Would you like to sample the smoked Gouda?
I heard the words and my mouth began to salivate at the sound of them.
I said them aloud inside my head.
“Smoked”
“Gouda”
“Absolutely,” I said
Then.
It.
Melted.
In.
My.
Mouth.
The smoky smooth flavor rolling over my tongue.
Too fast.
It.
Was.
Gone.
Cha Ching.
You need a raise Costco sample lady.
Smoked Gouda in the cart.
Smoked Gouda in the house.
A poem by Stevie, inspired by these five words provided by Evonne Loray Asbury Wu: Blossom, Melodic, Succulent, Airy, Bluebird
It’s Spring
And in between
Showers of rain,
The wise rock
On porch swings
And the learned know to walk
And bluebirds sing
Melodic in between
Sweeping flights
And the breeze hits airy on cheeks
Between bites
Of cheese cubes
Because the wise
And the learned
Know how to soak
Up life and store it
Like succulent roots
Sprinkle, Sprinkle little cheese
On my salad, soup, yes please!
Cheddar, Parm and Colby too
If there’s no cheese what will I do?
Sprinkle Sprinkle LOTS OF CHEESE
On my salad, soup YES PLEASE
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Thank you Brittany Arpke Meng for this cheese poem contribution!
Haiku: Goodbye Cheese
A staple until
Lactose allergy started
At age 48
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These things
Go great
with cheese:
Sandwiches
Pretzels
Fries
Salad
Pizza
Savory pies
And me
We’re good together
I’m better with cheese
Fried chicken
Fried rice
Fried cheese
My stomach screams “NO!”
But my mouth whispers, “pleaaaaassssseeee?”
Sorry stomach, I understand your fears,
But mouth is so much closer to ears
I’d rather life a life others
Don’t understand
Than one I can’t stand
They don’t live in this skin
They don’t see the fights I win
Or the ones I lose
And they don’t see or understand
Why I choose what I choose
Why I go where I go
Why I stay where I stay
Why I say what I say
Some don’t understand
What I give up to go slow
Because they don’t yet know
What the cheese poets know
They don’t have to understand
But I have to live a life I can stand
Sometimes healthy is slowing down
Is taking more naps
Is eating more snacks
But sometimes healthy is leaving town
Is taking risks
Is saying, “I quit”
Sometimes healthy is stepping out of the box
Is writing poems about cheese
Is playing in a pile of leaves
But sometimes it just is not
Sometimes it’s back inside with a quilt
Tea in hand, nursing guilt
Sometimes healthy is jumping on a plane
Is selling everything you own
Is adventure to the unknown
And sometimes healthy is staying
It’s reading that book for the tenth time
Because it goes great with fire and a glass of wine
Look inside
What do you need in this place and time?
Be healthy out there, my friends
Dear driver passing me on this two lane, curvy road,
Why?
We both know you’ll arrive
At the next town seconds before I
Do, so why
Risk our lives
For those seconds?
I don’t blame you
It’s this culture of DO
Do more Do Less Do
Do what we think you should Do
No do this, do that DO
Everything’s fine as long as you DO! DO! DO!
I just, dear driver, wish you would don’t
Sit there and do some don’ting
What is it you love? Boating?
Get out there and do some floating!
Is it cheese? I like cheese
I like to sit with something to read
And a whole plate of it just for me
And some crackers – maybe
Do some don’ting with your time
I think you’ll find
Every second more precious and fine
It’s a little backwards but I’m
Sure it works this way
When each second begins to weigh
More, you’ll rush less through the day
You stop trying to DO it, get through it
You do more of the slow things and the don’tings
C omforting
H earty
E ssential
E dgy
S atisfying
E extraordinary
AMEN TO THAT! Thank you Shelby for this cheese contribution to my collection 😀
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Poems About Cheese 