Short Staple Poems

Noodles is China
Their life's main staple food
Centuries old, Brah!...

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staple trainers school canteen
left over apple crumble
eskimo right refusal fire biscuit...

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smiles for the unpredictable
anger for the bitter-hearted
humility for the divine-hearted...

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Let the gays out
 
Let the prisoners shout
 
See the Pope wearing a dress
 
Staple a rainbow to your chest...

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Tools:
Mirror,
Fingers,
Wish list.

Wins:
None

Pills:
Pills:
Pills:

Pin board notice marks,
staple like wrinkles
against those pale freckles.
I wish you'd know
where to go.

One day you will be the wind....

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Coffee the staple in my world
Over the top in aroma
Finding a good cup is hard to do
Figure that one with brands a plenty
Every ounce is savored as it  slowly goes down.

Coffee you indulge this wanting tongue.


6/23/12...

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double tetractys

We've Only Just Begun, wedding staple,
like brides and grooms
musicians, 
poets
bond.

Add
brilliant
performers,
the Carpenters,
and a simple tune becomes a classic. 


written May 19, 2017
10 lines...

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Saltiest of flats
Plainly addictive
Bag crinkles open
We eat them in two’s
Not a bit healthy

Tiny pieces
Casserole tops
Picnic staple
Bring a bag please

High salt taste
Greasy too
Teen delight

Crinkly
Salty

Chips...

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Music
the staple of life
Hence my poetic
Song
Parted lips
A spoken voice
Comes 
The inner me 
Nostalgic
Evoking
Thought-provoking
Penetrating reflections
In love 
Dancing 
singing
Lifes
Song
From 
Dusk 
Till..
Dawn...

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Frost has tinged the Japanese Maple
Turning its leaves to burgundy red
Pears lie upon the ground not staple
As roosters rise nosily from bed

Nice on the porch at sunrise
Feeling the November cold
Hear birds chirp tales so wise
Mocking tale was a surprise and bold...

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Roots and fruits , being the staple of earth 

Succulent varieties , distribute at birth

Bounteous cornucopia , gratitude pleasing

Source of life............. substantial meaning ,

Root of our foundation , fitting self fruitation

We bear the fruit of what we root.............

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Yummy Gingerbread Cookies
             Holiday staple
Can be enjoyed year round, too
          Smelling heavenly
        straight out the oven
              They taste so--
                   Sweet!



Date written: 12/14/2020...

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Lilium Lancifolium
Indigenous to the Far East
Springing from a bulb
Beautiful Pink tiger lily, hybrid from orange tiger lily
Such a sunny disposition

You are a beauty whether gracing a garden
Or presented in bulb form on an Asian’s plate,
You are a staple for centuries
Attractive to butterflies
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planting 
the staple of life
new beginnings

seedlings
nurtured by natures flow
future hopes

nestling 
in the loam and water
sustenance

farmers
weeding the paddies
a crane forages

greens arise
to greet morning rays
honking geese

thrashing 
out tiny grains
happy tummies

...

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clover
meadow flower
faith hope love luck

four leaf clover
fame abundance
health

green clover
sign of abundance
brings prosperity

Irish clover
meadow flower
makes the leprechaun dance

field clover
roll in it
smell it
love it

sweet Clover
a girl’s name
St. Patrick’s day staple
faith hope love luck...

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If i died what word would i last write
which word to staple my existence to
none would believe unbelievable
something obscure like the abs of a bird
those simple words of the and it or y
a screaming taunt of death come on
those heartfelt needs and wants
unsur to leave them puzzled
what word will be my last
or will i even finis...

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I'm the blade that cut off your wings
I'm the reason you lost your faith
I'm the demon where the pope lives
I'm the place that your afraid is safe
I'm the hell that you never went through
I'm the threads to a mouth sowed shut
I'm the hope that you rely on
I'm the legs that run out your luck
I'm every stitch and every staple
From the broken heart you won't pick up...

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Staple diets tainted gray
still pesticides they spray
gallops horse of dapple grey 
fourth beast say, ”hell’s to pay”

 
as life bubbles into shape
for human illusion’s sake
two thousand twelve’s wake
Love in life is not a fake

Somber tones may meander
worldly concepts detest a new face
many old faces doth not erase
Love’s face, by perdition’s race
...

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And behold…..
   The Sky’s lights shine only for you,
I have come down
   To swoop you up into the heavens
This pitcher of wine waits for you
   I have waited to pour into your cup. 

Now see…..
   I spin for you a silk garment,
Heaven has you now
   Where honey and nectar are staple
This new life with an unending horizon
  Unending like the wild galaxies....

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Cold pasta salad
Is something that I adore.
I can make it in ten minutes or less
Before flying out the door.

It's become my pot luck staple,
I take it to each event.
No matter how large a bowl I make,
I wonder where it all went.

I prefer colourful pasta,
Then I just add whatever's handy.
Nuts, veggies, cheese and dressing of choice
And it always tastes just dandy....

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A dandy simple homemade mixture
Made in my grandma’s kitchen sink.
Potassium nitrate, a staple fixture
Oh, you and yours use charcoal? Wink! Wink!
Yes, it is legal on my own property.
Come on out, and watch me blow up a tree.


Written:  11-07-2018                         Contest: Black Powder
                                                        Sponsor: Anthony Slausen...

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'Rally, Rally: Pitcher's name is Sally'
   A cry not heard this strange summer
'Defund the Police,' shouted instead in the valley
   One wonders: Which cry is dumber





Note: The first cry above was a staple of 
         youth baseball, when one's team
         was losing.  So players tried to 
         rattle the opposing pitcher.
         Sometimes it even worked......

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Rabbit Ear's
Belong on Rabbits
By: Tom Wright
8/19/00

Being propelled,
but very slight.
And kissed gently,
by a breeze.
Come Rabbit Ears,
as Helicopter's, in flight.
From standing
adjacent tree's.

Descending
toward earth,
they come each year,
this springtime staple.
In each pod,
the potential birth,
of a soon to be
undesirable Silver Maple.
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The internet providers grin
We are at home locked in
Their gadgets stuck in China
They think their disruption is minor

Security checks your temperature
Offering you a sanitizer adventure
China makes everything you need
Except your staple feed

World Bank and IMF help more, the political core
Offshore accounts to fatten more
We are ready for vaccine trials now
The stronger our fields to plow...

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Questions asked
    Answers attempted
  Lively discussions
    Hebrew, English; Yiddish, Russian  

  Flatbread matzo served
    Cups of grape juice downed
  Wine no longer a Passover staple
    Matzos round; no more 'squares' around 

  Come midnight weary, most retire
  save the scholars, whose every desire
  to debate the fine points of the law
    fiery tongues ablaze
    ~ greet Passover's dawn...

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