Short Parmesan Poems

Cody-sun feet of parmesan....

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Kebabs of halloumi
Parmesan doughnuts
Spicy pumpkin linguine
Rosti and spinach
Frangipan tartine
Cognac ice-
Creamy !...

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Roast pheasant in cider sauce
Wood pigeon salad
Parmesan crusted chicken
with Baked chicory
Sweet apple brulee
Bon-bons and
Beer!...

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Laundry, odor, stink
Parmesan cheese, fungus, dirt
Bleach, washing powders


(Let me Haiku you from a grandmother's point of view.)...

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Double size smoked salmon bites
cheese brulee  oatcakes
roast shredded duck black pudding
parmesan sables
chilli prawn platter
a festive
Fizz!...

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Home-grown tomatoes on low
Basil and garlic
Angel hair pasta wall test
Fresh parmesan cheese
Thin-sliced hard baguette
Olive oil
Yum!
...

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Kernels popped in olive oil,
Butter-drizzled and
tossed with salt or Parmesan 
or candied as balls!
Versatile delight
in puffs of
white!
...

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Fish
Garlic
Paprika 
Salt
Black pepper 
Rosemary
Olive oil
Carrot
Purple onion
Hot red pepper
Butter 
Zucchini
Basil
Avocado
4 eggs
White or Parmesan cheese....

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I really don’t know how long it has been
That parmesan comes shredded from businessmen
We need a president
To set the precedent
To help make America ‘grate’ again
...

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six layers of phyllo 
sheets slathered in butter
sauteed spinach 'tween each
several kinds of cheese
savory parmesan
sharp crumbles of feta
served while crispy and hot
...

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Spaghetti served with meatballs,
Topped with parmesan,
Slice of cheesy garlic bread,
Green beans on the side,
Then Chocolate Cheese Cake,
For dessert,
Yum!...

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with olive complexion
the Mexican army 
walked off the set
to partake in 
comida and 
a sieste

but not frijoles 
instead pass 
the pasta 
with grazie
and prego
needing more parmesan...

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in retirement
i'll become an
Emily Dickens not
meaning transexually
but cloistered
in a room
almost an attic
addicted
to spilling my brains
on paper in
scattered scribbles
with some 
parmesan reggiano
under the
bell jar...

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Blanketed, 
Smooth paved layers,
Cheese,
Bakes melted goodness,
Layer after layer,
Sunday's,
Punctuated Italian Air,
Ripping crusty bread,
Parmesan shaved against the grater,
The tempo of a good day,
Laughs and wine, 
Family and friends,

My loving layers...

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I want pizza,
from the pickles to olives,
I crave some food,
from pepperoni to cheese.


I want macaroni and cheese,
from elbow pasta to rigatoni,
I crave some food,
from cheddar cheese to parmesan cheese.

I want ice cream,
from chocolate to strawberry,
I crave some dessert,
from whipped cream to a cherry on top....

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you've got religion on your breath
and existentialism hanging in your closet
politically correct
cannabis vapor
give me purple diesel
or give me death star
some mental exercises
for longer life
and longer eyelashes
taste another green world
vegan parmesan cheese
saved by zen medicine
and rapid weight loss
philosophy isn't books, honey
it's a skin care offer...

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Parmesan-crusted grouper
A low country broil
Topped with lemon and lime sauce
A hint of garlic
Brushed with olive oil
Cheese to please
Yum!


*Tasted this at a restaurant and now have mastered the recipe.  Awesome fat-free 
way to prepare grouper.  Has to be broiled near the bottom of the oven or it will 
burn before cooking.  Entry for Sara’s "Low Country Boil" contest....

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Needs some motivation
Something to get me
going
Try'na be right this time
She said I was boring

Ain't know need
Messing around
Gotta good thang here
Don't like being way to long
My lady likes to
Keep me near

Ain't know need in carrying on
Listen to some music
Baby got it going on
Like what she's doing
Loving you
Is living myself
Baby listen
I don't want know one else
You're I've been missing

Fit pik havester...

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Can you forget that piece of cheese
that you inhaled? Oh, just a crumb it was.
But breathing while chewing, then choking!
Was it Cheddar, Cheshire?

Or that Limburger, Parmesan?
But, oh, that piece of cheese!
Not a morsel you'll forget,
or a temporary amnesia that will bring you peace.

A double Gloucester, some feta or mozzarella?
What about that Parmigiana-Reggiano?
Better, far better, not to inhale
a piece of cheese. It's peace you need.

(8 Jan 2024)...

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P  Patience is a virtue, a footstep
A  Along the road of life, ambrosia
T  To a world in turmoil; the tiniest
I   Interjected bits of soul food like, Fusilli,
E  Egg pasta with zucchini and mushroom sauté.
N  Nice parmesan and pecorino cheese atop; such a crown with,
C  Cabernet Sauvignon added, for a meal so aromatic
E  Everyone will celebrate!

3-10-2020
STRAND CHOICE B,any form,any theme Poetry Contest
Brian Strand...

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I was in pain, but I have ignored it
Feeling excited on this fresh new virgin day.
I could use my eyes and draw out a canvas
study a tree, watch butterflies, enjoy that puffy cloud.

I could use my voice 
Say hello to a stranger
Make elaborate wolf howls

I could use my nose
Smell the meatballs cooking
Enjoy the whiff of oregano
follow the fragrance of parmesan 

or I could sit here
loving the day
enjoying the patio of this Italian restaurant
not caring that I cannot whistle...

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