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I quite like eating here

If only they would stop

Hyping all the food.

Jamie Oliver's

Wonderful Italian?

Bring me the Gavescon.

Brian Hick April 2013

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Christmas at Pissarro's for the Church Next Door

Sixteen hungry people wait while the wine is poured.

Everything's been ordered so that we can start -

As soon as we are seated - to satisfy each part.

Who has ordered mushrooms? How many for the trout?

Luckily we have a list so no one is in doubt

And by the time we've finished, with coffee or mint tea,

We've just time to put our feet up before we need to be

Seated in St Matthew's where, led by the Big Choir,

The annual carol service will warm us and inspire

Thoughts of peace and harmony, of friendships new begun

Till we all join with Tiny Tim, God Bless us, Everyone!

Brian Hick December 2012

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Bella Italia

Blank pages do not worry me one bit

             For words flow easily enough

             And though the going may get tough

The verse will form and everything will fit.

Behold the poet's scintillating art.

             Between putting my order in,

             Pouring the wine and consuming

My starter, we've two verses in the cart!

But now, before the Pollo Milanese,

             Can I complete stanza three

             With equal equanimity

And ne'er a hint of verse that makes you queasy?

Of course I can, for doggerel will survive;

             Like kittens on a calendar

             Or doylies laced in lavender

Daily reminders that we're still alive!

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Bella Italia;

New menue - so much better

Than Pizza Express.

Brian Hick November 2013

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Mozzarella tricolor - Bristol fashion

Cherry tomatoes

Tiny cow's mozzarella

& too much rocket.

But the Pollo Milanese is okay.

Brian Hick October 2012

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Room 220

As we sat on the

Bed, reading, a man walked in;

We were all surprised.

Why is La Strada

So much better than other

Italian restaurants?

Brian Hick September 2012  during an overnight trip to Stratford on Avon.  The man was part of a group that had moved on without him.

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It must be the end of the season,

At Kensington Spaghetti House

I eat my pizza from the inside out

Leaving the crusts

They all curve the same way.

Brian Hick  August 2012

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The special of the

Day is beef ravioli

With a pink sauce. Why?

Brian Hick August 2012

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