Short Kneaded Poems

She
could not
bake the bread-
though she kneaded
dough....

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sterile dough kneaded
crisped dreams coated with sugar
manufactured hope...

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bread comes in many
shapes and shades
but all are kneaded



05/10/18...

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Bread needed from special flour
Was hand kneaded for an hour
That display
Shown that day
Is what they call flour power!...

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Our Mayor begged and he pleaded
But he never once succeeded
He thinks he's so grand
But can't understand
Our Baker wants to feel kneaded...

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Everyday begins
a cold chunk of clay
kneaded by us
battered by them.
Come dusk it doesn't 
look like much of anything
our blood fills in the cracks
untouched-unglazed-unloved....

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Handful of flour in a bin
lightly kneaded with
a little oil in a jar
andmixed with such care-
miraculous cake,
sliced up so
fair!

Full story of this vignette @ I Kings 17:8-16...

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Do lizards have gizzards?
Do wizards have craws?
Are parakeets Paracletes
Exempt from laws?

I need to know how
I kneaded dough now 
To disavow middlebrow
Hear the cow bow-a-wow....

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Complimentary Loaf


“Your bread is perfect”

“Thanks” I said

“That’s what I kneaded”


10/11/18

Written for: The Baker’s Dozen Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Maureen McGreavy...

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A woman took a measure of leaven,
then kneaded it with flour in her kitchen.
   A loaf did arise 
   to a wonderful size;
for like such is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 13.33...

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Our hands
kneaded together
the daily bread...
together we made the
molds we carve
our lives...
together we embroider
the future and us
we gave posterity.
similar to waves
in surf,
we spread out in the world
our children...!...

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Winter - Cold at heart 






Subtle warm weaves of passion
Kneaded to beat winter chills,
Tear to shreds with cruel time
Icy winds cold blood.




Written Nov 10th, 2015
For contest "Winter dodoitsu"
Sponsor- Heather Ober...

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Amassed bulging clouds 
Dashing enmity fusion, 
generously hovering
In jellylike kneaded layaway 
Mysterious noir over
Prairies quietly resting
Suddenly trapped under
Vicious wind’s X rated
Yelling zeal.

CarolineCecile - 10.15.12...

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I dug out the 
big pieces of 
black soil of 
my choice,
Crumbled them 
in a tank, 
removed the 
humus and 
pebbles;
Then the soil's 
soaked and 
kneaded 'to 
paste I placed
On my wheel 
and moulded 
all 'ese various-
shaped 
vessels!...

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A potter kneaded galaxies into shape
slapped on a thin layer of gravitational glaze
baked them in star ovens of varying degrees
lay sparkle to planet skin so all could see 
lay sheen on the dream so dreamers could dream.
The potter's wheel eternally spinning....

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Gossamer, gently cool,
brushed against flushed hot face,
like water pooled in desert land;
softness kneaded with much
glad wearing, not unlike
the feel of mother's wrinkled hand.


November 9, 2017
Knit Your Fabric Contest
Sponsor, Nette Onclaud 
Verse Form...

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you just can't resist freshly baked bread 
at yeast I can't - crust me, I've tried!  

it whispers - 'I know you loaf me 
                          you know you knead me 
                             you butter hurry up
                               crumb and get me!'...

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I must accept the message, “You lost,”
I suppose in the nick of time.
The glow that I carried with hope
Has dulled, the sun gone away to hide.

Now that life is without you,
Days of illusions and dreams gone away,
I am gathered, kneaded upon a potter’s wheel,
Being shaped for another day...

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Summertime,
The living is lovely,
Gnoochi with Nonny,
Fresh dough,
Kneaded,
Love,
Needed,
For every step,
Chef caps adorn our crowns,
It’s a lovely afternoon,
Rich in tradition is our recipe,
Love is how it is conjured,
How I miss our days,
Of gnoochi and storytelling,
Memories are all that's left....

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i remember
the taste of
your br east's
milk but didn't

want to
drink
black
coffee

coffee
straight
makes
me 

wince but
since you
we're there
i utterly

wanted
to use
you
and

kneaded to 
because
your
yeast

was rising
to being
ready to
bake

but i
suppose i
just like to
loaf...

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the clay was content 
the way it always had been
tucked inside stone ribs of earth
'til a blood palm tore it from its peace
kneaded it into deformity 
then branded it a masterpiece

with blessings from gravity
time and decay
it will make its way
back into the 
sunken treasure chest 
of feathers and
cold earth gems...

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~tangy flavor drips
     on watermelon’s skin pink…
         brushing kneaded mouths

flesh of summer pulp
     pops with zing  like frothy cream…
          to thrill nibbling bites

 breaths in rhapsody
      trailing juicy midnight love…
            when melon lips meet



~ ~

Carol Brown’s Lips Contest
by nette onclaud...

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Between life and death 
a photo finish race 
will decide the relationship.

There was intoxication 
at heights. Your throat had 
become hoarsed, sliced 
after a scream. Matchsticks 
were thrust in the 
gnawed mound of kneaded 
flour. The kitchen 
was going to explode.

Barehands you were
picking the black beans;
parting me lip by lip
caressing me thumb by thumb.


Satish Verma...

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When I failed to pass 
Out from Communism class
It was my poor Marx.

Which dinosaur has  
A rich vocab to help us?
Why, a thesaurus.  

Spread across all world, 
A shepherd-less Indian herd,
Reservations unheard. 

I badly needed
That job as bakery aid,
And dough was kneaded.

In your middle-age,
O worry not of old age,
Turn over the page.
__________________________  
Haiku |02.03.2024| humour
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SMELL THE KNEADED BREAD
THE SWEET, SWEET BREAD
MIGHT THOSE WHO HUNGER
HUNGER NO MORE
THE YEASTY DOUGH'S
THAT FERMENTS
THE SWEET MOLASSES
THAT SHALL SWIRL WITHIN
KNEAD MY DOUGH'S
AND LET THEM RISE
KNEAD MY DOUGH'S
AND LET THEM RISE
BAKE THEM THAT ALL SHALL
HUNGER NO MORE

THEIR IS A FOUNTAIN FILLED
WITH LOVE
LOOSE ALL THY FITH AND STAINS
THE WATERS OF OF
THE FOUNTAIN MOIST
THEY SOFTEN THE THESE DRIED GROUNDED GRAINS...

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