Good luck food- to bring good luck into the new year
Sauerkraut in the kitchen
Chased the pastrami away
Now I can’t make a Reuben.
Start of a really bad day.
He had taken the last train to Stalingrad. ´Join the Army and see the World´.
The track of events unfolded when the tank chains came off. His brother had
bombed Guernica with the Condor Legion, when the war had been ´civil´, always
the lofty fellow he was, in full of flight. The infantry soldier's military canteen
had become rather frozen but the Russians did not wish to share their Vodka. Let
alone land, homes and women. Blood coagulated in his steel helmet from the
outside and he wiped off his comrades´ brain with a shoe cloth. Uniforms have to
be immaculate. It is quite a fine line between killer and puppet. But not to worry,
the Führer has decreed that with a folding spade one can dig out of any minor
obstacle. But when the frost broke his spirit, he saved the last hand grenade for
himself to go out with a bang. Sour Kraut and frozen legs. Much cleaner than a
bayonet although he would be missing in action forever. Maybe the supply lines
would take home his last letter.
not my fatherland
remember me my sweetheart –
disobeyed my oath
24th August 2020
Haibun Contest ´Let the Pens Flow´
Sponsor Jenish Somadas
Seahorses in my sauerkraut
And no apologies or explanation.
I watched them cavort for a bit
Then I turned to the raccoons sliding down my plate
and I asked them what was happening.
As if we would know? One mouthed back.
Better ask the Ketchup.
The Ketchup speaks English?
Strangest breakfast yet.
An Easter basket blessings of butter and bread,
hard boiled decorated eggs for Easter hunt spreads.
Pierogies, Kielbasa and Sauerkraut.
delectable prepared, is what Polish folks are about.
Spring time flowers, tulips, hyacinths and daffodills
staggered here and there between the green grassed hills.
Czas Wielkanocy - a wish for the Easter Holidays
set down to kneel, thank God and pray,
z calego serca - with all my heart
I wish you a wonderful start
to the spring so long awaited
and the Easter celebration elated.
Tried a quatrain, it didn't work out
Guess lims are it until there's a drought
So far, so good
In all likelihood
Lims will keep coming till I like sauerkraut
Fresh unpasteurized sauerkraut
(so probiotic!)
Cooked slowly with sausages,
Potatoes, and ham;
Sweetened with Riesling
A pinch of
Cloves
I’ve never liked sauerkraut
The flavor’s just too strong
I want to simply, toss it out
We just don’t get along.
The flavor’s just too strong
Plain cabbage is much better
We just don’t get along
I am a sauerkraut hater.
Plain cabbage, is much better
It’s just so very good
I am a sauerkraut hater
I don’t consider it, to be food.
It’s just so very good…
Plain cabbage with fresh herbs
I don’t consider it, to be food…
Sauerkraut’s for the birds.
Plain cabbage with fresh herbs
Will never be thrown out
Sauerkraut’s for the birds;
I’ve never liked sauerkraut.