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Food Poems | Examples of Food Poetry

Food Poems - Examples of all types of food poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for food.
Premium Member Cheery Cherries
dawn’s cheery red cherries by the bagful cheek by jowl they munch dangling the stem, spitting out crunchy seeds (tooth breakers) channelling the healing power chalking up juicy rufescent bites at dusk, couple’s cheering cerise cabernet ...Read the rest...
Categories: drink, food,
Form: Etheree



Premium Member Baked Temptresses
They tease me, Vying for my attention Behind the bakery display case. Voluptuous, some bursting with fruit, The brazen, the coquettish, They tease me. Which to pick? The Austrian strudel or Danish Vying for my attention? Impetuously taking her In my...Read the rest...
Categories: food, humor, metaphor,
Form: Verse
I got the runs
The juices are flowing Out my butt it’s flowing The stink surely is growing The end is near i am hoping The poos are floating As they keep going I begin to wonder will it ever stop exploding For the pain has...Read the rest...
Categories: food, anxiety, dark, emotions, flying,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Colorado Avocado
Is that the Avocado That was blessed in Colorado Oh Holy Guacamole...Read the rest...
Categories: food,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A NEW TWIST ON S'MORES
The temperature hit 94 degrees in Florida yesterday which, in itself, is an alarming stat… but the 90% humidity made it feel quite a bit hotter than that. So why, in the midst of this Florida heat did...Read the rest...
Categories: food,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Poetry Soup Kitchen
Poetry Soup Kitchen On a dark and stormy night, when the temperature plummeted to zero below, A poor soul was lost and frozen, in the cold and blinding snow. All was darkness, all was quiet, all around, until...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, community, food, poems,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mornings with Soup
coffee with cream cools with my incessant reading ‘cause The Soup is hot ...Read the rest...
Categories: drink, food, poetry,
Form: Senryu
Poetica Delicata poetry soup
Better than a stone souper ...Read the rest...
Categories: food, art, blessing, celebration, creation,
Form: Grook
THE LITTLE RED CHERRY
The little red cherry Didn’t want to be picked So, the little red cherry Came up with a trick To hide behind another Not one but two and Held his breath Until he turned blue ...Read the rest...
Categories: 6th grade, food, kid,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member WHO AM I IN THE SKY?
I’m flying here and flying there to prey on others in the air. I am forever on the feed for lots of energy I need. As carnivore I eat live meat. The vulture bee...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, food,
Form: Couplet
Fish n Taties
He knew all there was to know About the frying game Haddock, cod, skate and ling All treated just the same. A deft flick of the wrist to draw Each piece through the batter Then the basket lowered into...Read the rest...
Categories: food, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member all we need now
Would you like seeing swan lake on a cake? I did not understand and quickly said “no.” The icing looked like a frozen reflective lake. Now all we need is a ballerina and snow...Read the rest...
Categories: food,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member If we Americans Keep Eating
If we Americans keep eating like we do We are going to end up like the second graders I saw today Who are too tired to run, Many got frustrated and sat down Refusing to race one more time They...Read the rest...
Categories: food, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Good Harvest
Rice, corn and veggies Fat things land has to offer Brings food for harvest....Read the rest...
Categories: farm, food, humanity, life,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member I Woke Up On A Tropical Island
A vacation was needed, off on a cruise we were treated. Great cabin, food, parties and shows, now in a chair with a book about a rose. The seas got really rough, off the desk went our stuff. Into the cold...Read the rest...
Categories: drink, food, friend, fun,
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of Food Poems

Definition | What is Food in Poetry?


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