Food Squash Poems

The Tricky Chirp

The nester bird comes to live, 
in a nest, they did not make. 
Yet... the bird, 
feels right at home 
and not alone...

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Thought Police

Be careful what you say, 
be careful who you say it to. 
It might be heard... 
by someone that does not like it!

They will...

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New Shoes

"Grandpa, my shoes are too small, 
or maybe my feet or too big?"

"You are going to be ten foot tall, 
if you don't stop...

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Squash blossoms with filling of
sugar, cream cheese and
ginger, cinnamon, pumpkin
dash vanilla bean
baked at three-fifty
floral cheese
joy!
...

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BUTTERNUT SQUASH
Butternut squash does it make people moan
Methinks I'm unique, methinks I'm alone
Each to his own
Hold the phone
Why am I different, will I be dethroned...

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Moosewood Cookbook's Arabian Squash Casserole

Substitute post-Halloween pumpkin and Ghost Pepper to keep it scary....

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Once two of my least favorite veggies in the world,
I realized just how quickly life can change on you
Through the course of time
How sudden the...

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Blue Hubbard, or Butternut -
    A squash is a squash.
Bake at four hundred degrees
    'til the flesh is soft,
...

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Pumpkin, merry queen of squash,
regnant on accord.
With a smooth and ribb-ed rind
clad in pepo-orange,
two strikes to sever
from the vine.
Gourd!





*Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded by...

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Sweet potato whipped with cream
Butter and sugar
Nutmeg blend with marshmallows
Baked in acorn squash
Aroma rising
Taste so yum—
my!
Sweet!
So charming
Mouth water flowing
Give me this baked squash
Accented with cranberry
Sprinkled...

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