When did I get old
...we are all drones on the freeway today
hardly any excitement this side of the bay
then two crazy racing drivers head our way
They whip past me, one yellow, one gray
Youngsters I think rolling m...
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Categories:
sourdough(a), age,
Form: Rhyme
Mildred’s Onion Rolls
...A colleague once gave me, on paper,
A recipe written by hand
For Passover rolls
And one of her goals
Was for choices I’d make to expand.
Though they can’t substitute for a bagel
Or some sourd...
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Categories:
sourdough(a), food, holiday,
Form: Rhyme
Gradations of Color
...Hydration day’s a month away.
Online belonging company’s an hour from
startup stardom. Titration hors-d'oeuvre
Viewfinder pigeonholed
to rooftop tourist
traps ruin’d carriage holy woods
Ho...
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Categories:
sourdough(a), absence, addiction, age, allegory,
Form: Free verse
This Wanted to Be an Ode to Pain au Levain
...
Sourdough crumbles under my hands,
flour thick on the counter, white haze
same as my father used to breathe in.
The skin splits where I score it, steam
unfurling from the center like some...
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Categories:
sourdough(a), appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Crackpot Dream
...Crackpot Dream
Instead of a Blessing,
I'd Like to Propose A Toast!
SOURDOUGH!
Wahoo!
I Love Sourdough
An Underestimated
---TANG!---
Better Than No
Irritation.
No Really...
Stop...
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Categories:
sourdough(a), life,
Form: Free verse
I Find Her in Everything-A Poem About Change
...I tend to mourn who I used to be,
To think of all the change I have endured–since birth, until now.
I think about how happy I was as a child,
Rocks and sticks were my friends,
I talked to the bi...
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Categories:
sourdough(a), childhood, cry, feelings, growing
Form: Free verse
the Baker Boys
...The Bakers Boys had a bakery for as long as I knew.
We would get fudge, cookies, cakes, and pies from them too.
My grandma bought sourdough and rye.
My mom would buy cookies from no other guy.
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Categories:
sourdough(a), 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Nacho cheese
...Ground brisket and red bean chili over rice
,...................
Deep fried spaghetti noodles w/zucchini
and bacon and marinara sauce
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Teriyaki Roasted pork or
Teriyaki Roast...
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Categories:
sourdough(a), beautiful, chocolate, engagement, love,
Form: Bio
Nacho cheese
...Ground brisket and red bean chili over rice
,...................
Deep fried spaghetti noodles w/zucchini
and bacon and marinara sauce
..............
Teriyaki Roasted pork or
Teriyaki Roast...
...
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Categories:
sourdough(a), beautiful, chocolate, engagement, love,
Form: Bio
Health Kick
...He's on a health kick,
Running until he's feeling sick.
No alcohol or flavoured vapes,
Sleeping eight hours with closed drapes.
Chopping up veggies with brown rice,
Drinking green smoothies w...
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Categories:
sourdough(a), confidence, endurance, happiness, mental
Form: Rhyme
A Smile To Began the Evening
...Contrasting and full of range.
He featured styles that were
in tuned to her octaves.
She wished him to shine to
show a world her discussion making
abilities. She knew that her range
her assign...
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Categories:
sourdough(a), business, engagement, music, repetition,
Form: Ballade
Pickle Party
...Bread and Butter showed up first,
thank God, with bread and butter
(we hadn't any food out yet).
They had flown in from Detroit
on a real time-crunch.
Then the Gherkins arrived
Pushing thro...
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Categories:
sourdough(a), food,
Form: Free verse
There Wallez
...1 cup of cooked chopped bacon
7 tablespoons of dehydrated garlic
5 tablespoons of olive oil
,5 tablespoons of butter
5 tablespoons of crushed garlic
5 tablespoons of dehydrated onion
1/4 cup of...
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Categories:
sourdough(a), art, business, creation, love,
Form: Bio
Butter Heart
...beats submissive heart
seldom ever stops beating
for if it does death
for the kiss of life
seldom ever stops beating
love is eternal
hearts as fire burns
churns as butter sourd...
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Categories:
sourdough(a), analogy, conflict, heart, how
Form: Haiku
Bread and Circuses
...bread
edible, necessary
nurturing, sustaining, supporting
sourdough, wheat; big top, entertainment
laughing, clowning, applauding
nomadic, enjoyable
circuses
w...
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Categories:
sourdough(a), word play,
Form: Diamante
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