Fix your lips
...The Early Years
She is to entertain 20 people
I fried up 20 cucumbers
5 lbs. Of okra
In a grit and Parmesan cheese
And bits of bacon in the batter
Some spices, mace, cayenne , paprika
Garli...
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Categories:
pralines, adventure, culture, dance,
Form: Alliteration
In New Orleans
...We try to do some local things
Whenever we’re away,
Although we’re clearly tourists
On a short and jam-packed stay.
So we signed up for a cooking class
And watched a chef prepare
Gumbo, jamb...
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Categories:
pralines, travel,
Form: Rhyme
P's Having Fun
...practical problematic prancing pecan pralines
producing pennywise putrid party planners
predicting positive pristine professional prunes
procrastinating, politely puffing popsicle pros...
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Categories:
pralines, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Alliteration
Affairs of State
...Pralines
for queens
are green
Most teens
in jeans
are lean
If queens
eat zinc
pralines
Will teens
in jeans
be seen...
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Categories:
pralines, fashion, food, teenage, word
Form: Monorhyme
Hank's of Milton Creek
...Listen Up, all good citizens of Milton Creek
If it's a night on the town and good food you seek
Come over to Aces
With your smilin' faces
The Grand Reopening's tonight. Come, take a peek!...
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Categories:
pralines, food,
Form: Limerick
Christmas Confections
...Christmas Confections
Visions of candy canes, swirling red and white stripes,
Pirouette through our dreams spinning Christmas delights;
Sugar sticks and sugar plums tweak our imaginations
When ...
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Categories:
pralines, candy, christmas,
Form: Quatrain
Xerxes Surveys His Realm
...Time slips through my fingers like so much water and the fabric of existence drapes more loosely on my soul than has ever been my wish to experience.
The royal garment makers here at court have nee...
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Categories:
pralines, allegory, food,
Form: Blank verse
Pralines and Cream
...Pralines and cream
a summer day's dream
A butterfly's wing
make lover's hearts sing
A bouquet of roses
in delicate poses
A necklace of pearls
~ for my special girl...
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Categories:
pralines, beautiful, romantic, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Love
...Love
‘Tis Christmas past to celebrate
When Love came down.
And in this lonely quiet estate,
I reminisce
When Love came home.
Fatigue sets in, but just for a time,
Love is active, love sublim...
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Categories:
pralines, love,
Form: Free verse
Five Years Past Twenty
...6/22/17
In the shade under trees
My mind, body and soul at ease
Enjoying the breeze
Feeling good
In and out of the neighborhood
Or woods
Not feeling like any
It's been long enough, ...
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Categories:
pralines, dark, dedication, how i
Form: Rhyme
Sweet Tooth
...Used on Poetry Soup 3/23/17
Sweet Tooth
She always asks for candy,
When we ask what she wants for her Day,
Or on Christmas she asks for pralines,
That come from far away.
She never asks f...
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Categories:
pralines, addiction, fun,
Form: Light Verse
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:
pralines, candy, humorous, love hurts,
Form: Couplet
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:
pralines, life, child, father, child,
Form: Free verse
Christmas Treats
...Again, 'tis that glorious season of the year,
For sharin' love and spreadin' holiday cheer!
Time for my dear spouse to begin her ever-lovin',
Bakin' of toothsome delicacies in her trusty oven!
...
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Categories:
pralines, funny, holidayhouse, house,
Form: Rhyme
Candy
...A special treat as a tyke was a trip to the candy store,
Pressing my nose to the glass eyeing tasty candies galore!
With pennies in hand trying to make a profound decision,
The candy-man becoming ...
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Categories:
pralines, foodautumn, candy,
Form: Rhyme
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