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      Poetry Corner: Something Delicious

      POETRY CORNER

      – 11/25/15

      Fruit arrangement art (Photo - Kathabela Wilson).

      Fruit arrangement art (Photo – Kathabela Wilson).

      Ali Znaidi

      twirling strands
      of hot spicy spaghetti …
      winter midday

      on the oven
      the smell of cakes
      I wish I hadn’t a cold

      Ali Znaidi (b.1977) lives in Redeyef, Tunisia. He is the author of several chapbooks, including Experimental Ruminations (Fowlpox Press, 2012), Moon’s Cloth Embroidered with Poems (Origami Poems Project, 2012), Bye, Donna Summer! (Fowlpox Press, 2014), Taste of the Edge (Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2014), and Mathemaku x5 (Spacecraft Press, 2015).

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      Taura Scott

      brandy soaked pears
      after dinner
      a diamond
      on a plate
      I never said I would

      Taura Scott lives in Pasadena, CA. She specializes in especially delicious tanka and serves them as appetizers at special dinners.

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      Satin Bower Birds decorate their nest to seduce females (Photo - Joseph C Boone).

      Satin Bower Birds decorate their nest to seduce females (Photo – Joseph C Boone).

      Gerry Jacobson

      stirring the soup
      spinach and lentil
      a green delight
      through the kitchen window
      a satin bower bird

      Gerry Jacobson is a poet and dancer in Canberra, Australia.

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      ♣ We welcome and encourage your response especially in the form of short poems. You may reply by leaving a comment below. The Poetry Corner is hosted by Kathabela Wilson.

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        • Kathabela Wilson

          Kathabela Wilson is a local poet/writer/artist and musician. Her Poets Salon has become an international respected must read in the poetry world. She's the creator and host of the Pasadena-based group, “Poets on Site.”

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      1. susandiri says:

        all the senses & the heart delight, Poets-All!!

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