Short Dishing Poems

consenting adults

locked eyes         restricting the flow

a shared submission...

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yes i when out
passion was my rout
thats know doudt
i look and got a hook
too
it was like a food dishing
I FOUND YOU
FISHING...

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The news has become quite absurd
Mocking the journalistic word
Often appealing
Never revealing
Just dishing out mountains of turd...

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Checked for Change

While walking I soon started wishing,
In pocket for money was found fishing;
Checked for change,
Then did re-arrange;
More money to me God will be dishing.

Jim Horn...

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Flirt

Colin the Crayfish has been dishing up the dirt, 
Saying, Little Polly Pike is an outrageous flirt. 
Tim Trout’s going to be her new finned friend,
She hooked him by a rock pool, on the river bend....

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Here I am again 
2 am
Dishing out the pain
Washing it all out 
Breaking up the rust 
So that it evaporates 
So I can come out again 
So I can see the sun again 
God, I’ve missed that
Warm on my cheeks 
I can feel it burning life
Into my eyes...

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thru the night
beckon the stars
circling overhead
in a cyclone of
cosmic energy
the moon aglow
lavishly dishing out
to the universe
her seismic message
of eternal hope
  


AP: 3rd place 2023, Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on April 27, 2019...

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L ola watched
I rma’s drunken
V eronica impression.
E velyn said,
L ouise knows
A ndrea was
U ma’s half-sister.
G ladys was
H azel’s love-child.
L isa raised
O ma’s kids.
V irginia smootched
E unice’s husband.

* For the Live, Laugh, Love Acrostic contest....

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Why should we get put down
Who call out a miserable bully?
She who longs for a notable crown,
Finding delight in criticizing us fully,
Picking on folks who are successful
Enjoying our time here at the Soup,
Making for some of our lives stressful
Dishing out nasty like a nincompoop!

Written December 7, 2022...

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Not a bad bone.

I can see it in their smile.

Never wished any bad feeling on anyone seen through their eyes

I truly do admire them though they’re few and far between

Never an Ill word and the complete opposite of mean

Not a bad bone. Not a dull smile.
Some people are just born good and live their life dishing good out.

Not a bad bone....

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I came to 
Strapped to the clock
With wires and meters
Stuck into my flesh

Measuring and monitoring
Dishing out to me
In small capsules
Moments of time

Forced to swallow 
To observe
Whitewashed landscapes
Blurry images in harsh light

Numbed by an eternal today
Living in a moment
The never-ending sameness of seconds
Narcotic of repetition....

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Pray for those who decide,
What our our daily news intake should be,
Pray for them to comprehend more,
Pray for them to sensationalise less,
Pray for them to dig deeper,
Pray for them to spread their net wider,
But above all pray,
That they will one day understand, they are on the front line,
When it comes to dishing out Hope,
And Lord make it sooner than later....

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You can't dish out fairness like you do lollies,
As what is fair for one is not fair for all.

Sooner or later you will be dishing out unfairness,
As you try to please all.

Communities may be better judges of what is fair,
Than central government.

Red tape is an obstacle to fair,
And greed is another.

The best we can hope for is that
Those dishing it out show up to hear what others fear....

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I watch talented chefs on tv
And how they make it look so easy
Massive walk-in refrigerators
Recipes for bold innovators
Freshest produce exotic and rare
Excessive abundance they do prepare
Combining components with finesse
Topping lush dishes with watercress



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on July 15, 2019 for contest CORNUCOPIA COOKING sponsored by CHANTELLE ANNE COOKE  -  RANKED 4TH...

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Fishing the whole sea to catch a dish,
Dishing Christmas jewelry to end the year,
Year swing's by to feel my scent,
Scenting vanilla on the last days drowns my fear,
Fear for death keeps me praying,
Praying my strength out make's me living,
Living in sin stains my life dirty,
Dirty heart games keeps me a loser,
Loser pill sucks, finally making a new year resolution,
Resolution grant make the new day a bliss....

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A heron shoots a glassy eye
keeps fishing by doing nothing.
Oars slap water.

An early sun crashes through the mist
intent on warming eggs in lakeside nests.

Slap go the oars, a clunky-swoosh,
a white wake burbling.

If I row very slowly
it will be a few minutes before breakfast.
You will be dishing a trout onto a buttery plate.

Elsewhere, a silver fish 
swims down a blue herons throat
       slip slapping all the way....

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Scamming Others
Miracle Man
2/14/2022

Some will not work if given their druthers,
they’d prefer to just exist by scamming others.
Any thoughts of working, mind quickly smothers,
they’ll con their own family, even mothers.

It all starts out with no dream, just wishing,
these folks occupy productive time “dishing”
Then on social media they turn to “phishing”.
and soon are embracing the art of “catfishing”.
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Our Words Are a Testament
Of Who We Are
Written: by Tom Wright
7/2/2018

The words we voice tell others who we are,
Dishing hurt for hurt just isn’t God’s way.
But man Oft desires the parting au revoir,
Then upon reflection, morals make him pay.

Each uttered word God instantly appraises,
But previously spoken words we can rectify.
We use subtle words camouflaged as praises,
Then, in our garden of pretend, question why?
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6.	WHO  CARES?

Death hides in the
body
but who sees? it’s
obscure

living on the edge
seeking space into
swamp

they all talk about
the sun
swelling in the sky

and close eyes to
the spider
spinning waves on
the ceiling

all alone, but who
cares?
suspicion and
distance

like lovers they 
pretend
to leave, yet stay
longer

dishing out luxuries
showing off
generosity

on the heart’s fancy
table
waiting to welcome
the guest...

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Fishing the whole sea to catch a dish,
Dishing Christmas jewelry to end the year,
Year swing's by to feel my scent,
Scenting vanilla on the last days drowns my fear,
Fear for death keeps me praying,
Praying my strength out make's me living,
Living in sin stains my life dirty,
Dirty heart games keeps me a loser,
Loser pill sucks, finally making a new year resolution,
Resolution grant make the new day a bliss, 
Blissful memories still rings even when fishing...

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A day surrounding love
Has reared its head
Dishing out roses
Which are usually red

A dash to the florist
To pick up some flowers
Choosing a card
Which may take some hours

Words with true meaning
Or a load of old tripe
Winning a person over
Because they're your type

This is my ditty
To give you some cheer
On a day full of nonsense
Which should last all year

Valentines is but a day
Tis all a bit funny
It's just a big reason
For the shops to take our money...

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