Best Suppertime Poems
Sailing the Seas In a Pecan Tree
...The wind billows out from the seat of his britches
With determined blue eyes, skinned knuckles and knees
he climbs up the rails nailed from old cedar pieces
to the uppermost yoke of an old pecan t......
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Categories:
suppertime, adventure, old,
Form:
Rhyme
Cereal Killer
...Cereal Killer
The story of his life
a made for TV thriller.
Title in blood red
life of a cereal killer.
He don’t want no fried eggs
or peanut butter toast.
He killed a box of grape nuts on......
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Categories:
suppertime, addiction, crazy, fantasy, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
Resurrection
...The dead still walk
within our memories,
and breathe
and smile
and talk
inside that strange preserve we keep,
a room still redolent with life
above the boxes where they sleep.
What irony prevails,......
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Categories:
suppertime, faith,
Form:
Free verse
Pasta
...
My mother was an excellent cook, not fancy but home cooking,
Our kitchen was always full of delicious and mouth watering smells;
We kids had our favourites, of course, and i......
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Categories:
suppertime, childhood, family, feelings, food,
Form:
Didactic
Don'T Be Afraid, Little Ones
...I see a footbridge high above a gorge.
One bannister is gone; the other lies
on narrow rotting boards. Rough waters surge
beneath this passageway that creaks and sighs
in answer to foot......
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Categories:
suppertime, angel, children,
Form:
Ekphrasis
Two Old Red Tractors, Both Are Broken Down
...Two Old Red Tractors, Both Are Broken Down
Two old red tractors, both are broken down
on a small dusty farm, outskirts of town.
Dawn comes early, no time to sleep in bed
rooster crows call out,......
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Categories:
suppertime, endurance, family, farm, heart,
Form:
Sonnet
The Avenue of Gastronomic Delight
...The Avenue of Gastronomic Delight
Down the broad avenue called Gastronomic Delight
City life gathers when twilight awakens;
In eateries, drive-ins, greasy spoons and taverns – jumpin’ joints j......
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Categories:
suppertime, america, food, international,
Form:
Verse
The Beat of Life Goes On
...Mom got up early and is in the kitchen
Preparing the breakfast for everyone
Dad's still in the bathroom and is shaving
And the beat of life goes on
The kids are busy getting set for school
One......
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Categories:
suppertime, children, family, father, life,
Form:
Quatrain
A Big Bowl of Things
...A Big Bowl of Things
I gulped down a big bowl of soup,
I could've sworn it had assorted letters of poems
that spelled villanelles and palindromes!
It was funny...
'cause when I gulped down a b......
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Categories:
suppertime, confusion, funny
Form:
Rhyme
Stupid Rhyme
...I love you in the morning,
I love you in the evening,
I love you at suppertime,
I love you so much,
I wrote this stupid rhyme.......
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Categories:
suppertime, funny, love, love,
Form:
Free verse
Old Age Is Not For Me
...I stare at birds flitting branch to branch chirping happily
but birds flitting branch to branch don’t touch me anymore
my calloused senior feelings come more frequently now
just like my urge to pe......
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Categories:
suppertime, anxiety, death, desire,
Form:
Free verse
Hopeless Nomadic Part 2
...Cold nights and tree lights taught him to forget home.
He’s mellow tonight though, no telling what goes unknown.
He packs light and steps heavy and taps his fading flashlight and I bet he’s a lefty......
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Categories:
suppertime, dark, imagery, journey, lost,
Form:
Rhyme
Snow Day Memories
...Do you remember the thrill of excitement you felt when waking up and finding out it was a snow day?
You were impatient for breakfast to be over, so that you could gear up in your snow suit & head ......
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Categories:
suppertime, fun, holiday, snow,
Form:
Free verse
Little Shop of Horrors - Suppertime
...[Gershon recently likened (tongue in cheek) my line
‘My lunch is you’ to some classic movie lines. This
inspired verse one.
Jan recently described a dental dilemma which inspired
me to add a few ......
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Categories:
suppertime, anti bullying, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
Little Hands
...Little hands, folded, praying suppertime grace,
Little hands, laughing, caressing my face
Little hands, gluing, covered in paste
Little hands, sticky, fixing a vase
Little hands, strumming, tryin......
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Categories:
suppertime, childhood, devotion, family, children,
Form:
Monorhyme