‘Throw Abraham Lincoln’s hat in…’: Potion and Recipe Poems

I made it by adding my favorite
childhood toy.
4 butterflies
and my favorite food
with this, I would also need
Happy thoughts and good memories.

As I made this potion
I realized that I couldn’t think
of bad thoughts and how after
the portion was made everyone
was so kind and nice to
me.

I go to a grotto, small and pretty the day
was unpleasant
I listen as I hear waves crashing I add in
the sound
I look
I see the beautiful sunset, pink,, purple, and orange
contrasting against the crystal clear water
I mix it in
I walk and grab a pink pearl and seashells,
grind it to a powder and stir
I add in the sea salt mist and sprinkle in scales of
parrot fish and petals of pink flowers
I mix and stir
I realize how I’ve been making this to be happy
when I could been doing something that
makes
me happy not
forces
I leave the portion to go and dance in the sun
blanketed in its warmth.

We took a page from
a little girl’s diary. Then
the summer leaves
sprinkled in the pot.
The sound of beach waves
crashing stirred in
with a touch of the
sound of the creaking
of a swing
After it boils
you take a sip
as the steam from
a mother’s cooking
rolls off.

Throw in a dash of pencil shavings
graphite goes everywhere
We add the ripped-up pieces
of that test
We throw in music
from all the hours of studying
The words from a teacher’s lecture
hang in the air
The pot exudes the smell of dusk
the one that makes us want to sneeze
We need this for our next ELA
test.

This is a potion of wealth.
Stir a green-colored liquid into a pot.
drop pennies, nickles and dimes
Then spray 10 pumps of the scent of money.
Throw Abraham Lincoln’s hat in and a few
gold coins
Now take a sample of leprechaun’s skin
cell.
dro in 5 tablespoons of happiness
Once this is all done, pour a glass
out.
You will not only become extremely rich.
but extra serotonin is added to your brain.

We made it with 3 drops of a steak dinner smelling deliciously
We made it with a hint of a candle, smelling like a home
We made it with a soft blanket, warm like my soul.
We made it with money, enriching life itself
We made a potion. feeling great.

With the tears of
a heartbroken girl
and the brightness
of 1,000 sunsets
a petal from
an orchid flower
the smell is beautiful
it’s a beautiful fragrance
Perfume.

Trust
something that takes time
just as the potion did
I felt a sense of comfort while making it
like I could rely on it
and the smell of French vanilla
I used the radiant light that breaks darkness at
sunrise
I used frosty lake water from those cozy, cold
days
And I used time-passing
like cars on a highway
quick
but noticeable
and at last, I used glass
broken glass
I must drink this.

Yellow pepperoni
a spider’s venom
crystal glass
a rolly polly
a pencil
scissors
a hamster
dog poop
Coke
bleach
chicken
milk