Short Watercress Poems

watercress
so green by the
mountain stream...

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Watercress soup with garlic
Jersey royals
Samphire with caper butter
lemon mayonnaise
Anchovy fillets
Bitter beer
Cool!...

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Beetroot & watercress with
marinated splelt
Broad beans & pea shoot salad
a green curry dip
lmon verbena
lavender
Tea !...

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There was a beef lover under duress
for mocking leeks and watercress
But meat he’s rejected
so he’s now been elected
to give the State Of The Onion Address

Written 3/19/22...

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Bess’s expressions were grotesque
Most usually weirdly cheerless
She is under unusual duress
Her family is an utter mess

Bess is playing poker more or less
Her deadpan expression not needless
A stickler for rules more or less
My watercress-loving friend named Bess...

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Wild hair, wild personality, wild dress
We are served tea with persimmon watercress
She flaunts her uniqueness in our face
Not in a bad way, but rather with stunning grace

We adore her, she is the best neighbor by far
I feel she arrived her from a well -lit star.
She has brought beauty to the neighborhood for sure.
Wild enough, but her heart is kind and pure....

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I watch talented chefs on tv
And how they make it look so easy
Massive walk-in refrigerators
Recipes for bold innovators
Freshest produce exotic and rare
Excessive abundance they do prepare
Combining components with finesse
Topping lush dishes with watercress



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on July 15, 2019 for contest CORNUCOPIA COOKING sponsored by CHANTELLE ANNE COOKE  -  RANKED 4TH...

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Eggplant stuffed mama sporting a big dress
With two twin rams – lettuce and watercress
Marched into the fray and demanded to be heard.
Some of the thinner women yelled “my word!”

I pretended that eggplant mama was as thin as me
Which is not so thin now that I am two hundred and three
But there is a difference for she is an eggplant, and I am a hog.
The rams were immediately chased downhill by an old farm dog....

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