Pastrami Poems

Food Missed

...The poetry of the COVID era (read to the end)

Thai pineapple rice. Wonton and Yaki Soba
Tortufo ice cream. Scallopini veal, halva and also soda
Tamago, octopus and yellowtail. Ribs, pasta fagiol...
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Categories: pastrami, america, food,
Form: Rhyme

Piggy Porky Perfection

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However you dress...compress these clever creatures…

More not less..whenever features...success..

To be Francis...what about Bacon…

Salty...naughty.. fatty flavour to savour.. 

Doing ea...
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Categories: pastrami, food,
Form: Rhyme


Hoss hockey

...Mint Julip and Pimento Cheese
Smith Island Cake and Beef Pit BBQ
Hot Pastrami on Rye and Cheesecake
She offered him the meal
and smiled at him
without saying much more.
he frowned and ate.
ask...
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Categories: pastrami, character,
Form: Ballad

Premium Member'D'isgraceful 'O'bnoxious 'G'rotesque 'E'litists

...DOGE boys Musk and Ramaswamy
Box their cold cuts with pastrami
They soon will behold
While napkins can fold
Budgets are not origami...
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Categories: pastrami, 2nd grade, boy, bullying,
Form: Limerick

Premium MemberMad About Towns

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When we set out on a road trip
We didn’t stick to the old script
And were gladly amazed
And rarely unfazed
Hitting strange towns though some were skipped

We started from Thatsnot, OK
Which ...
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Categories: pastrami, humorous, travel, word play,
Form: Limerick


Julie's Wedding

...When you attend a wedding,
You’d expect, one would assume,
That the planning would be geared for friends
Of both the bride and groom.

So it’s always a surprise, that as
The bride or groom’s mo...
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Categories: pastrami, wedding,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberPangiellas Tale

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                 ~ Pangiella~
                     9/9/2023

Pangiella wed-a wealthy Pakistani.
He bought her a pricey Mogdiliani!
Plus, an annual supply of Pastrami

Be assured, he wa...
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Categories: pastrami, adventure, fun, humorous, imagery,
Form: Rhyme

Things To Think About Later

...Roast beef on Rye. Pastrami on toast, a Rubin -
I only have thinly sliced bologna. Not hungry anyway.

Beyond a window, a dog is on my lawn, my mind shouts,
surprisingly the dog seems to hear me....
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Categories: pastrami, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMommy Dearest

...She was my dearest mommy
smarter than any swami
	a turn of bad luck
	was hit by a truck 
now she thinks she’s pastrami...
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Categories: pastrami, fun, funny, giggle, humorous,
Form: Limerick

Premium MemberSpam

...Keep your bacon, keep your ham
Keep your loganberry jam
No pastrami
No salami
In my sarnie I want Spam

Ain’t no bones, ain’t no brains
Ain’t no seeds, ain’t no grains
Slightly spicy
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Categories: pastrami, food,
Form: Limerick

Best Sandwich Ever

...Best Sandwich Ever 

Sam Adams favorite sandwich
Was the make it yourself sandwich
Served at the Ashland Oregon, Co-Op
A modified BLT sandwich on Gluten-free bread 
Cheese, roast beef or pastra...
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Categories: pastrami, food, fun,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberCar With No Reverse - 1975 Chevy Monza 4 Speed Manual

...I rolled like Caesar down the boulevard the day I came to town.
My triumph was impromptu and abrupt.
I parked my Chevy by the curbside on a gentle downhill slope
In hope there’d be no need for bac...
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Categories: pastrami, car, romantic,
Form: Lyric

No Carbon Copy

...5/5/21

Woke up groggy
The waters were often choppy
From Del Monte 
Toward Milwaukee
To way beyond Nagasaki
And all across the Mojave
See me in person or hit me up on the Walkie-Talkie
Alway...
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Categories: pastrami, dark, deep, poetry, rap,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThe Dancing Personification of Pizza

...Hello my name is Pizza
It's me you wants tuh eatsa
You want with lotsa meatsa?
The fave of the Tsaritza!...
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Categories: pastrami, dance, food, giggle, happy,
Form: Quatrain

Premium MemberSauerkraut In the Kitchen

...Sauerkraut in the kitchen
Chased the pastrami away
Now I can’t make a Reuben.
Start of a really bad day....
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Categories: pastrami, food,
Form: Light Verse

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