Short Garnish Poems

gyoza in straight line
on top of shiso garnish
— tipsy with plum wine

3/15/2018...

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   Discriminating palates
      garnish salads with shallots
    
   But when eating croquettes
      avoid mallets
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delicate queen anne

a lovely meadow garnish

dainty and lacy

calls forth memory delight

grandparents' well-loved prairie...

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Sex is not Love!
Sex is mostly garnish
Of writhing feet and sweaty meat

Love is the connection after the fact
Love is the way we react...

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garnish your gusto
dance your joy
live for this second
expend enthusiasm
this moment belongs to you
live to the maximum
shout your truth...

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An elaborate Fish dish
Served with Lemon, Lime
Accompanied with Sorbet
A Salad Garnish
Butter, Cream, and Bread
Rice, Pasta
Wine!...

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Crimson juice poured unto it
Cheddar toppings dripped
Scent of spice with veggie meat
Cooked slow, garnish neat
Macaroni treat
My Birthday
Gift!...

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One shot of envy
Two shots of love
Few drops of luck
Just a hint of fear.

Pour over cubes of the past
Shake well, shake well
Top with hope
Garnish with joy....

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Gregarious Giles gladly gathers garnish greens gentle Greta grows.

Haggard Harriet hardly has half her hoppity hare’s health habits.

"Injun" invective incenses indigenous individual....

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What do you think
How should one
Emphasize
The little bit
One has to say
Garnish
Highlight
Colour, no can't say that
And  if I used the word
Embroider my musings
You would think
I don't know
My gender...

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Candied Coconut Rice

Creamy and spicy ginger garnish.












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November 16, 2015

For Food 2: Holiday Connections Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Andrea Dietrich
Fourth Place...

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Crazy honest
It's crazy the way I astonish
You crave the honesty I polish
How it's harnessed
Ripe and ready for harvest
Ready to cook, fry it up
Give it
A simple garnish
Damn that's tasty
Do I
Detect a hint of garlic?...

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The moon sulks and envys
when earths stomach is filled habitually
to be garnish in wintry season
listening to carols from birds to wild beast and godly person
the earth feel cheery and merry
while the moon feels miserable and lonely....

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what about those truths
hidden in our younger tooth
biting. mouth open

laughter fills my hair
as molars about to crush
harden substances

kneading to be smashed
garnish words of harden facts
open mouth biting


written by James Edward Lee Sr...

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Emergent of life
God's glory protein, souped gold
Gave excess of joy

Example, me, exults
Gratitude of existence
Grasping given grace

Earth's replete to tell
Golden centered origin
Grand umbilical

Excite me to love
Garnish blessings with pure praise
Good eggs make true saints....

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TABLE SIN OF NOUVEAU RICHE

sweetest dawn he ever knew
Toast was perfect, sky was blue

from the window all he saw ---
Sparkling as the artists draw


BUT
that
NIGHT

didn't whine, didn't stutter
when he wakened in the gutter


Didn't know he'd tempted Fate
Nibbling garnish from his plate...

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Rimas Dissolutas
Unrhymed stanzas
Rinse and repeat
Envoi garnish

Attractiveness eludes us
Tiny dancer
Awkward on her feet
Reputation tarnished

Pirouette complete
Beauty unvarnished


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A Rimas Dissolutas with 4-line stanzas and an envoi: abcd abcd cd...

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Chicken on dry sliced rye,
at his neat
office workstation,
no garnish.

Suddenly she was there,
her chair roller wheels
squeaking.

"Next time get a 'footlong' sub
with Mayo and all the fixings.
We could share it."

'Messy' he murmured,
studying his monitor.

A sigh,
as the office angel rose upward
on chubby wings....

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tarnish and stain in harvest
darkness hides the light.

harvest yon’ fleeting carcass,
        garnish processed blight


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sprawl into the night
tall is the shadow

       crawl so passionate height,
haul in all the valleys so low





2/3/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.2020©...

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Sparse Plate


Never trust poetic twists
making old words new
forms that merely test your wits
hold your breath till blue.

Searching for the perfect rhymes
garnish for sparse plate
parsley, sage, and wilted thyme’s
vain attempt to sate.



4/4/2015

submitted to 7/5 Trochee – poetry contest
sponsor - Andrea Dietrich...

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Count the days in the garden.
Let love bloom all around.
Recognise the peace,
there is harmony in the sky.
With each and every leaf or bud -
new breath, a miracle.
Make memories unforgettable,
garnish them with thoughtful floral fragrance.
Add that loving laughter, those smiles.
Create that sense of magic,
and cherish natures dance....

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Count the days in the garden.
Let love bloom all around.
Recognize the peace,
there is harmony in the sky.
With each and every leaf or bud -
new breath, a miracle.
Make memories unforgettable,
garnish them with thoughtful floral fragrance.
Add that loving laughter, those smiles.
Create that sense of magic,
and cherish natures dance....

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be creative the professor said
I thought I was
what did I do wrong?
I did not mean THAT creative, he told me.
In a stern, mean condescending way.
The trouble is,
I do not know how to be less creative.
And why would I want to?
Albert Einstein said, "Creativity is Intelligence having fun."
If there is anyone who wants to garnish more fun
You are looking at her....

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This is putting the spirit rum to good use.
Just mix it with a little pineapple juice.
Put it in a shaker with some cracked ice,
Shake it up, strain it into a glass, and it's nice.
For a extra touch, use a little garnish:
Add a pineapple spear and a cherry if you wish.
This is a great drink for either a gal or guy.
What we have here is called a Mai-Tai.
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My Snail
He sometimes' come about
In the heat of the night
A treat to my mouth
Yes, that is what it is all about
He is out of sight
Though he doe's seem
Too pout
And when it is time
For dinner to come out
He is my favorite garnish
Sometimes' with Trout
Thou he is my friend
Strictly to the end
When it comes to the menu
I just can't wait to let him in
Again, and again and again

GF...

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