Best Dining Poems

We’re monopolized by the Saran-wrapped food,
the plastic cutlery,
absorbed by the clutter of the food tray.

Numbed by hours of jiggling,
the carting of torpid bodies through interminable distance,
we’re wedged now into boredom, uncomfortably numb.

Anesthetized – we fear nothing.
If the aircraft stalls, few will scream.
We’ll keep decanting small...

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In dress, mortician's finery
pure ebony entire,
eshewing tints of purity,
He dropped in by my fire.
It was His island after all;
his chapel ceiling, trees
I see what little I possess
and He
          Possesses what He sees.

The trickster of the Inuit
this...

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Kind-hearted, loving and compassionate
Dane Ann would jump through hoops to please a friend
But by a treacherous quest she’s beset
In Everglades’ swamps she wants to descend

She seems to think she can take photographs
Of huge alligators and crocodiles
And though Dane Ann has many well-honed crafts
When I speak...

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I ate in an outdoor shed today;
The cold did not stand in my way.
I wasn’t bothered by the noise
Of traffic which, at times, annoys.

Construction sounds, like drills and booms
Or buses spewing noxious fumes
Could not create the slightest dent
In my good mood, nor money spent

On mediocre...

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Tonight my wife proclaimed, "My dear, we are dining out!"
I said, "Fine!  How about steak and taters or rainbow trout?"
"No" she insisted, "I want an exotic Italian dish!"
Alas, I lost another tete-a-tete spousal skirmish!

We arrived at Luigi's or some such place,
And were seated cozily...

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Overheard by a fly upon the wall

   During Clinton's tete-a-tete with his moll

      Order extra salami

         And a tad more pastrami

         ...

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Coffee, Coffee is the call
Loud enough to be heard by all 
Those who serve can never be
Quick enough to silence me.

For I hear others wanting things 
That no one on this earth can bring.
So, how on earth can I expect
Any measure of respect.

From those who...

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While ambling down the boulevard,
I spied a swanky canopy.
As member of the avant-garde,
The classy bistro suited me.

When greeted by the maitre'd,
I nonchalantly said, "Just one."
He smiled and nodded graciously.
My gourmand venture had begun.

As soon as seated, promptly pounced
A waiter dressed in gray and pink.
"My name...

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it's

a hunger

that thrives
on

momentary lapses
of reason

a 
split second starvation..

sound 
stealing 
stimulant

I

finally have possession 
of you..

So I
sit here and 
watch you sleep
while

Satan softly serinades
the air..
So

you can dream
as I scheme
on

how to keep you

another shot of
comfortably numb

sung by the bottle
humming a hostle lullaby..

i'm
out of my mind

Moaning the 
sweetest disowning
knowing

you...

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Everyone who knows me-  knows I whine,
          About the weather winter, spring, summer and fall;
And at my frequent wine and cheese where we dine,
    On my sofa, us girls chat and drink...

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Overheard by a fly upon the wall,

   During Clinton's tete-a-tete with his moll,

      "Order extra salami

         And a tad more pastrami,

         ...

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Wining and dining!

I enjoy a good glass of wine
Whenever I go out to dine
But the prices are steep 
So I make sure I keep
The rest to take home cause it’s mine!

Copyright2011 Beatrice Boyle       Written for contest on June 23,...

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After dinner 
Stomach claiming to be a winner 
There is an ending that is sweet 
A course defined as the meal’s treat 
Small surprise filled with candy 
Sometimes sneaking in a little brandy 
Lighting a torch 
Baked Alaskan commanded to go forth 
Bringing the whipping...

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I remember long ago, the day i fell in love with you,
before the chaos, before the judgement, before the world stole my view,
the fun house mirrors surrounded me to distort my heart away,
the lies of shapes and sizes told me everyday,
i asked where was the...

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He chose to dine on the seas of time
    to drink from Cinderella's slipper

  Alas and alack, the glass did crack ~
    sparkling champagne awash in kipper...

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