Short Brussels Poems

I was on rails 
passing the plains.
Reach the wides
and seen from every side....

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I so hate asparagus
and those brussels sprouts.
I only need to smell them
to reinforce my doubts....

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Me, the contrarian, 
	hardcore vegetarian,
Would rather eat wombat snouts
	than brussels sprouts....

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Today
In Brussels
They took the flag away
Today
"The People" had their say
As the UK flexed its muscles
Today
In Brussels

(C) Ian Diddams 2020...

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Succulent lamb chops, so thick,
Small and fantastic.
So tender, little hostess!
Perfect Brussels sprouts,
Pickled red cabbage,
Whipped cream and-
Fruit!...

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Automaton green beans
soon ruled the planet.
Resistance was futile
we were conditioned to think
they were good for us.
If only they had been 
brussels sprouts,...

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Murmour 

Hipster jeans 
And a big belly 

Beard guarding 
His face

Studying his hands
Unobserved 

 Man alone 
In his cocoon. 

Has Brussels 
Banned tomatoes ....

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the
day a
Belgian
Dane+Dutchman
met
they 
made an
initial
impression on
art

cobra=COopenhagen;BRussels;Amersterdam namely 
expressionist artists..Appel/Corneille/Jorn...

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Brussels Alfred William Finch a realist
to a neo-pointillist
but staying an artist was not his lot
the wheel turning to a pot from a dot*

*https://www.wikiart.org/en/alfred-william-finch...

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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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An old lady from Brussels,
Enjoys a dinner of mussels,
Restaurants in the district,
Have hired chefs looking strict,
To ward off her annoying morsels.



February 19, 2022
howmanysyllables.com...

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Most unpopular vegetable is Brussels Sprouts
Have taken a survey and I find there's no doubt
Now don't take a fit
For unpopularity they're it
Well, strangely I love 'em more than sauerkraut...

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Ice cream used to be a special treat of mine
But veggies have replaced it, most are divine
Especially brussels sprouts
Make me stand up and shout
Veggies, yeah veggies, love em ten out of nine...

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Ice cream used to be a special treat of mine
But veggies have replaced it, most are divine
Especially brussels sprouts
Make me stand up and shout
Veggies, yeah veggies, love em ten out of nine...

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Ice cream used to be a special treat of mine
But veggies have replaced it, most are divine
Especially brussels sprouts
Make me stand up and shout
Veggies, yeah veggies, love em ten out of nine...

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Brussels Roger van der Weyden
the greatest in his day,a Belgian
as a portraitist*  never to fail
specialist of great detail

*https://www.wikiart.org/en/rogier-van-der-weyden/portrait-of-a-young-woman-in-a-pinned-hat-1435...

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Ice cream used to be a special treat of mine
But veggies have replaced it, most are divine
Especially Brussels Sprouts
Make me stand up and shout
Veggies, yeah veggies, love em ten out of nine

call me weird!...

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Brussels bombed
Battered souls
Silent tongues
____________________________
For Second Chance #2
Sponsored by:  Broken Wings
Originally received N/A in the Thirteen Syllables or Less Contest Judged on 31/3/2016
In Poetry Soup...

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In Thy name they slaughter, my Lord, knowing not that Thou art is love!*






(C) Demetrios Trifiatis
       23 March 2016



*Just for today, I come out of my cocoon, to mourn Brussels' victims AND
to wish you all: HAPPY EASTER!...

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<>~*~
~~**~~
there once was a girl that lived in Brussels
she married a man now they're the Russel's
she was kind of a geek
he was more than weak
she with no brains him without muscles
~~**~~
~*~




November, 14, 2014...

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Cockles and Mussels In Brussels

The women wore trusses after having tussles;
They were embarrassed thinking that Brussels;
Did survive;
Came alive,
Only city that can serve cockles with mussels.
(Actually it was London fair city.)

James Thesarious Hilarious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet...

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Stillness of Mind and Mouth

Josh in Little Rock, talking. 
Micah in Oklahoma City, talking. 
James in Lake Charles, talking. 
Ailcia in Atlanta, talking. 
Jennifer in NYC, talking. 
Bonnie in Los Angeles, talking. 
Li Wei in Shanghai, talking. 
Christiane in Brussels, talking.
Owe ve, in quiet and stillness 
answers are often found....

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I don't care about turkey,
chicken wins hands down.
No need for any gravy,
it is never dry.
Add baked potatos,
some brussel sprouts too.
Yummy, yum,
yum!

The chicken, a lowly bird
In turkey's shadow
On the day it should be safe
It rests on my plate
Next to Brussels sprouts
and double baked potatoes 
Baptized with
Wine!


For Andrea Dietrich's "Make me drool" contest....

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Why are parents so mean,
when I won't eat anything green?

No broccoli, brussels sprouts, green beans, or green grapes,
these will always stay on my plate.

So, here I sit watching the green things wrinkle,
while I cross my legs holding my tinkle.

I got to get up, stuff them in my mouth, and
while in the bathroom, barf them all out.

Parents can be so mean,
if you don't eat anything green....

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The Manekken Pis
flowers at his little feet
mourning senseless death





In sorrow for the people of Brussels, and for all whom are victims of cruelty.

(The bronze statue on the corner of Rue de l'Etuve and Rue des Grands Carmes was made in 1619 by Brussels sculptor Hieronimus Duquesnoy the Elder, and is to Brussels what the Statue of Liberty is to Manhattan, or Big Ben is to London.)

(April 1 2016)...

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