chances of me leaving home
chances of me donning blues
chances of me wearing a flight suit
chances of me being chosen
to carry the sports flag
chances of me staying
what chance do I have to find love
chances of living a life apart
from what I had known
chances of being whistled at by ships
chances of the greatest adventure of my life
chances of boogie boarding the Pacific
chances of kittens
yes, kittens…mom wasn’t a fan
chances of tempura and teriyaki
chances of children in muumuus and leis
chances of sunshine and rainy season days
chances motor pedaling a bit far away
what we won’t do when we are pinch-cheek young
chances of wading, submerging, merging
with (parrot- butterfly- trigger- trumpet- ) fish; and tangs
chances of Hanauma reef and frozen peas
chances of being half a world away
chances of my son finding love in Guam
chances of my daughters marrying Southerners
chances of happiness
chances of me leaving home
Categories:
tempura, life,
Form: Verse
the serendipitous lobster
bib
tied
‘round big kahuna’s neck
kuene stumble over*
him
dab
his chin
monkeys
gaze at him
from
behind glass
pearl
city
memories
that shine
e
l
s
e
w
h
e
r
e
is the diner
two
scoop
choice
served with
teriyaki
steak
or
shrimp
tempura
out of towners
paying
money
to find out
the size
of a single
pearl
near
Hanauma Bay
p a s t
is
present
in
wet seas
aloha the day
e
v
e
r
y
fragrant lei
ebbing, flowing
precious
Oahu recollections
Categories:
tempura, america, memory,
Form: Free verse
Tonight's our night
We've been waiting weeks
Our favourite Bistro
For Potato soup with leeks
They gave us 'our' table
The one by the door
Where we first sat
Table number 4
I remember what you ate
Thai Curry with Fish
I had the Gnocci
Oh what a dish
It'll always be our table
Near the dance floor
Where we first fell in love
Table number 4
Tonight as we danced
I loved all our chatter
A short walk to our table
To enjoy Tempura Prawns batter
Where was your starter?
And why was there Greek salad?
It's all going wrong
It's the little things that matter
I called over to the owner
The big bearded one
I was gonna let him know
He had spoiled all our fun
With a furious glance
I looked at the wine
And quickly realised
We were at table number 9
Categories:
tempura, dance, first love, food,
Form: Rhyme
Flung in art pastel colors distance
Drawing things turning yes drawing
Canvas castello engaged and printing designing lonely leveling
schematic writings
And a paintings on the wall so alluring
Taking a photograph from out of my heart
Hand over hand meeting knots
That designing demonstration designing demonstration
Picture perfect murals
Dormant drawings
Charcoal tempura paint drawings
Graffiti pictures spray painted building walls
Designing demonstrations distance complications
Foreign warrant pictures
Drawings and paintings unimaginable
Passive pass pastel colored drawings dawning
3/31/30
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021
Categories:
tempura, appreciation, art, celebration,
Form: Free verse
christening cruise, ship to shore...queasy slick ~
tropically trotting, tempura-tapping, sure shoot’n quick ~
digital capture of roiling hammock can’t help courting hacks ~
HOrrendous cheesy chunks HUlking bits from back ~
Surely shooting crackers from dry yak, yakkity yUK ~
Torrential towing, whale-blowing brackish sucks ~
sleazy sponge sops uncorked sluice ~
dawns dreadful dweeb of joyful juice ~
~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1-18-2020 ~~~~~~~~~~
Nina Parmenter’s Tongue Twister contest
Categories:
tempura, humor, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Better take his wife to lunch
after what he said yesterday.
A slip of the tongue.
But where to take her?
The Chinese buffet?
The Indian buffet?
Maybe the Japanese place.
She likes sushi and tempura.
But when he asks about lunch
she says not a chance.
She has to clean the house.
Cleaning lady comes today.
Donal Mahoney
Categories:
tempura, marriage,
Form: Blank verse
The best ingredients found coming from near and far,
can be found at any great Japanese sushi bar.
Along with the seaweed and sake vinegar rice
are many raw seafood items that show to be nice.
There is shrimp, lobster, octopus, squid, and cuttlefish;
salmon, tuna, mackerel, caviar from lumpfish.
Artisans can prepare it in any way you wish.
It goes well by itself, or with crisp fried tempura.
One need not go to Tokyo or Yokohama.
There are many fine places to be found in the States.
On any night, take the car and zoom down with your mates
to any number of great Japanese restaurants.
They have what it takes to satisfy all of your wants.
There are so many fine items anyone can choose
This can be a great night out! You have nothing to lose!
Categories:
tempura, food,
Form: Rhyme
mélange
"we've blended energies, even
our atoms dance in syncopated heat."
I say
"you're quite scientific,"
you said
"i've married both sides...
searching for God until i discovered love."
i say
you held me close
and we fell asleep
when the first bird sang of praise,
you wrote a poem,
i asked if you found the words,
you did
before the tempura of daylight,
we fused raw dialects of desire
to searing flesh,
red sails churning with ocean, gravity
and wild sea,
tormented love addicts
poets and paper tigers,
our stripes blending into a primeval darkness.
not alone
no,
never alone.
Categories:
tempura, love
Form: I do not know?
kabocha no netsuke (sweet pumpkin)
an agedashi (tofu)
sashimi movi awase (raw fish)
tendon tempura (prawn rice)
wasibi ice cream
sake
Try !
Categories:
tempura, food, places
Form: Epulaeryu