Short Huckleberry Poems

A chicken and green corn soup
White terrapin stew
Canvas duck and red cabbage
Huckleberry cake
And Washington pie
Strawberry 
Fizz!

Curtesey of Mrs Beeton...

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A young rogue named Finn
Ran away with an escaped slave,Jim,
Down the river on a raft
On the Mississippi this tale was craft-
Encounters & adventures,fore and aft....

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     Huckleberry Pie



With each delicious bite we are reminded of the effort made to
pick, clean and bake this Christmas treat…a family affair.!


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Spotlight snow day;
Hot pink summer sun a blazed;
                          ~
Wild huckleberry sweet N sour alt;
Dessert drought very, very, very, hot;





11-22-21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2021©...

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pap comes on whisky; 
whenever he falls down, says
wildly, "Who pushed me?"
____________________

This is taken from my own new fiction book "The New Adventures of Tom Sawyer." Read this book it's available on Amazon....

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I’m your huckleberry
Always makes me smile
Since Val Kilmer used it in the move Tombstone

My husband and I used it over and over
The month after we saw the movie
Delighted us beyond any sane reason

To this day when I hear it
I have the same reaction
And I smile...

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Dixie pixie and Dixie Tom and Jerry;
Swam the river instead of catching a fairy;

While Huckleberry Hound Pluto and Ralph;
Poke them all in the eyes,  now they're not seeing like Three Blind Mice
Huh!!!;



9/30/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2020...

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Tombstone
law goes after thugs
my favorite western without John Wayne
Loving Val Kilmer and Kurt Russell
“I’m your huckleberry”
Held breath during shoot out at O.K. Corral
Rooted for Josie and Wyatt to get together in the end
Even though I do not usually root for a homewrecker...

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The loudmouth cowboy was challenged by an inebriated Doc Holiday.
"Draw your weapon sir," slurred the doc, "I'm your huckleberry."
"You're drunk as a skunk," said the cowboy, "probably seeing double too."
Mr Holiday responded, "Yes sir, that is very true,
but I have two guns,.. one for each of you."...

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          "oh shucks"
               said 
               huck
       az Mary crossed
               with
            her lamb

          "too young"
            said huck

        "spring sheep"
            said jim
       "good tuh eat"

            "oh jim"
             sighed
              huck

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School
       Wood stove
                     One big room
                           Teacher, six grades, love
                                         Chaos, respect, learning, fun
                      Dodge Ball, lunch box, blue crayons, Huckleberry Finn








For Nigel's contest, sigh...way back when......

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blue is a number
after huckleberry squared
formula for rain

orange is a song
felt in the crook of your ear
louder than buzzing

animals are green
so is every magnet
and the earth's moisture

all feelings are white
contained in brown steamer trunks
old moths fly away

black is an engine
unimaginable speed
then it disappeared...

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We work for them and drop them
So pigeons have a feast.
Indoors, they hide in dread of
The vacuum cleaner beast.

On coffee cakes and muffins,
They're something that we prize
And often they are sprinkled
On huckleberry pies.

The detritus of dinners
Or what's left when one succumbs,
Our lives are filled with highs and lows,
With both containing crumbs....

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Waiting for an epiphany
Something…anything…
A life in transit
Keyhole visions… narrowed too fine
Cynicism, mockery doing rounds
Despairing times… out of bounds

What could’ve been and what is…
Funny how the story doesn’t change
Driftwood listless, aimless
Who is your huckleberry finn?
Hypocrisies, deceit, lies and everything lame
That just leaves god left to blame...

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Succulent breath on cliff's edge
Blushing screams deep sea event 
Rivers waves winding grounds relish 
Wild huckleberry shrouds mountain tops 
Rolling out covered atop so emerged in snow 
Frolicking running leaping wild goats galloping foray
  running leaping over heels
~ mountains countryside~


12/26/21
Written by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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Quarry mine in the presents of His glory
Rocky mountain are the stairwell to the heaven

Key lime pie to the sky
Green light deep dark world

This be the story
Tumbleweed embracing Plymouth Rock laden

Sparkle wild huckleberry flies
The sparrow tours

I repented soul changed in mid Glory
Spirit risen rises to the Holy of Holies


11/21/21
Written by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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Spread it on toast,
slather it on an English muffin.
Use it in your milkshake,
to make a smoothie,
top off a sundae or
crown a banana split.

Drop a dollop on a cracker
and plop it in your mouth.

Put it on a plate,
mixed with tiny chunks
of real creamery butter,
then spoon onto a
piping hot biscuit.

Rich, dark, tantalizing . . .
one of life's sweet joys,
   Huckleberry Jam....

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found and lost
schizo psychotic alterego
mirror image but much free
unhurried, carefree & ready to let go

stains on your cheeks!
did you ever cry?
the rope is too short
do you think you can try?

close your mind!
the haunting will not end
open your eyes
Its broken you cannot mend

where is huckleberry finn?
was it worth your while
time will stand still
you can curse and smile...

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August sun,
Leaves smell of heat,
You can hear the holly hocks turn to seed.
The pile of trimmed twigs snap as they dry.

Sister paints the cross pieces
The top of the board
The flat
And the underside

I come behind and paint the broad, flat boards
With long strokes up and down,
Back and forth.
Paint drips on my hand.

Hair tied back in kerchiefs,
Hot,
Sweaty,
The paint smells hot as the sun dries it.

Huckleberry Finn’s fence,
But Daddy had girls....

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I may be 5 foot 9 but by the time
I have to reach over my middle tire
A skinny person of let’s say 5 feet
might reach things a couple inches higher

Those tricky top shelves are strictly for things
I know that I’m never going to need
Like huckleberry jam, rice vinegar,
brown paper lunch bags and caraway seed

When searching through the kitchen cabinets
I find that I’m too short by just a smidge
So I have no idea what’s hiding in
that little cabinet over the fridge...

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