Short Lima Beans Poems

its collard greens
lima beans
salad potatoes
we will share and eat
season
SOUL MEAL FEATS...

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its collard greens
lima beans
salad potatoes
we will share and eat
season
SOUL MEAL FEATS...

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iloe collara  green
and lima beans
love my meat lean
with hot bake cake
and sweet potatoes
this food iscool
lift my toes
its a real real deal
a
SOULMEAL...

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Foxtrot for dances or horses?
Both I suppose.
Who does it better?

Comparing them would be 
Like comparing onions to Lazy-boy-recliners,
Comparing lima beans to undertakers,

Comparing lavender to unicorns,
Comparing poetry to poetry.
It simply cannot be done.

Can I have this foxtrot, Mr. Horse?...

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He passed on turkey, passed on ham
and even on Mom’s candied yams!

He passed, for sure, on salad greens
and carrots, peas and lima beans!

He passed on Mom’s best home-baked bread
and cheeses ready to be spread.

The gravy and the mashed potatoes:
Those he passed on - and tomatoes.

Mom then served desserts; we knew
he’d pass on pie and ice cream too!

But for fruit JELLO, the small brat
yelled, “Mom, please pass me ALL of that!”...

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Anybody is well fed
if they like vegetables that are red.
There are onions, tomatoes, beets, and kidney beans.
Don’t forget vegetables that are green.
They include peas, lettuce, green beans,
artichokes, zucchini, cabbage, and lima beans.
They are healthy things to eat at any scene.
We have to include vegetables that are yellow.
Let peppers, squash, and carrots grow.
With all of this bounty available,
we have plenty to eat at our table.
...

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I like ketchup in my Total™ cereal
And hot sauce with my chocolate
But nothing goes better wit bacon
Than marshmallows and Jelly Belly™ jelly beans

I like syrup wit my Jello™
And mustard on my toast
As well as oranges in my coffee
Ooh, boy what a jolt

Can’t imagine the taste without
Eating Cajun Lima Beans with smoke trout
Boy ya don’t know wha ya missin
Guess what now my stomach itchin

1/3/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020©...

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Chilled white wine
A glass for the chef

Creole seasonings
A meal in a dish
A Southern delight

Chunks of catfish fillets
Corn and lima beans
Simmering till sublime

Gather around
If spicy stew's what you want
Help yourself

Cayenne pepper
Tabasco sauce
There’s even a bit of wine left



AP:  3rd place 2020

Submitted on October 7, 2018 for contest OCTOBER NO.2 2018 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND

and May 13, 2018 for contest CATFISH sponsored by CATIE LINDSEY...

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Mama’s chili pot put out a call
Wanting a variety of beans in the fall
Forty-nine types of beans showed up in all
Auditions were conducted by me and Saul

Lima beans were boring, dull and bland.
Chili beans are always close at hand.
Pork and beans were stuck up and snobby.
Garbanzo beans were hard and knobby.

We finally chose six types of beans.
Together they made the chili fit for queens.
Mama’s chili was better than ever before.
We kicked the limas and garbanzos out the door....

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