Short Roasting Poems

Chestnuts a roasting
By the fire crackling 
Winter time is here...

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marshmallow clouds float..
 across a sea of blue shades -
   - roasting in the sun......

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Turkey ready for roasting
Our mom ready for boasting
A power surge came
The oven in flame
No Thanksgiving for toasting...

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chest
nuts
roasting
atop her open
fire toasting
my marshmallows
oozing
gooey
from her heat 
as thoughts
pop like
popcorn...

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as you shop and windor stop
on everyblock
there's smoking cot
with shell that bust
roasting on the fires
its the
SMELL OF CHESTNUTS...

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(Get ready for the bird)

Roasting a goose just for you 
Succulently stuffed 
With wild rice, and curried shrimp… 
Teasingly browned -- Glazed 
With a cranberry 
-- Current blend  
Yum!...

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A turkey was once accused of fowl play
A demeanor, sentenced to prison for a day
Thanksgiving's approaching
Getting ready for roasting
But didn't look forward to it either way...

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Got holidays coming up, what great joy
Been a while, looking forward to this time to enjoy
To relax and think back
Traveling life's track
Roasting marshmallows, country music to employ...

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The world is an oven
we live in

With each scorching,
its temperature grows

Unable to stop,
hands fall off the clock

Left roasting
—goose cooking below

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)...

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The merry men and Robin Hood
Were drinking in the local wood
And roasting harts.*

The meat, they said, was very good;
They even ate, it’s understood,
The private parts.

* deer

For Isaiah’s Robin Hood contest...

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under the night sky
huddled around the camp fire ~
marshmallow roasting


Haiku or Senyru Poetry Contest  (Winner: 2nd Place)
Sponsored by: Constance La France 
Date written: 07/19/2020...

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Once there was a right dandy dude from New York
He dined each day on the finest loin of pork
Never met a pig he did not admire,
Roasting on a flaming barby fire
Made even tastier by the pop of the cork.

May 23, 2021...

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SEASONS
~~~~~~~~

freezing
warming
roasting
chilling
winter freezing, spring warming, new life.
summer roasting, autumn chilling, cool sight.

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Followed the syllabl count this time 2-2-2-2-9-9...

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Poor Santa Claus had such a fright
The open log fire was alight!
Descending the flue
The air turned quite blue;
His chestnuts were roasting that night!


22.11.19

'Holiday Themed Limerick Poetry Contest' sponsored by Tania Kitchin...

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"It's shade tree time" he used to say
Just as the work was done
It’s time to rest, for old men’s heads
Far from the roasting sun
He'd have a seat, light up a smoke
And tell a joke or two
Then fall asleep, while we all think
what now are we to do?...

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Poor Sam Hose was tied to tree
Soaked in kerosene, lit a thousand degrees
His flesh roasting, the mob sliced off pieces
Laughing at his screams for mercy from Jesus
They took his manhood, fingers and ears
Poor Sam Hose was a souvenir...

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No Almond Joy for coconut
Please don't suggest roasting chestnuts
Stifled by sage and pumpkin spice
Cauliflower rice won't entice
Though blasphemous, I'm not bluffing
I am not thankful for stuffing
He picks out onions, celery
All for love of finicky me.


11/10/18...

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marmalade ham  hocks roasting in a pan
smells of it wafting through the kitchen
landing in the living room
tantalizing me

salivating glands
eager appetite
anticipating hot buttered rolls
with greasy tops
and lavish baked potatoes with all the trimmings

Dinner’s ready!...

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The smell of a roasting chicken,
for a Special Day.
Dinner - not just for Sunday.
Mouth watering taste of
soft white meat and rich brown gravy.
Dark meat juicy with flavor.
Might be stuffed or unstuffed
adding to the scent of a roasting
chicken - Hmmm....

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Giving thanks for what you have.
Roasting a turkey to share.
Always being thankful.
Thanksgiving for all.
Everyone giving thanks.
Faith in our God.
Undivide we love.
Love we have to share.
           Teresa Skyles

Entered in[Thanksgiving day]contest by
Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen...

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roasting in the sun I lay brick,
                                 one by one in mute perfection
     ahhh, the flavor of lemonade
                                 as I fan the gnats from sweat
     but the sweetest flavor tasted
                                is bragging of who did the work...

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Sending out her distress call, that early April morn; their sitting ducks
Ambushed, amid foreign waters; sold to be bought, these chain link treats ?
Roasting atop his open fire a platform, in practicality you see; perfect posture

                                          ...."In Progress." *...

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post script beyond a country fence
scribbled in the earth of a farm house
post graduate courses wasting her time
when all she should want to be is a mother
posting and roasting in a bonfire
dreams and wishes of a frustrated man
whose post digging took his mind off
his inability to control his wife...

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Weeping willow, sun-kissed haze,
spring flowers glow with honeydew glaze.

Dragonflies dance, sparrows fly,
endless rainbows in a cloud-filled sky.

Cascading waterfalls, hot summer days,
marshmallows roasting by a campfires blaze.

Bumblebees buzz, firecrackers spark,
lightening bugs glow all through the dark....

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Frozen flower punch
Hibiscus blossoms for your ears
Luau skirts and fire rings
Streamers hanging in the air
Cocktails soaked in pineapples
Roasting pit to coals
Anklets jangling on your feet
Ambrosia mint in bowls
Smiles to pass with every song
Laughter jewels the moon
Eating the afternoon away
with a Polynesian spoon~...

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