
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Dive into the cauldron,  where magic potions brew, 
Am...

Lost Time Wealth

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Written: January 26, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Sara Jama
Quote by Geoffrey Chaucer "Time and tide wait for no man,"
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Time, a p...

Coursellettee

...Words of Affirmation
a moment to define
that acceptance and
approval are completely
different things
the Wheat and the chaff
the Tares float away
while the rich nourishing 
kernels are left b...

One of My Biggest Addictions

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I’ve always been a foodie.
So many foods do I love,
but there’s got to be just one
I never get enough of.

It’s popular as a snack.
It can be salty or sweet.
Do you think you know by now?
B...

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