Yams Poems - Poems about Yams

If you’ve got beef with me, Please season it to taste. Every word of hate is just a breath you waste, The face of disbelief, Will you ever forgive yourself come the end of days? Sweet honeyed hams served on a hot plate, A feast fit for a king, The chief left not a crumb...

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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...

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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 ©...

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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...

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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...

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Grab bright orange sweet potatoes - 6 ...

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