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
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Cheery Cherriesdawn’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
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Categories:
drink, food,
Form: Etheree
Baked TemptressesThey 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...
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Categories:
food, humor, metaphor,
Form: Verse
I got the runsThe 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...
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Categories:
food, anxiety, dark, emotions, flying,
Form: Free verse
Colorado AvocadoIs that the Avocado
That was blessed in Colorado
Oh Holy Guacamole...
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Categories:
food,
Form: Rhyme
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...
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Categories:
food,
Form: Rhyme
Poetry Soup KitchenPoetry 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...
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Categories:
anxiety, community, food, poems,
Form: Rhyme
Mornings with Soup
coffee with cream cools
with my incessant reading
‘cause The Soup is hot
...
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Categories:
drink, food, poetry,
Form: Senryu
Poetica Delicata poetry soup
Categories:
food, art, blessing, celebration, creation,
Form: Grook
THE LITTLE RED CHERRYThe 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
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Categories:
6th grade, food, kid,
Form: Rhyme
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...
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Categories:
animal, food,
Form: Couplet
Fish n TatiesHe 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...
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Categories:
food, humor,
Form: Rhyme
all we need nowWould 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...
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Categories:
food,
Form: Rhyme
If we Americans Keep EatingIf 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...
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Categories:
food, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Good HarvestRice, corn and veggies
Fat things land has to offer
Brings food for harvest....
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Categories:
farm, food, humanity, life,
Form: Haiku
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...
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Categories:
drink, food, friend, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Food Poems
Definition | What is Food in Poetry?
Poems Related to Food
feed, cuisine, snack, meat, drink, foodstuff, fare, cooking, meal, bread, grub, sustenance, groceries, table, slop, pabulum, menu, bite, aliment, refreshment, board, comestible, store, larder, nutrition