Short Tamale Poems

Good golly,
Miss molly
What a bit of folly
Let’s be jolly
Have a tamale...

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The journey began in Kigali,
but came to an end at Denali:
it started off Rocky,
but downed with some Sake,
grilled moose makes the perfect tamale.
...

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The waiter: short, surly and brusque;
in the air, hung a slight scent of musk.
Natasha’s Cantina:
with Masa Harina,
crime’s perfection, wrapped in a cornhusk.

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I promise I won't do another tamale
...

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LO LO-LI TA
GLAD TO ME-ET YA
YOU TINY YOUTHFULL THING
MY FA JITA 

SPICY AND SWEET 
WITH A TOUCH OF SMART
YOU LEAVE YOUR MARK 
ON YOUR CANVAS 
AND OUR HEART

LO LO 
LO LO 
YOU ARE MY 
HOT TAMALE 
COMBO 
COMBO.
R
R


NOT LO LO 
NO NO
OH LOLLO
YOU SO SO...

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red rice risotto 
roasted ripe rutabaga
raised raisin roll-up

saucy soup saucer
sloppy spaghetti supper
sweet summer sipper

tempting twisted tea
tomato tossed tamale
turtle topped torte

7/22/2020

Contest: Let the Pens Flow - Alliteration
Sponsor: Jenish Somadas...

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Joyful jumping, oh so jolly,
try it in a tram or trolley
Jiggle, juggle, Jane's tamale,
a laugh, a lark, fine, fun folly. 

Happy, hopping, silly stomping,
rarified and risky romping,
bouncing Bonnie's butterscotch,
hilarious, howling hoppyscotch.

Lofty leaping, crazy creeping,
mindful mother's mostly sleeping,
but don't bop with Betty's brisket,
she'll conk you, bonk you, no, don't risk it....

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Margarite has hot tamale sauce swarming in her veins.
She was not organized, tidy, accurate or neat,
 The bartender hired her during the monsoon rains
Because her beauty and sassiness brought in men off the street.

She danced like a goddess from another country or time
Otherworldly and exotic she brought in an appreciative crowd
The bartender knew that men would spend their last dime
To see a barista this beautiful, charismatic, sassy and loud....

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