Long Risotto Poems

New York Stanza
The night is dark and wet, street lights
Have no purchase on the empty street beneath;
Only the soft glow from the tenement windows 
Gives form and perspective to my view.
From a half open window...

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With skilled search plans, maps and watchful scanning eyes,
The packs of hunters and dogs head off into the pine trees,
Scouring the land carefully, as the dogs yelp their cries.
Digging out strange white-brown and black lumps,...

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May I taste the unbreakable bond to the perfect union of 
Uni and quail eggs.Two true dancers
Stir vigorously
Agitate rice while it absorbs fish stock

May I never acknowledge obstacles to the perfect union of
Uni and sake.Two...

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The Buena Vista

We met innocently, yet always at the famous, 
crowded, Buena Vista Cafe.
Renowned for Irish coffee and it's view
of  the spectacular, San Francisco Bay.
Over Irish coffees, we shared our days.
You, the journalist and I,...

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Crisp cool chardonnay drenches their lips,
it's flavour running rivulets over their tongues
eyes widen over the candlelit table,
and he thinks about giving her sons

Rich sticky risotto slowly prised from bowls
mouthfuls devoured in anticipation
he wipes his mouth...

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Raspberries
Young, tender and succulent
Smothered in cream
Yellow fluffy omelets 
Garnished with herbs 
Eve's pudding bathing in custard
- temptingly -
Mushroom risotto
-a gourmet delight -
Served with green salad
plus chips and icecream!
A glass of white wine - Pinot Grigio
slightly...

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