Long Sweet basil Poems

1/4 cup of chopped shrimp
1/4 chopped crab meat
3 cups of chick peas
1/4 green onions chopped
2 teaspoons of cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons of chopped thyme
2 teaspoons of salt
1 Tablespoon of dehydrated garlic
1 egg yolk

mix well and form...

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an open window 
and a shout of girls with blossom sweet basil in the hair 
over 
the salmonoids rummage 
the depth of the rivers 
the springs want to find 
to lay the spawn 
 ...

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Gifted.

A round clay grey chalice
just outside the kitchen door
filled to the brim
with dark brown nurture, 
 frothy feather greens trimmed.

She eats the fresh smells
with all her secret senses...
Even her ears hear subtle
strong notes as she...

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Walking down the quaint city street entering the sweetshop,
Oh yes!  Hershey’s Almond Milk Chocolate tasty flavor
Sweetheart chooses sweet licorice and hot fudge brownie delight,
Sweetie pie and I flavor sweetmeat crystallized fruit.

Sweet tooth such a...

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2 cups of vanilla ice cream
2 cups materialized onions
3 cups of sauteed mushrooms
4 cups shredded roast pork
1\4 sauteed crushed onions
5 cups of egg noodles
2 cups of sauteed cabbage
2tablespoons of cayenne pepper
2tablespoons of thyme
2 tablespoons of...

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Each year I plant an herbal garden 
very near a stand of mulberry trees
and every Spring when they're in bloom
they attract butterflies and honey bees.

This morning, as I tended the sweet basil,
a young Monarch landed...

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ROSEMARY THYME was walking down the street when she CINNAMON CUMIN,  who's name
was SWEET BASIL.  He was from OREGANO.
She fell in love with him ALUM the way, PARSLEY because of his good looks.

But...

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Oh, thank you God for dappled things-
   For skies of bright clear azure blue;
      For singing birds with lovely wings;
Fresh cool secret forest springs;
   Landscapes beautiful-...

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