Long Nougat Poems

Memories of My Parents

Memories of my father
Bring forth the autumn walks.
Shades of nature on the crunchy leaves
At the man-made lake down the hill
From the little white house
With the green picket fence,
Which our large family lived...

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Jam roly poly, treacle sponge
And sticky toffee pudding head the top of my list
But apple pie, rhubarb crumble
Or a decent cheesecake are hard to resist

Banana splits, eclairs or brownies
Dumplings, nougat, cheese board or mousse
Crème brûlée....

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Apple tart tops apricot pie
Bitter gourd blends with bean curd fry
Carrot cake craves for chili sigh
Durian desserts yell doughnut cry.

Eggplants yield puddings shaped as chicks
Fruity gums glue potato sticks
Garlic lollipops waft shared licks
Hot tomatoes ignite...

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Chocolate bars full of nougat and peanuts,
Sour gummies that get stuck in teeth, 
Chalky fruit-flavored tablets,
Things coated in colorful candy shells,
With metallic wrappers I constantly hear crinkle, 
Covering an entire square foot of countertop. 
The...

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(co-written with Linda-Marie Bariana, "Sweetheart" of Poetry Soup)

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I'm in the candy store, and man, i feel like a little boy,
Wanting to taste everything, but i should settle for some Almond Joy,
But who can focus on one, when there's so much,
My body gets...

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Twilight has it's own wings and its own melody
Battles with the mystery of a sun setting horizon dawning hues 

Pearl white smile's from the moon, in a mood of beautiful seduction
Oracle within one thousand chants...

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Twilight has it's own wings and its own melody
Battles with the mystery of a sun setting horizon dawning hues 

Pearl white smile's from the moon, in a mood of beautiful seduction
Oracle within one thousand chants...

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Your feelings in a group of touring innocence
travel up North towards trust and sincerity
in sweet submissive care like a carefully rubbed suede.
You put day light into your entrapment
for noontide to go nonstop.

Caress from yonder, massage...

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Come fly with me in sweetshop dreams
throw caution’s doubt into the wind
laugh your face to pleasured lines
come board my plain and simple need..
oh let our bodies shed their gloom
see there.. before us distant laid
a flushed...

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"Milton is easily dismissed; Shakespeare sharpened."
-- the paragon of humble bards

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Shall I contrast thee to a candied treat?
Thou art by far the tastier delight;
A nougat gobbled up is bittersweet,
With...

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Subconscious thought periodically drops you into my cotton candy dream world.

The FM dial drizzles my mind with syrupy sweet remnants of the past.

I bite through the chewy nougat of what-could-have-been.

Zinfandel-laced thought processes amplify the rich,...

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When the cat imitates
                  people and put on shoes,
         ...

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I WAS APPRECIATIVE OF MY CORNET. 
(Northern dialect) 

I went to the ice cream man on the corner for me, me friend and me Nan. 

I got two cornets and a wafer with nougat in,...

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Leap Of Fatal Faith

Another battle fought and the shops are empty
Easter Bunnies in the production line can’t wait
I need money and lots of it for next year’s round

I hereby patent my golden turkey for survival
Little...

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I crave sticky butter mint balls

Liquorice allsorts from the candy stalls
Orange smarties,  my  favourite treat
Violet crumbles I just love to eat
English toffees for me to masticate

Chocolate drops make me salivate
Aniseed balls would paint...

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Cupcakes  on Parade

Lovely yellow, aromatic while it bakes
A  lemon swirl dipped  in coconut flakes
 
Vanilla bean or plump blueberry,
strawberry, raspberry or rum-soaked cherry.

A pb chocolate combo too
with caramel nougat winding through.

Pumpkin bold...

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Wishing you a happy Monday as you promised me to skI
Ending the day with champagne – Oh how I wish it was reaL
Do you love me or do you hate me? I questioned thee as...

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