Long Sweet potato Poems

Sipping cherry limeade, driving in the car parade, 
we're cruising in the Lone Star state.
Didn't want a bucket seat; the thing it couldn't beat, 
was sitting up close to your date.
One hand on the wheel...

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Tom: Well, do tell? But like I said, I’m not a stranger. I’m a businessman; and more than that. Why, I could be just like a brother to you if you’d let me. Besides, I...

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THE MATRIARCH 
(In Memory of Eva Vescovi Dixon 1910-2010) 
by Tina (Vescovi) Lasley 

She was a Sister, Mother, Aunt and Friend 
Someone on whom you could always depend 
She was Counselor, Advisor, and Mentor to...

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Adjusting Appetizing Palates.
I have sampled the variety,
I am the one who has tasted life;
The one who has had a taste of life.
Rarely indulged in the main course-
Seldom a full meal-
I come hungry-
To leave satisfied...
I want...

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she asked for a great thyme
a day for festvel and enjoyment
a day to marvel in the creativity
of love
and day for people to come together and celebrate the need
to love


she made beautiful drinks of
cucumber jucies and...

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The Three Islands Sleep!

Sleep, sleep, the islands asleep!
Sleep while the winds blow on her face,
On her trees, and on her mountains and hills,
Sleep when the thieves dressed in suit come in,
Like the befuddled man sleeps...

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The feet of twenty cousins were trampling and pounding the floor
As my Aunt Pearl's house trembled and suddenly became smaller.
We were racing with the games of 'who could find who' behind the door
While munchkin toddlers...

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Alber’s Tamale Pie, Australian Meat Pie, Apple Pie, Amish Country Strawberry Pie,  
Bacon Pie, Bean Pie, Boston Cream Pie, Butterfinger Pie, Banana Cream Pie, Blueberry Pie, 
Chicken Pot Pie, Crunchy Carmel Apple Pie, Chocolate...

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We were not a nation, but just a continent 
Africa with kingdoms 
then, we violently got segmented and detached by people who never understood us 
we were sliced as if we were bread, 
then, one...

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We Will Party Like Theres No Tomorrow

Weekend is here, there’s
Excitement in the air,

Well-wishers all about,
Illuminating lights of colors bright, 
Literary elite ready for the night, riding in
Luxury limousines both black and white!

Premium Members, novice Poets...

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THOUGHTS OF A JAMAICAN CHRISTMAS

I remember Christmas of yesteryear
Of John Canoe dancing with fife and drum
Horsehead would approach, it was scary but fun
And Scrippy scrappy looked like a real bum

Of Christmas breeze and Poinsettias red
Mixed...

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Love feels like it has gone far away
She used to exist everywhere it seems
Now she hides in fear of being used up or let down

Most now, don’t even remember what she feels like

I remember long...

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HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY, 50 LIKES ABOUT “SWEET POTATO FRIES”.? PEOPLE POST ABOUT LOVE OR FAME ,  PEOPLE POST ABOUT PERSONAL GAIN, PEOPLE POST ABOUT FUN OR ABOUT HOPE, PEOPLE POST WITH A...

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          As I look you over from top to bottom,
          I'm rendered speechless. It feels as if
...

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Cornichons


The Cute Kind
Tasse and  Gobelet are lovers.
Two beautiful peacocks.
I made a wager on the horses
,but didn't wanna tell my friends.
The woman said. She would 
listen to Organ music during the day
often times she'd sing...

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Yellow chard stain index finger smears my logic puzzle,
Sour cream cilantro splatter quite the quaint “addition” 
juicy brain pump lemon zest solution that I guzzle,
number crunching sea salt a spur to intuition

Roasted sweet potato has...

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Joyish Smiles--Smiling Like Two Bright Kittens and Bunnies


~~~my love letter to Anna~~~

Dear Anna,

I have a small confession, forgive this pouring of my heart.
I cherish London, where we first met. The moment I clapped eyes on...

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Apples, oranges, nuts; awesome fragrances.
And the spirit of love and joy was of no human origin.
Our father did not express tenderness, but Christmas
convinced us that he really did have a heart with love.
There was no...

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Eating vegetarian is easy, delicious and tasty,
     it is not weird, mushy, or bland or flavorless;
imaginative combinations of recipes can be created,
         ...

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The High Calorie Diet
(The diet of your dreams!)

BREAKFAST:  Eat plenty of the following:
1.	Milkshake
2.	Date-nut-bar
3.	 2 eggs fried in bacon grease
4.	 Bacon
5.	 Sausage.  

NOTE:  That’s enough.  No need for two slices of dried...

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The cock of day crow over johncrow mountain
Sun come bright
Like Jane and Louise shine eye girl
And light
Just drop from heaven like ripe breadfruit
I pull the darkness from my eyes
And look and see only one thing...

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They bought a property that was located on a seafront.
It was a beautiful creek that needed a long driveway to gain access to the place where they were going to build.Dong Tao Pollo. the guy...

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Today a mountain memory that goes back to a time 
when our children were younger…more carefree
when out of Grandpa’s garden Ali picked her Sweet Potato Manatee.

We live in Florida…where many a manatee can be found…
but...

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Mr. Carrot, the talking morning alarm clock making waking up fun. 
His loud chimes would shake the ground and woods and wake up the church nuns.
A small pleasure starting with sun-shine and under the ground...

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I was so thankful then;
I was so thankful when;
Oh, those thanksgiving, memories;
oOH, WEe;
The smells of sage, turkey, cornbread, string-beans, celery and ham;
In mama’s oven;
The aroma of cakes and sweet potato pies;
Those smells that lifted up...

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