Rutabagas Poems - Poems about Rutabagas

...Vegetables were going into striped bowl at a record pace. Tomato, celery, onion and carrot began a foot race. Onion and radish rolled around and around the rim. Las Vegas lemons and rutabagas slid......Read the rest...

...The root people were gearing up for war. They had their swords and axes out. They were heading toward the store, Where a rude man had been a lout. We are taking all our kin home, they said. Yo......Read the rest...

...Craziest Time at the Time of Spilled Soup I spilled a bowl of vegetable soup – Slipped on the shiny waxed floor; The scene I saw made my muse utter expletives – Fainting in horror at the ki......Read the rest...

...Word Quintet in E Minor Too many tan hearses cruise down my street in 1963 Too many grieving souls cry shattered tears here. Green throbbing lawns ruminate like grazing cows. Red-bricked chimne......Read the rest...

...They had a hasty meal of bones Lest the dogs should hear them They buried their heads to explore Dried rutabagas and stale scones. It was their world ravaged by bulls Cats, crows, goats and gh......Read the rest...

...Now... Metaphors dance in my mind and there's a word I'm hoping  to find, a line familiar as "I want you to be mine." Relying on the fact that poetry hasn't failed me yet I hope you approve th......Read the rest...

...Just down the gravel road a piece is an old-time country store. On its saggin' shelves are things you won't find much anymore. Ladies in bright calico barter with Mr. Draper their eggs and butter, As......Read the rest...

...Ma issued a decree that Pa received with very little ardor: "A vegetable garden is needed to supplement our meager larder!" Pa would rather spend his leisure time snoozing on the couch, But he all......Read the rest...