Best Foods Poems

Health Food

natural, low-calorie

nourishing, strengthening, boring

kale, *kimchi, chips, chocolate

tantalizing, satisfying, fattening

salty, sweet

Junk Food


*Kimchi is the national health food of Korea, fermented vegetables, particularly cabbage. It's nasty-tasting stuff, but to each his own.

For the Diamante Poem Contest of Caren Krutsinger...

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Our Congress has been overlooking

The wisdom of old Granny Lu-Ching

       She was full blooded Chinese

       And said, "Beware strange foods please

 Of crooks that won't eat their own crooking!"



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Look for these items to help you whip together
Easy midnight snak
Canned tuna
Salmon, or sardines (in water
Canned new white potatoes
Canned vegetables
(asparagus, carrots, green beans, mushrooms))
Canned fruit packed in light syrup or juice
100% fruit preserves
Canned chicken or beef bouillon 
Canned tomatoes and tomatoe paste
Salsa
Ketchup

2042015...

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How so very convenient!
In the microwave
No cooking for me tonight!...

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Raw, raw foods
Ain't the true goods for you.
You can die hard from raw intoxication,
Contamination, i-in-inflammation…!
Cook 'em all the way through, yo.

"Y'all chef and staff,"
"Yes…?"
"I can't eat this. Its raw, raw m-meat-is r-raw-raawh meat!"
"Oh…. Well it's just fine, some people do it all the time."
"I ain't...

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Fish, fresh fruits, fun french fries; pizza, popcorn, pecan pies;
Tacos and tahini; ziti and zuchinni;
Hamburgers and ham; jelly and jam;
Raspberries red; bacon, biscuits, and buttered bread;
Cheese and chips; doughnuts and dips;
Candies, cookies, and cakes; soups, salads and steaks.
To make me happy, feeding me food is...

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Foods we all love to eat
Pastas,starches,and meat
And don't forget about something sweet
Pineapple,chocolate,and cocoa nut cakes
Some of our favorites that Mom bakes
Apple pie, peach cobbler, and sweet potatoe pies a few other she makes
Especially on a holiday
But we wish she'll do this everyday
Home made macaroni and...

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indonesian beaches and
days of infinite hunger
drunk and repellent
I am again
there’s no time for fishy flattery
'cause god called a horseman
flogging a dead horse
outlaw of the oscillation nation
playing with matches
by the gas-works
and I have this foreboding
of foreign foods
and fishmonger hooks...

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Adulterated foods are
In many markets!
Money hushes the police!...

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When foods were not called super,
Many more had them for their supper.

When foods were not called super,
Prices were cheaper.

When foods were not called super,
Nutrition fared the better.

When foods were not called super,
Substitutes were fewer.

When foods were not called super,
Food fights in court were rarer.

When foods...

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so many different kinds of foods
unhealthy healthy make the charts
unhealthy foods may be masked
though they look healthy and great
they may be a bad mistake
candies are delish
but they are very unhealthy
veggies may seem nasty
but they are nutritious
so make good choices
for  bad ones could
be a dire...

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Foods are nutritious to eat, So have a treat, Then take your seat, you can be
comfortable when you eat so you don't spoil the furniture when you take a treat....

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I see you as  you are  here  , oh! Lord
             I need to be with you , dear Jehovah God! 
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In the beginning it was just a smell 
a smell i could not quite make sense of
a smell that the city was, a smell that the people in it were

in the beginning it was just a smell
a smell that dragged swarms of people of their...

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