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Best Mealtime Poems

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Premium Member A Poem of Ruth
The tears well up, and scarce could she not moan
When father, brother, husband, all have died.
She now has no possessions, neither home,
But travels to a...

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Categories: mealtime, bible, devotion, faith, journey,
Form: Iambic Pentameter



Premium Member Kissed By Katy
Although two other felines enjoyed their lap time
Atop them the dominating Katy would climb
The lap she didn’t want; she sat right on my face
Katy felt...

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Categories: mealtime, cat, pets,
Form: Sonnet
The Lunchbox
At four forty five, which does  draw near,
As food and drinks are thrown away,
I'll live to see another day,
In dishes and Tubberware,
I've emptied all...

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Categories: mealtime, food,
Form: Diamante
Premium Member Stir-Fry
Healthy dinner in minutes
Want to stir up mealtime
Try stir-fry simple, healthy and tasty
You need are the basics

Veggies
Go for bold colors
Texture
Flavor

Choose a fun mix of fav....

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Categories: mealtime, family, grandmother,
Form: List
An Ideal Job
A satire by Elton Camp

“To find what type of job you are best fitted to and then to secure an opportunity to pursue it, is...

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© Elton Camp  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mealtime, satire,
Form: Rhyme



Mothers Menu Mmm
Many memories of my mother
making moist mellow macaroons 
marshmallows and Madeira cake,
minuscule madeleines, marvellous,
mum measures, marinates, melts,
more majestic meals.
My matriarch makes,
marmalade,
marzipan,
muffins,
mincemeat,
meringue.
mousse.
My meritorious mom mixes, merges,...

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© Roy Pett  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mealtime, food, fruit, mother,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Milestones
Late repast
Mealtime message;
Food invigorates

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Joy spreads
Peanut butter bread;
Poignant taste

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Fish head curry
White rice paradise;
Earthly ambrosia

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Family meal
Celebratory moods;
Evening delights

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Premium durian feast
Pleasure primes palates;
Mangosteen topping

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Tuesday month-end
June succumbs;
July takeover

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By and...

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Categories: mealtime, change,
Form: Haiku
Leaving This World
(for Michael Jackson and Karen Carpenter)

Dear my other one by the Gemini,

Shadows are a planet.
	We live as shadows.
Therefore, we’re a planet. Love,
when striving for stars,...

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© Paul Moon  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mealtime, death
Form: Rhyme
My Mother's Stove
My favorite appliance is not my own
or even located inside of my home.
No matter where on this earth I rove,
I gladly returned to my Mother’s...

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Categories: mealtime, family, home, mother,
Form: Lyric
Inside the Mysterious Enigmatic Fragmentary
Inside The Mysterious Enigmatic Fragmentary...
Mortal Mind Of Matthew Scott Harris
ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Seedy gobbledygook ergot
visibly argot bubbled, burbled, bustled...forth 
yea...give garbled, jangled, warbled shoutout
if...

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Categories: mealtime, addiction, age, appreciation, art,
Form: Narrative
Changes Are Not Always Better - Upside Down Contest
The world has taken on a new dimension
No longer are you in charge of your ideals
If you look on line for advice on a subject
You...

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Categories: mealtime, life,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Caregiving Stories Reprise
Wounded Sacred Dementia: Part Two

Dementia's derelict WinLose SocialWorker
suboptimizingly hesitates
when I tell her
I have not changed my mind
about not adopting Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
into my vulnerable home
with...

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Categories: mealtime, caregiving, culture, earth, health,
Form: Political Verse
A Thanksgiving Memory
A warm fuzzy thought
in a golden globe of yesterday

shrimp cocktail
white wine
roast turkey with stuffing
green beans amandine
glazed carrots
creamy mashed potatoes
gravy
rolls
pecan pie
mile high strawberry pie
coffee

Her menu written...

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Categories: mealtime, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
An Elegy For My Vavi
I can only be sad when you are not,
I can only miss you when you are not,
My heart can simply grunt in long deep sighs...

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© Sadat Khan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mealtime, devotionmiss you, light, light,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Fragments
Sparrow song
Short arias;
Dawn flings the sun


Mealtime devotion
Homely food culture;
Spreading tender loving care


Cardiac stretching
Workout a sweat;
Brisk walking track


Lazy afternoon
Somnolent feelings;
In-between home movie


Curious eyes
Spy happenings;
Car park commotion


Marriage...

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Categories: mealtime, crazy,
Form: Haiku

Book: Reflection on the Important Things