Short Tapioca Poems

Tapioca and Tea

I like tapioca 
I like tea
Just not together in this new fad, bubble tea!
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My pup had puddin’ in a cup
Tapioca and mocha 
Downed it, bottoms up!

Had the runs, got into a fit
Made it in time
Lickety-split...

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promotes strong bones and strong teeth
potato soup base
creamy warm tapioca
feta and cheddar
chocolate pudding
cottage cheese
milk...

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The stray
kittens
Meeting
At the 
Red barn
Rolling on
Balls of
Green and
Purple yarn
Pouncing on
The tapioca
Scent of
A catnip
Moon...

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Hate tapioca?
Me too.  Vile yellow-ochre.
At best, it’s mediocre.
I’m no-one’s joker -
an even-handed broker –
but Monday? What a choker!


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a tapioca pudding
a rose hip relish
toated bread & dripping dips
evaporated
milk with tinned pears
home brewed beer
Cor !



A  English forties menu...

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Soft and sweet tapioca pudding
With bubbling, steamy milk
Sprinkled with sugar, nuts and raisins
Flavored with nutmeg spice
Creamy, toasty mixture
Cozy treat 
Smash!
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creamy
tapioca
fresh and warm from oven
my hazel eyes get big as I
anticipate the glorious first bite
it is better than expected
not enough of it though
tapioca
yum yum...

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Mountains bliss
What shades of
Morning glory
Deep-blue bouquets
Fire-red blossoms
Tell their story
In this tapioca air
Spiraling through 
This gentle gorge
Tumbling down 
This smooth ridge
Witness these 
Shades of glory...

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Tantalizing

Truffles taunt temptation
Tangelo trifles flirt  
Taffy tempts – sweet come-ons
Tiramisu temptress
Tapioca tart traps
Toffee lures – Turn!  Take off!
Triumph ‘ore seduction

Seven lines; six syllables per line

4-27-21
Contest:  Pleiades T
Sponsor: Kim Merryman...

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tapioca balls
swirling across the pavement ~ 
graupel has fallen


We are experiencing inclement weather and have had ‘snow’ in a form I had never seen before, it is like tiny Styrofoam balls or tapioca grains, I googled and discovered it is called graupel, hence the poem

02/09/21...

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Yesterday I followed a trail
of coffee beans stencilled into
the contours of Anouk’s dress:

tapioca coloured lips serenaded
coral and mustard tweed, near
the surface of the Java Sea.

A boat was anchored:
a silhouette of Noah’s Ark swayed
to the tempo of her undulating tapestry.

The silver vessel glistened as my
reflection met its gaze; she bore
the weight of this loyal talisman

above the space where her
heart should have lived: she was
clothed in an aura of allegory....

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In a pinch of the slenderest fingers
like tapioca beads to the wind
the mercury fog is popped.
Wild silver happenstance rains down
and settles quiet.  Quiet.
Had my pale head touched the earth
at the moment of it's impact
I would have drowned in the mist.
With slender fingers turned to roots,
hair to moss, blood to sap,
a papier-mache skin to the earth's skeleton
To be popped, by the tenderest finger's of soil embrace
drawn to the sky like tapioca beads to the wind....

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Kerala,
God’s own country,
The weather here is excellent,
Though it is hot and sultry.

Tapioca is the staple food.
It tastes quite good,
When it is cooked.

The sea is quite wide,
And is located in the western side.
There are many ponds and lakes,
And the hills are higher than three-tiered cakes.
 


One can find only blue and green,
Not a spot of brown can be seen.
So dear people you must know,
That it’s up to you to preserve the country,
Which God made his own....

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Bubbles of tapioca, buoyed by pride,
Celluloid constellations, humble in stride.

A peacock’s plume, a heavy balloon in the limitless sky,
While the quiet river, beneath, whispers a turquoise sigh.

A vessel yearning, adorned with pearls,
A cup overflowing, concealed in liquid curls.

Virtue manifested - Like a subtle elixir, mellow abides,
The mystic aroma entices fields wide.

Shades of black, as intrinsic as the very breath, 
A quiet symphony, crocheted in the depths....

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