Long Sweet corn Poems

So here's my big insight.
My two cents worth,
which will remain worth only a penny
unless it somehow aligns with your penny
for thoughts and shared feelings.

What if we put our human nature genie 
back in Earth's home-nature...

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Beans and Rice  

My Dad was not a rich man                        ...

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I’m sitting here, at ninety-six, alert an’ fairly healthy, 
wondering what the ones I loved in days gone by would think
To see me now, the last there is of all of my relations, 
with only...

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‘so glad ya made it out alright,’ she says.
‘i’m feelin’ a whole lot better knowin’ that the crops’re bein’ taken care-uh.”
you nod, smile politely
and step out of your car straight into drying mud.
‘i just don’t...

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The earth opens its hungry gut looking at us
The earth opens its craving gut laughing at us
The heat is twirling meticulously in the dust
And big eyes are popping out of the sky 
with an appetite...

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There once were three magical pigs.
They were neighbors that danced the jig.
The wolf in the valley
Sometimes walked down their alley.
He was hungry for one of those pigs!

Pig-one lived in a house made of straw.
He looked...

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Butters Drippin’ From My Ears

Summer’s mostly over
I’ve not once mentioned Iowa corn.
It’s the symbol of the state
In which this rhymer’s born.

There are other places
That grows passable “sweet” corn.
I’ve eaten several others
But my druthers always torn.

In...

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Poet will use all it takes 
To travel our works all over the world
Meeting poet celebrities with handshakes
The ones figurative words twirled 
Monsters of us flowing lakes 

Our works will run connections in water 
Illuminating...

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Sweet heart my passion dear pumpkin
Sweeter than a cabbage you are my sweet corn
somewhat louder than the bourn
Deep into that darkness sprouting
Liken a flower blossoming
How they were shouting, touting - flouting
those the farmers and gardeners
They...

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The princesses decided to have their own Thanksgiving Day feast.
While their princes were hunting, they could have fun at least.
All were invited, and they took turns in the kitchen.
Pocahontas was soon pouting, and Aurora was...

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PAM’S   PEACEFUL   PLACE
By Curtis Johnson

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Mystical Moon
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Mist floats in shawls over the dawn smile.
In July darkness with platinum gauze,
A shroud of mystery, a mystical aisle,
Where nature's beauty takes a pause.

Glistens on rows of sweet corn,
Dewdrops dance upon each leaf.
A whispered...

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Ma issued a decree that Pa received with very little ardor:
"A vegetable garden is needed to supplement our meager larder!"
Pa would rather spend his leisure time snoozing on the couch,
But he allowed he'd better get...

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As the sun arose in the eastern skies 
a fairy princess sits rubbing her eyes.
Yawning she glimpses her magical isle 
and her tiny lips, curl into a smile.

Standing she stretches in her treetop bed,
anxious anticipates...

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You can hear the shake and crackle
as burnin' flames of grass are crawlin'
cross the bitterness and loss.

No farmer breaking free from a field today
to catch noon time plate of sweet corn,  
chicken, and key-lime...

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Where I'm From

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Warm buttery flakey croissants with almond filling,
Homemade sugar-laden donuts, hot out of the frying vat,
German chocolate cake with loads of scrumptious sweet coconut,
Sweetened graham cracker crust key lime pie with a sprig garnish,
Peanut butter cookies,...

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Saw the 'Windswept Man' on Market Street
The scene wrapped up in reggae sounds
Moments became magical
Existence happened briefly, I felt there
As a student I'd walk that street daily
If I cut across town my bus was 20...

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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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When daddy brought the sweet corn in for dinner
Mama already had water boiling in the pot.
I could hardly wait to taste those buttered kernels
From the Golden Bantam ears that Daddy brought.

Much later in my life,...

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October’s Story – Kyrielle - 9-24-23
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October’s Story

October splashes through streams of color
Gold and silver dawns in watercolors
Every shade of joy now revealed,
Fall scatters leafy bright color wheels.

Kaleidoscopic beatitude ideals
Flushed colors escape, no more concealed,
Bursting hues,...

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The Gathering Time

Sweltering cloying wet heat.
Gladiolas in bunches displayed along the roadside by their handlers,
Covered only by sheets at night, restless, waiting for a breeze.
Beef steak fruit, sweet corn, black diamond melon sweetness.  

Then...

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July Joy 

July arrives spreading county fair spells
Pink chubby pigs and roan cows with cowbells
Excitement grows in fields and through the dells
Gold medal livestock for new clientele.

Hear the music of the carousel
Take a ride on...

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When night markets begin to come alive;
Kaleidoscope  of light  glitters the street
As  sundries  pile,  welcoming a throng’s  dive
Where voices shrill to haggle for fine treat:
And cacophony rasps  like...

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I helped my father in our cornfield,
there was that year a good crop yield.
Just before the time was ripe to harvest
I took home a handful of corn to taste.

I was glad this made my Grandma...

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