Short Pumpernickel Poems

Whole wheat and pita.
French, white, rye, and tortilla.
And pumpernickel....

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Hark!
Peanut butter and 
Miracle Whip collide in coitus 
between two slabs of pumpernickel.

Disgusting eugenics!...

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oozing with warm sweet butter
full of lovely yeast
hot from grandmother’s oven
pumpernickel too
warm hot and tasty
wheat and rye
bread...

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Grab your funny bone and give it a tickle
And for life's dessert try some pumpernickel
Actually never tried it
I have to admit
But heard it was good for your left ventricle...

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I fell asleep in a bread box
filled with musty, fusty rocks
rye and wheat
        whole-grained loaves
pumpernickel
        from the village stoves

once hot;
          now cold

the Baker's life untold....

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let
your mind
be free
with
the
scent of
gingerbread, 
pumpernickel,
nutmeg, 
banana bread,
spring rain,
vanilla extract
and 
sweetgrass
to be exact
is the 
scent of the moon
at last
I
am sure
then
let your
mind be free

...

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I don't think I'm too fickle;
it should be kind of brickle-
without a nasty prickle
and just a bit of trickle.
My fancy, it should tickle;
goes well with pumpernickel.
If you can guess- earn nickel!
Believe me, I won't stickle-
my favored snack's a pickle!


February 17, 2020...

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P and P
     Pumpernickel and a pickle,
     My favorite with a slather of mayo lathered on.


     Often my friends say,"begone,
     We don't like Pumpernickel and a pickle with mayo slathered on"!


     I just smile and munch away.


     More pumpernickel, pickles, and mayo for me today!...

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She was a rather bland woman
Dowdy, dressed in tans and browns
She did not share any history
I did not know any of her towns

She brought pumpernickel bread to work
And shared it with me, along with butter.
I did not care if she did not speak anymore.
It was fabulous with dollops of peanut butter....

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Croissant making
Bread baking
Yeast slaking
Crust caking
Bread

Potato
Pumpernickel
Whole wheat
Enriched white
Bread

The smell of it
You will have a fit
Fresh from the oven
Your Grandma’s apron
Your mother’s way of buttering it
There is nothing more heavenly-tasting in the world.
Bread!...

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Night Tastes Like

Night tastes like:

Hot, black coffee
freshly perked.

Dark pumpernickel bread
fresh out of the oven.

Sweet black licorice
stringy kind of course.

A thick slice of
Mississippi mud pie.

A piece of dark chocolate
slightly bitter.

Dark bottom shoefly pie
made with black strap molasses.

The sense of taste can
heighten our sense of
imagination.

*shoefly pie is Pennsylvania Dutch type of pie made with molasses*...

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