Next to the can of spam sits the forgotten can yams
Survived Thanksgiving and Christmas too
what should we now do with you
Use it for a paper weight
hide it behind the Christmas plate
Donate it to the food drive
prep it so our future survives
Start a new tradition on the Fourth of July
eat can yams with American pride
Sneak it on to the weekly menu
proclaim can yams hot on the venue
or ignore and pretend we don't see
place it in front of the can of black eye peas
Categories:
yams, food, fun, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
What's your Favorite Pie Pumpkin or Sweet Potato and what is Yams
sweet Potato Pie
some folks like them some Pumpkin
yum, yum let's just Eat
both is sweet orange
both has a flowery crust
what about those Yams
which ones are the best
I know no competition
cut them all let’s eat
12/2/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019 ©
Categories:
yams, analogy, appreciation, together,
Form: Haiku
Caseworker: Yams and Plantain
Cabrini-Green Housing Project
Chicago
Bienvenido’s comin’ over,
says his wife,
to ‘splain me
why the kids
have got no rice,
no beans,
how the landlord’s
shovin’ notes beneath
the door again.
In Puerto Rico Bienvenido
dug up yams,
was paid in plantain,
came over here,
brought his wife,
then his kids.
First New York,
then Chicago,
gave up yams,
gave up plantain,
just to drum
and make a living.
Donal Mahoney
Categories:
yams, social
Form: Free verse
Harvest yielding
The orange flesh of
The tubular yams
Blushing cherry-red
The blue oxen
Pulling the
Farmer's plow
When we spotted
The early bend
In the road and
The quiet noise
Listening to
Something else
Bound for home
Categories:
yams, imagination
Form: Free verse
Grab bright orange sweet potatoes - 6
Some brown sugar too - 1lb
Don't forget stick of butter - 1 stick
cups of marshmellows - 2 cups
boil boil boil away - LOL
White sugar - 1/4 cup
Salt ! - 2 tsp
Wash and peel potatoes
Chuck potatoes into 2 inch disks
Put potatoes in pan and cover with water
Add 2 tsp of salt and 1/4 cup of white sugar
to the potatoes and water Cover Boil until
potatoes are fork tender {approx 30 min} Drain
Put potatoes in a baking dish and sprinkle with
brown sugar Dot potatoes with butter
Bake for 20 min in 350 degree oven
Sprinkle with marshmellows Return to oven
And bake until marshmellows are brown
Thanks Sir Joseph
Categories:
yams, food, imagination, inspirational, uplifting,
Form: Free verse