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:
scallion, america, food,
Form: Rhyme
God's Garden
...Forgive me if this looks corn-y, and seems rather dim but lettuce pray and be glad in Him. ...
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Categories:
scallion, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Colored Dreams
...Majestic shades of green
rise with spring awakened scallion spikes;
Hunter greens edging into the forest hues
blended in jaded moss clusters pacing;
shamrock stepping stones low upon the gr...
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Categories:
scallion, blue, color, green,
Form: Free verse
Ceasar Salad
...People think plants are not violent
This is where I will tend to disagree
Have you ever seen a vine strangle a tree?
What about when a fly is devoured by the Venus?
When the weeds clog the yard ...
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Categories:
scallion, allegory, culture, earth, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Lightening Stallion
...Johnney Ringo a hard man a cowboy a clute
Leads Stallion and mares to the valley and bute
This white rearing beauty looms large on two legs
Call on a price who sells or who begs
Sweep down to the ra...
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Categories:
scallion, epicnight, light, light, night,
Form: I do not know?
The Pretender
...Crookedly cunning,
Hurtful and sly;
Always a liar:
Risky to buy.
Lacking integrity,
And a willingness to try:
This true chameleon,
An artful scallion;
Not likely to change,until he die.
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Categories:
scallion, mystery
Form: Acrostic
Fishing With Grenades
...Caravans sing my song
Despite my regressive chalk outline
Clouds wrestle mango dawn
Urging me to shed my fleshy brine
Wriggles I’ve undergone
This rustic harmonic snakes my spine
Lost beneath...
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Categories:
scallion, imagination, satire, timeme,
Form: Light Verse