Kitchen Entomology

Mother Davis 5/6/2010
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Just before our meal a yellowjacket licked up jam spilled on the stove.

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Oh Lord, Fetch a Lear Jet and Bendable Straws

Jim Cook 4/15/2010
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Oh Lord, fetch a Lear jet and bendable straws Three luxury suite rooms, it’s all for the cause I can’t abide blue jeans; the sight gives me pause Oh Lord, where’s my Lear jet with bendable straws?

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Footprints

Jim Cook 4/3/2010
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One night I had the oddest dream of walking on the beach I had really groovy shorts on and my shirt was colored peach Daiquiri? A blinding flash across the sky caused me to lift my head Scenes from my …

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Ephemerals

jclifford 3/17/2010
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An ephemeral sonnet of winter aconite.

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MySonnet

jclifford 3/11/2010
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Sonnet on MySpace and the continuation of passive media.

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Dimensional

jclifford 3/10/2010
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Samsung, an electronics corporation, says it expects sales of 3 million sets allowing a new digital vacation in spite of our accumulated debts. These sets give thick screens in 3 dimenstions designed for “home theater enthusiasts”, seizing their remote controlled …

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If Children’s Nature Songs Were Realistic

Jim Cook 2/17/2010
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Little Baby Butterfly Caterpillar in the bush Don’t you sweat your little tush Though you’re a poikilotherm The sun will warm your little derm Keep dreaming, keep hoping if caterpillars hope But your brain is kinda teeny so I guess …

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The Ode of the Black Howler

Jim Cook 2/4/2010
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The young man lay alone at night, His head against a root. His nose was frosty with the snow His face was black with soot. But he was warm, he swore, he swore, Before the howl made at his foot, …

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Christmas Traditions

Jim Cook 12/5/2009
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Christmas just isn’t Christmas without Ziggy the Christmas lobster. O Come all Crustaceans Come on little lobsters Come over here for herring bait And get stuck in my trap Sing! about that white meat Suck it out His leggies O …

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Gardening Haiku: Lamb’s Ear

Jim Cook 10/25/2009
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In the fall lamb’s ear is not so soft. Or is my touch so much harder?

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Limerick Open Thread (Kill Prop 8 Edition)

Jim Cook 9/28/2009
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In November of 2010 California will try it again With Repeal of Prop 8 For the Golden Gate State Barbie could marry Midge and Not Ken Tell me all about news of the day It’s your turn, so go on, …

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Cormorant Hermit Crab Duet

Jim Cook 8/16/2009
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Dunk, swim. Where is it? Flash! Jumping mackerel. I’ve got one! Wriggling silver in the bill. Put it in the bucket. Flip, catch, swallow. Look, it’s coming out.

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Jet Ski Dissection

The Green Man 6/27/2009
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Cutting through the smooth morning lake surface they end the day’s reflection.

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Happy Forgetfulness Day

Jim Cook 5/25/2009
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On Memorial Day we’re supposed to recall the people in battle who suffer and fall. Corollary we insist that human descent, from the plains of Versailles to the rivers of Ghent, is all for the best. Now I won’t sing …

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Foxglove Secrets

Rowan 5/9/2009
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How is purple snow innocent? If I see snow that’s purple, I don’t think of it as innocent, or sweet, unless it’s in a snowcone.

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Christians Stand Up To Poetry!

Peregrin Wood 12/11/2008
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Was it a bombing? A riot? An act of vandalism? Nope. It was poetry.

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Campaign 08 Limerick Of the Day: McThatOne

Jim Cook 10/9/2008
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From The American Center for Sarah Palin Inspirational Limericks: As debates go, it was quite a flat one, each answer most likely a pat one. Though a night with no drama is a win for Obama the same can’t be …

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Bush Haiku: The Lesser Son

Jim Cook 9/25/2008
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Fear the lesser son who, desperate to burn bright, incinerates all. – Susan Anthony, San Francisco, Poets Against War

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