Short Pistachios Poems

Watergate Salad

Fluffy marshmallows in whipped cream and pistachios,

A Grandmother’s classic from generations. 

By: Paige Posadziejewski...

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PLATTERS

Platter full of pastries.
Plate of fruits and mixed nuts.
Peaches and plums, so sweet.
Pineapple so juicy.
Pecans so buttery.
Pistachios, cashews
Palatable, tasty.


4/11/21   Pleiades P Poetry
               Kim Merryman

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A little bit nutty;
A little bit feisty;
A little bit salty
a little bit extra sometimes;

Just a hint of green 
enough to turn their eyes;
Just like a California sunset 
as unique as a West coast sky;

A little bit intense,
a little goes a long way:
A little bit of flavor 
a little sweet to savor;

Hot days cool intimate nights;
Laid back pistachios kind of love....

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Peppered passions poetic pistachios 
Onions fashioned like sonnets season soul
Eggs elevated eccentric embraces
Timeless haiku like wonton soup with sages
Racing red romantic bean ballard 
Yellow limericks of potato salad 

Salty somber sayings sweetly sly tribute 
Oregano onomatopoeia monotone lines of truth
Universal utterances of sensual Senryu 
Paprika topping the cheesy poetry soup...

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Listen to poem:

 She 

 wrapped in ribbons of light
Oh, so sweet a smile
lit
those pistachios in fiery eyes

refilling the vessel of a soul 
counting all strings plucked
in excited thrum - 
a beating heart

paradise is never far, no
 not for me
walked in her graceful dawn
with blooms that go on and on
beguiled by desire's call 

She  

 Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer (1974) - She ...

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When I was a kid, pistachios
Had shells they dyed bright red
And sure enough, that color
To your fingers quickly spread.

It didn’t wash off easily,
But left a tell-tale clue
About what you’d been snacking on,
That bright red proof on view.

Today, I cracked pistachios
And wondered, as I ate,
Why someone once decided
To disguise their natural state.

No matter why, that dye is gone – 
Red fingers not the answer.
For all we know, pistachios
With dye might have caused cancer.
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