Be Merry Rondelet
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Come be merry
on the streets of the French quarter.
Come be merry,
plum liqueur and praline whiskey.
We’re the oldest brick and mortar,
drink and have an appetizer.
Come be merry.
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Categories:
praline, business, emotions, places,
Form: Other
Uncompromised Understanding
...What falls from my eyes is dry; as crystals of a saltine
Frozen waters, be damned; I find calm in what they mean
Sweetness of their memory; form a perfections praline
Warmth of space, you'...
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Categories:
praline, deep, devotion, feelings, friend,
Form: Monorhyme
French Cakes Are Delicious
...All French cakes are delicious, better
The “ Amandier” and its subtle nuts taste in the mouth,
The “Paris-Brest”, with its sweet praline cream,
Rum Baba, with its sweet taste of liqueur,
The “t...
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Categories:
praline, dad, happiness,
Form: Free verse
My Best Medecine
...Love is known as the best medicine, after all,
But chocolate is an excellent medicine,
Citronette is an excellent medicine too,
Praline is a medicine that can be enjoyed,
Leave loves in thei...
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Categories:
praline, appreciation, chocolate, happy,
Form: Free verse
Wise Chocolatiers In Belgium
...Jean Neuhaus had an apothecary store in Brussels.
He started covering medicines with chocolate, to make it more palatable.
His grandson replaced the medicine with praline.
“a spoonful of sugar”...
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Categories:
praline, food,
Form: Light Verse
A Riverfront Poem In Memory of Her In Advance
...watching her play guitar
listening to her sing
first, urge for going
next, river
i smile, knowing that these may be her last
holding her and warming her
listening to julian lennon's valotte
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Categories:
praline, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, for
Form: Free verse
Vampire Sonnets Vi the Reopening
...A unique bar with chicory coffee
side by side our famous praline whiskey;
The ‘Black Heart Masquerade’ reinvention
we have completed all the construction;
Fangs out to raise the vibe we ar...
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Categories:
praline, dark, emotions, feelings, horror,
Form: Sonnet
Ernestine and the Wolverine
...Ernestine and her friends sweet sixteen
Jean Irene Josephine and Pauline
Dolled up in glamorous aubergine velveteen
Dreamt of being harvest queens on Halloween
Living it up Eugene drove...
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Categories:
praline, assonance, crush, film, fun,
Form: Monorhyme
Twenty-Eight Tiers
...My daughter's getting married
To a super guy called Tom,
It's really fast approaching,
It won't be very long.
The wedding dress is sorted,
The venue and the flowers,
The music and the firewor...
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Categories:
praline, celebration, chocolate, food, wedding,
Form: Rhyme
Double Dip Dilemma
...Children at the ice cream store, are staking claims with hungry eyes
But all those choices, ....how to pick, while clutching dollars for their prize?
On their tip-toes,...peeking in, frost ...
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Categories:
praline, child, childhood, food,
Form: Free verse
Ice Cream Parlor Flashback Haiku
...waffle cone delight
pecan praline delicious
triple scoop indulgence...
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Categories:
praline, food, memory, remember,
Form: Haiku
Chocolate Indulgences
...Chocolate Indulgences (20150129)
If I really had no choice but to divulge,
In mountains of chocolate I would indulge.
I'm not just taking about Snickers,
Reese's peanut butter cups, Butterfing...
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Categories:
praline, candy, humorous, love hurts,
Form: Couplet
Personal Upliftment Retrospective
...beef ribs, baked beans, and baby croissants drenched in butter
skewered shrimp, corn on the cob, and a loaded baked potato drenched in butter
baked chicken, bacon shells and cheese, and a taco sala...
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Categories:
praline, blessing, inspirational, joy, simple,
Form: Free verse
Fragrance of Life
...Fragrance of Life ©
Cool rain drums on blistering
asphalt, the scent streams into
the nostrils--hot, grassy smell of
summer, freshly cut-smoky
cedar lingers on the air
Fresh popcorn d...
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Categories:
praline, life, senses,
Form: Free verse
Accidental Observer
...had a hankering for praline pecans &
so, as one with a hankering for praline
pecans will do, when the appropriate
funds are available & one has the time
to go praline pecan search,
off to the grocer...
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Categories:
praline, life, child, father, child,
Form: Free verse
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