Friday 21 January 2011

nutty nuts

almonds
pistachios and cashews
I look at you with longing
macadamia I thought was a country
until I tasted it
my heckles rise with hazelnuts 
walnuts are my brain food
pecans I tasted only once
peanuts are ubiquitous
pine nuts I have by the handful
apricots are appropriate sweetners

"dreamy, creamy, yummy drive me nuts"

27 comments:

  1. Indeed scrummy yummy! I love that sign-off line.

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  2. I'm not a nut person but I think I've just been converted. Delicious!

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  3. you sound a bit nuts...smiles. i do love almonds...

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  4. Here's a nice little haiku/senryu tucked into your poem

    macadamia
    I thought it was a country
    till I tasted it

    A classic 5-7-5 at that.

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  5. What a yummy poem Gautami.
    Pamela

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  6. mmm drives me nuts - I love em and some I can no longer eat :(

    Happy Weekend

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  7. Deliciously nutty. I am a big fan of almonds, cashews, and pistachios. Yummy!

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  8. Gautami....
    An excellent source of protein and delicious!
    Loved your 55 My Friend.
    Pecans are my favorite!
    Thanks for playing, and have a Kick Ass Week-End!

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  9. Very creative, Gautami! I think you've also set a good, healthy example with your love of nuts.

    (You're nuts about nuts! LOL!)

    Nice 55!

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  10. Well that made me hungry. I cook with all the varieties you used in your poem. I agree with Bill on that neat little 'haiku/senryu tucked into your poem'. It was fun to read. Thanks.
    Regards,
    Don

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  11. Lovely poem...almonds are my favorite...

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  12. I could eat a macadamia right now - if I had one! LOL

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  13. Never met a nut I didn't like! Great poem!

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  14. I love the litany--especially since I so enjoy most of them.

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  15. Ah, something else we share, nuts. Love em, even though I shouldn't indulge, I must.

    Elizabeth

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  16. Now I'm hungry. I think I have some smiked almonds in the cupboard. Great 55.
    My 55 is HERE.

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  17. never met a nut i didn't like. and no, i'm not talking about writers, though i like them, too. :)

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  18. Love 'em cashewnuts and pine nuts! Yummyyyy!!!
    This was a sweet cute nutty one, Gautami.. but very very tasty! :)

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  19. Macadamia does sound like a country. That could be Hawai'i where they abound. Fun poem.

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  20. I like cashews...like you nutty poem here :)

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  21. Wonderful, nutty tribute. Good point: Macadamia DOES sound like a country.

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  22. I love nuts, and I think you're right, macadamia does sound like a country :)

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  23. Last year it was all nuts for me.. till doctor banned them all.. well doen Gautami..

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  24. My diet has nuts high on the priority list so this celebration definitely hit the spot!

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  25. Greetings, Happy Sunday! Blessings…

    Friendship Awards, Enjoy!



    Thanks for the support along the way.

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  26. macadamia I thought was a country
    until I tasted it


    Oh, that made me chuckle.

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