Short A La Mode(P) Poems

Baby buys me a boston cream.
That night, he creams me in Boston too....

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word salad sandwiches,
poetry soup
forms a la mode,
doubly scooped

delectable morsels,
my lunches of late
with footle in mouth,
why don't I lose weight?...

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Apples from the backyard tree
Sliced thin and sugared
Cinnamon, nutmeg, butter
Pile in tender crust
Bake 'till golden brown
A la mode
Mom!

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So far, I tried apple a la mode
Trained my tongue to catch sugar's festoon
Upon tines, losing sweets I was owed
A fork won't cork my dessert boon
Now I eat my pie with a spoon.

11/26/19...

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La Mode est couleur pour le corps et divertissement pour l'âme 

Fashion is color for the body and entertainment for the soul

La Moda es color para el cuerpo y entretenimiento para el alma

La Moda è il colore per il corpo e l'intrattenimento per l'anima...

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In the Garden of Eden, if I were Eve,
There’s one thing that you must believe – 
Although temptation still would call,
An apple wouldn’t cause my fall.

Yet no one is immune to fate
And so I wouldn’t hesitate
To violate forbidden code
For apple pie – if a la mode!...

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Spoiled soy burgers
  and marshmallow spam
Find all the worms
  in the uncured ham

Mustard stew a la mode
  pistachio-flavored tongue of toad
Dandelion roots in stuffing of turkey
  makes digestion extra-perky

Fancy diets? - Gain weight and kvetch
  Eat this stuff! Shed pounds ~ just retch...

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here and there
up and down
this way and that way
party brains in motion
loose and on vacation
set wild and free
heads a’bobbing
to the beat
of dance music
on and on and on
no end in sight
when morning comes
painful will be
the price
to pay                  



AP:  3rd place 2020

Posted on October 27, 2019...

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I gobbled some turkey and cranberry sauce,
Potatoes – both mashed and marshmallowed,
Cooked carrots and string beans, a nice cold beer – 
To keep my mood stress-free and mellowed.

I’m taking a break before pie a la mode
And please do not think that I’m boasting,
But leftovers from a Thanksgiving meal
Are worth all the efforts of hosting!...

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Blush peach gerbera daisies
Echinacea marmalade
Angel’s trumpet cassie’s curls
Chantilly peach snapdragon
Christa coral bells
Daylily tangerine
Apricot whirl narcissus
A la mode dahlia
Zinnia thumbelina
Peaches ‘n dreams hollyhock
Hues of apricot lisianthus
Hawaiian punch carnation
Sienna sunset coreopsis 
Indian summer rose
Toasting pink champagne
To hues of apricot



AP: Honorable Mention 2020, Front Page Pick 2020

Posted on February 19, 2019...

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Avocado babies everywhere,
  None have any hair!
  Floating about in the road,
  Occasionally falling on a toad!
  Having ice cream, a-la-mode,
  Six scoops instead of one,
  One is just no fun!
  Putting green goop in my hair,
  Avocado babies everywhere!
  Going to the fair,
  Rolling down an aisle,
  Wrapping up in cotton candy,
  Oh, wouldn't that be dandy!
  Sliced in half,
  Eaten raw,
  Mustn't forget the BLT,
  Have to make a run,
  Ate those avocado babies everyone!...

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