Long Blt Poems

What will I pack for lunch at work?
I gather healthful foods in the morning:
Nuts? Dark chocolate? A salad with croutons?
Perhaps organic crackers with cheese
or maybe a nice sandwich -
tuna, egg salad, or a BLT.
Driving home,...

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That's it, I've had it
She uses Miracle Whip on her sandwich
I just can't handle this, I can't take anymore
I am real careful when I leave how I slam the door
When I left, I took with...

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Even though you know some tea, you aren’t automatically pressed to spill ALL of it. Today’s tea features our roommate Sophie and two grody flavors of betrayal. BTW, I’m being magnanimous by changing the names...

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I broke my personal record for days alive yesterday. Yea me. I feel great today. This morning I swear my hair looked shinier and more lustrous and there’s the slightest glow to my skin. I’m...

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I sing a song of three.
There’s Larry, Curly, Moe;
the Ego and the Id
and the Super Ego.

Three Kings of the Orient
are known as three wise men.
Showing up at Christmas too
in song are three French hens.

Rock, paper,...

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microsoft dictation poem part two 

When to the house
 and your lunch
 had a good lunch 
when the two D. Meyer 

we are only eight at the red cross 
to the I had a BLT...

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[written for ‘If I Were’ contest, but not entered because, well, I just couldn’t help myself]


If I were a seagull, I’d sit in a tree 
I’d poop on the flower that sits beneath me
(A pretty...

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Choices

There are so many choices to be had
When ordering a sandwich

What kind of bread
What kind of meat or any meat
What kind of cheese or any cheese
Whether to have sprouts or not 
Whether to have a...

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For lunch today my wife said,
husband, why don’t we eat out.
I said, Honey in these Covid times,
that’s not what I’m about.

You just sit back and rest your feet,
and let me worry about our lunch.
I have...

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Full moons, falling stars
Milky way, candy bars
Chicken soup, ham on rye
A BLT or key lime pie
The good things that life can bring
Can be embedded in anything

Sunny days, day it rains
Banana splits and candy canes
Hummingbirds, a...

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Three ladies all in lettuce dress
                         arrived to greet the crowd
their...

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The early morning sunrise jam
 toast, scrambled eggs and ham,
a cup of coffee darkest brew
 at the table just me and you.

News and static on the television screen
 a glass of orange juice glance the...

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of all the sandwiches there are to eat
why does one taste like defeat
it's nothing that i ever craved
just something my mom made
egg salad
yuck

a hamburger or sloppy joe
baloney or meatloaf cold
ham or grilled cheese
BLT if you...

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If there ain't no Bacon in Heaven
I'm gonna keep right on sinning
For hell's where I rather be
If I can enjoy my BLT
Now don't be a judging
No use of nudging
If there ain't no Bacon in Heaven
Then...

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Doesn't come once and never comes twice
Comes in threes like those blind mice
So many things come in the number three
In this poem I'm sure you will with me agree

In the famous stories from many years...

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Thought to first originate in Peru,
It’s a true tomato  fact,
oval or round,  and juicy too
from beefsteak to compact.
Tomato!  be you red or green,
nutritionally you are boss,
whether topping a salad like a queen
or...

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Well would you believe it?
bear, lion and tiger all as one
big happy family together
playing and running have good fun

This is an amazing sight to see
jumping all over one another
playfully rubbing noses so softly
such good friends...

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BLT

Bacon, lettuce, and lovely tomato
on bread... homemade of course. 
The smell fills the house, 
with memories of good times, 
with family and friends. 
It speaks of warm, full, bellies, 
laughter, and jokes, told by my...

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