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| Rotary Corn Roast Photo from Saskatoon Public Library |
The Imaginary Garden with Real Toads has invited Karin (aka ManicDDaily) to provide a list of her favorite words to inspire the poets. I used the same set of words for both of the following nonsense poems, occasionally but not often using a word out of order from the original list.
This was a lot of fun. Thanks, Karin!
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we braised the corn
as soon as it was shucked
and dappled it with butter
after we’d thrown all that
hairy yellow stuff into a basin.
tomorrow we have to take inventory
malingerers will have to eat a platter
of cold corn for lunch
twist your wrist and taste the tang
of the vegetable juice
whose flavor sets the pace
with a soupcon of orange juice
in the skillet with the vegetables,
it is delicious but not habit forming
and you can wipe your mouth on your sleeve.
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Oh, shucks, I love you
with my vegetables, braised,
you will be amazed—
especially by the dappled apple scrapple.
and, my dear, oh your hair
is the best anywhere,
as you sit with a basin
and quietly hasten
to braid it — tomorrow
we surely must borrow
from inventory a camperized lorry,
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| Public domain image |
and, leaving malingerers behind
we’ll make veg cacciatore
just like in the story
and served on a platter
whose beauty will flatter,
then we’ll chitterchatter
the crux of the matter,
and old songs will be sang
(please don’t mind the slang)
until your sweet wrist
just demands to be kissed.
then we’ll pick up the pace
and drive off, not in haste.
the vegetable rind,
for our peace of mind,
must be cooked in a skillet
with a touch of millet,
as has been my habit
learned from an old abbot,
and I’ll have, up my sleeve,
a sabbatical leave,
so we won’t have to hurry at all.
