Saturday With Frank O'Hara
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Mid Autumn, Saturday 6.30am
and daybreak is slowly climbing
over the back fence.
Frank O'Hara's poetry is still
echoing in my head from reading
it last night as I cook breakfast
of bacon and...
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Categories:
leg of lamb, autumn, poetry, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Thanksgoving Leftovers
...THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS
Thanksgiving has now come and gone,
But we’ve still got turkey by the pound,
So the question now becomes,
What leftover recipes can be found?
We can have turkey tetra...
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Categories:
leg of lamb, celebration, food, funny, holiday,
Form: Rhyme
Brush Strokes
...Brush strokes
The sky this afternoon had odd clouds
looked like icebergs floating on pink air
The seagulls took refuge on my terrace.
A grey wolf with a leg of lamb scratched
on the door...
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Categories:
leg of lamb, celebration, courage, creation,
Form: Curtal Sonnet
Melodious Lamb
...5 Tablespoons of honey
5 Tablespoons of pommagranite molassass
5 tablespoons of Cayeene pepper
2 Tablespoons of mace
5 tablespoons of ground ginger
5 tablespoons of ground garlic
5 tablespoons ...
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Categories:
leg of lamb, food, love, music, sound,
Form: Classicism
Nautilus Vas Sulci
...One leg of lamb
Fish stock
Lemons
Cayenne
Rosemary
Thyme
Onions
Garlic
Soy sauce
Tomato paste
Olive oil
Grated Ginger
MSG
Buttermilk
Marinade overnight. BBq rare, cook fork tender
In...
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Categories:
leg of lamb, america, art, celebration, dance,
Form: Alexandrine
Quandary
...I am in a quandary
I am in a fix
My life in a predicament
I wonder what will happen next
Nothing doth run smoothly
So often things go wrong
It would be so refreshing
For a new day to begin
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Categories:
leg of lamb, anxiety, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
On the Dot At One O'Clock
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Sunday roast
A meal I loved
for some time not partaken
When Ma was here
Well ~ oh my dear
Served on the dot at one o’clock
And woe betide if we were late
it would be on the table ...
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Categories:
leg of lamb, appreciation, food, mother,
Form: Free verse
Lambkin
...Shall I liken you to a leg of lamb?
You are more toothsome than marrow bone.
Though cuds do crop in Jersey cow and ram,
And all have great fondness for spam and prawn.
On winters cusp, hot roast ...
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Categories:
leg of lamb, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Pork Chop Runs Off With a Leg of Lamb
...My pork chop ran off with a leg of lamb
Had a car accident and I mean - BAM!
The first one on the scene was my sweet old gram.
Luckily she had her video cam.
Filmed the lovers running on the lam....
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Categories:
leg of lamb, humorous,
Form: Monorhyme
Orange Marmalade Jam
...Orange marmalade jam
may be quite tasty on ham
Yet I prefer gravy
on roast leg of lamb
Laugh out loud! I keep kosher.
What do I know about ham?!...
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Categories:
leg of lamb, food, me,
Form: Light Verse
I Love Ya, Damn-It
...I love your acsent' it makes me want to kiss you!
16 fillet catfish/ or seabass
1/4 cup of McCormick seasoning
2 Tablespoons of garlic powder
2 Tablespoons of onion powder
3 tablespoons of c...
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Categories:
leg of lamb, food, music,
Form: Ballade
The Painter
...The painter
The sky this afternoon was odd clouds
looked as ice-bergs floating on pink air
the seagulls kept their distance.
A grey wolf scratches on my door
I let it in
had a leg of lamb it...
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Categories:
leg of lamb, allusion, blessing, books,
Form: Blank verse
Leg of Lamb
...Give thanks to the God of Abraham
With a juicy leg of lamb
He always keeps His word
With a bass voice have you heard?...
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Categories:
leg of lamb, angel, baptism,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Things
...Things
Things . . .
Things?
Things!
Just ordinary
Things.
Familiar Things.
Everyday Things.
Obvious Things.
Even trivial Things.
Things seen
Front on or
From an angle.
Things gli...
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Categories:
leg of lamb, love, nostalgia, sad,
Form: Free verse
The Real Turtle Soup
...It's only a paper-mache
moon, they say, too cool,
too full of interstellar space
to sympathize or stress about
lovers, kings and fools.
Or is it? According to Deutsch
the so-called final ign...
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Categories:
leg of lamb, care, computer, fear, magic,
Form: Free verse
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