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Shortcake Poems - Poems about Shortcake

Fix your lips

...The Early Years

She is to entertain 20 people
I fried up 20 cucumbers 
5 lbs. Of okra
In a grit and Parmesan cheese
And bits of bacon in the batter
Some spices, mace, cayenne , paprika
Garli...
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Categories: shortcake, adventure, culture, dance,
Form: Alliteration

Premium MemberMissed In The Chocolate Room Wonka Tribute

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Cocoa tacos and cacao pizza,
fudge fries for sweet crème dipping;
I missed one! Forgive my amnesia;

A jello slide right into gumballs,
just be careful how you ride down;
Children are accos...
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Categories: shortcake, children, chocolate, dream, emotions,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Memberhow I like my strawberries

...fresh cold strawberries are sweet and tasty
I like them plain or in sugared milk
But despise strawberry yogurt or jam
I do not like them unless they are cold
they are also delicious in strawberry...
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Categories: shortcake, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberRaining in Summer

...Spring is on it's way out,
with warmer days on the horizon.
Summer is a great time of the year,
sleeping in from school ~ hooray.
Splashing fun time at the pool or beach,
to cookouts of ...
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Categories: shortcake, beach, food, fun, garden,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberLive Lavishly Sometimes

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Soft lavash, luscious Sangria, savory shrimp, scallop skewers,
scrumptious lobsters, seasoned steak, sauteed spinach, squash,
scrummy lemon lady finger, strawberry shortcake, latte, lungo.
La la...
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Categories: shortcake, food, life,
Form: Alliteration



Premium MemberStrawberry Shortcake Halloween

...I want a strawberry shortcake Halloween.
This was announced by my niece Shanteen.
I want pinks and stripes and polka dots too.
And strawberry shortcake? Added Little Loo.

Yes that especially, S...
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Categories: shortcake, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme

Grocery Poem Xiv

...At any given moment, someone is stocking shelves

Putting the ping-pong balls next to the beer,
Ketchup next to the hot dog buns,
Strawberries next to the shortcake mixes.

	In the parking lot ...
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Categories: shortcake, image,
Form: Free verse

Strawberry Moon

...You don’t look much like a strawberry, moon
But you do look like a shortcake in June
Round and gold and waiting for that sweet mess
Of strawberries and syrupy sugar, oh yes

I can sort of see it...
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Categories: shortcake, fruit, june, moon, summer,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberIt Is Fun Being a Combination Glutton

...I am part werewolf part vampire
My vice is gluttony; I love to overeat
My werewolf side devours beef in a sloppy messy way
My vampire side does not want it fully cooked

I have an advantage over...
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Categories: shortcake, addiction, food,
Form: Prose Poetry

Premium MemberBest Dessert Ever

...Strawberry shortcake 
Whipped cream on a biscuit 
Best dessert ever 

German chocolate cake 
With the moistest coconut 
Best dessert ever 

Hot fudge sundae 
With butter pecan ice cream 
Be...
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Categories: shortcake, food,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberSummer Saturdays

...On a Michigan farmer Saturday
in August,
anticipating tomorrow's evangelical Sabbath,

When late summer vacations
invoked sanctified house cleanings
more unusually light,

Heading outside aft...
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Categories: shortcake, creation, earth, farm, health,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Avenue of Gastronomic Delight

...The Avenue of Gastronomic Delight

Down the broad avenue called Gastronomic Delight
City life gathers when twilight awakens;

In eateries, drive-ins, greasy spoons and taverns – jumpin’ joints j...
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Categories: shortcake, america, food, international,
Form: Verse

Waters Above

...Submerging myself with water of wistfulness
Trying to be rid of the loneliness in progress
I missed going outside and swimming in a precious, pure water
I’m looking above the surface instead of th...
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Categories: shortcake, water,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberCartoons

...Cartoons

Saturday morning, early, 
we sat around the toob…(tv)
We laughed. 

Road runner was too fast, 
the coyote was always too slow. 
Thundar was a Barbarian, 
and Strawberry was a short...
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Categories: shortcake, america, cute love, heart,
Form: Free verse

My Beautiful Doll

...By Nicole S. Berry

One of my favorite dolls from my childhood
had red strawberry scented hair I could comb
plus freckles on two sides of her nose
her eyes were the color of green
she also wore...
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Categories: shortcake, child, childhood, fruit, fun,
Form: Haibun

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