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
I see you as you are here , oh! Lord
I need to be with you , dear Jehovah God!
Today ,tomorrow and forever !
Forever , forever and forever!
You are my happiness,
You are my Joyce,
You are my peace ,
You are my daily juice ,
You are my spicy foods,
You are the wise words.
I can say loud, loudly " I love you!"
Love you , love you , love you !
You are the only soap to wipe my heart!
My heart, my heart , my heart , my heart!.
May 07/ 2023
By Alfonso Warally Ngengethe
Mussabwa Chris
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 homes
onto the streets, into the trains, into the strangers’ eyes and their uncharted territories
slowly i realised
all cities are, first, smells to the outsiders
and Tainan was smell sound taste touch to me
there were moments when i felt
this city is just people, so many of them; how beautiful
that i do not know any of them, yet i know them all
sometimes i would think if i emptied the city of all these countless faces
and bodies jostling with each other, what would remain of the city? would it still beat if i put my ears into the hearts of the depeopled Shennong Street
at the dead of night?
i came to Taiwan for the same reason
that a Vietnamese, an Indonesian, or an American comes for,
to chase my dreams, to become more of me,
instead I became it
it wasn’t as easy and quick as they make it out to be;
it took time, for love has its own mysterious ways
i started to embrace Taiwan and its culture
huge numbers of scooters and cars
Everyone follows the traffic rules
wait patiently for the green signals
one in Tainan city never feels pity
city buses and t-bikes are the best friends of a wanderer in the city
people are always helpful,
they adore you as they adore ‘hello kitty’;
small parks almost at every half a kilometer
elderly people like Mr. and Mrs. Wang use them for exercise
sometimes the parks provide sweet beds to the homeless;
i often use the underground passage of the Tainan train station
i look at the people sleeping there
they have made their small worlds in the underpass
they eat, they sleep, they chat with their neighbours
people look quite strange and funny without boundaries around them
their small worlds haven’t yet known the ways of the boundaries, the frontiers; these people are happy in heavy rains and in extreme cold, are they happy?
Tainan has a home for everyone, i guess
when I feel bored, i go to the sea
and bathe in the sounds of its waves lapping against the shores
sunset-platform lets you enjoy the majestic sunset and calming breeze born of the boundless deep
_____to be continue in part-II
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!"
Timothy I. Brumley
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
How so very convenient!
In the microwave
No cooking for me tonight!
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 like them others, and this food is clearly undercooked…"
Leavin' the restaurant, no tip,
Bee'cause I got a grip and oh yes,
Raw grease on da floor, I see the chef slip.
Actin' like it's nothing, but really-
It's bad, bad foods. Raw, raw food.
I ain't gonna buy it, nor eat it if already bought'n it.
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 cheese
That's made to please
Corn bread, buttermilk biscuits made with ease
Chicken and dumpling with gravy
This just drives me crazy
Chicken can be fried,barbequed,baked or stewed
Drinks like kool-aid,tea,sodas, and coffee freshly brewed
Lasagna,potatoes,noodles,and rice
We just have to take a dip or slice
Porkchops,steaks,ribs,hotdogs,hamburgers,or fish
Are great with just any dish
Peanut butter,cookies,and chips
Vegetables,soups,beans,and dips
Rabbits,squirrels,raccoons,and deer meat too
When prepared right they'll do
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 just about all it takes!
(never used in a contest before)
For 'A STRAND (1055)' Poetry Contest
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
Adulterated foods are
In many markets!
Money hushes the police!
>> cucumber thinks hes so ..... cute
lying in a bed of ~ lettuce in his birthday ... suit
along comes >>> carrot and >>> celery to ~ squawk
you may ..... talk .. the .. talk but can you .. walk ... the ....... walk
just then >>> banana's prices started to ^^^ rise
oh that son of an ~ mango ...... he too was suprised
nuts ~ and ~ fruits ... was to fancy his ........ plate
poor ole >>>>> potato was just to dam ............ late
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 were not called super,
What was on the label did not tell us a whopper.
When foods were not called super,
It was a better time to be a shopper.
When foods were not called super,
I could afford to invite you to supper.
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.
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 mistake