Best Well Nourished Poems

Eating Words

On my way to the gym to shape my well nourished body
I travel a whole Universe of madness from leafy suburbs
high walls electric fences barbed wire marble statues and
well manicured lawns a distasteful reminder of opulence
within self imposed ghettos that shelter fortress’ denial 

Tin...

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Nature changes her gown
to gossamer chiffon 
pastels to welcome spring.
Daisy wreath in her hair
when finch and robins sing.

Nature changes her gown.
A bright yellow sundress.
Fabric print with flowers,
blooming when well nourished
by afternoon showers.

Nature changes her gown
to dark shades of mourning
for all the falling leaves,
windswept from bare...

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The Carrion Crow

Crows abound in the 
neighborhood and around the 
yard. Often in early morning a 
great, noisy caw-fest occurs. 

A carrion crow
sat on an oak, fol de rid-
dle, lol de riddle…

Only tiny oaks sprout here and 
there, as planted by industrious 
blue jays. Crows sit...

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The garden of love flourishes 
with tender care
Kisses planted as seeds well nourished
By warmth of heart and quenching rain
Proliferate in colourful splendour everywhere
A secret garden where two become one 
Under the most glorious summer sun
When blooms unfurl their petals and unfold 
To bare their hearts...

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No. I’m not a rock; and I’m not an island.
I am about 8 feet wide and 20 feet long.
I get plenty of sun light, and I drain well, when it rains.
I have been lying dormant since last summer’s harvest of tomatoes.
That was the first year...

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“Election Day” 
by:  Eric L. Boddie

By plane, train, bus, car or boat 

I’ll travel the Earth to win your vote 

I can’t say when I’ll finish, but I know when I’ll start 

From this day forward, I’ll be campaigning for your heart 

If elected,...

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Days of glory

These days when women get tortured, torched and raped
In democracies deemed the most enlightened
Remember glorious days women once shaped,
Being  empowered and liberated no end

In my matrilineal*  clan;  where they flourished
In  joint homes, respected, loved and well nourished
Didn’t need to...

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Believe


Often in life a person does strife
And unknown to others you really can do
In some cases a man needs a wife
Who can work as hard as him to.

The hills straight ahead
May not be ruggedly dead
For often in life, life’s purpose
Can be steadfastly strenuous.

If you have...

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Love is what it is
Like a baby, well nourished it grows 

The eye is the sole instigator
Falling for something the heart beholds

Space and time find no compromise
That gradually feed the ego

With the green eye monster at controls
For heaven sake, aren't we humans?

Jealousy is an unmasked...

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A man in the park, playing ball with his son
Unaware that he's being watched, they go on and on
In his sons' eyes there is just the two of them
In his own eyes, there is only love for him
The sun is setting now and neither wants...

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The stick-like drying bones of my little children
Haunt the tom-tom pulse of my heart.
Their electric bulb-like eyes drawn out by starvation's brethren
Mock our nation badly torn apart


By hunger endorsed by pitiless drought
As hope melts in lightning speed, death record boards increase.
Why are we let to...

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Faith is a spiritual force
It is God's gift to us
It grows and develops in the heart of believers
Just like a well nourished plant,it never withers.

Faith helps us live above the senses
It empowers us amidst prolonged and uncomfortable situations that life presents
The saying'see then believe'does not...

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Lies entangled in a web of deceit;
culminate in anger and self-defeat.
And walls erected to shield you from pain;
unintentionally blocked love's refrain.

Love demands patience; there is no shortcut;
even if it leaves a knot in your gut.
For doubt keeps anxieties well-nourished;
devastating dreams where hope once flourished.

When egos...

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III

Who is this wanderer come out of the desert
well nourished and with muddied feet?

Who is this angel come down from heaven
to walk this earth for you to meet?

Who knows this stranger come from the past
to test your courage and love, so blind?

Don’t send her off...

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Petes Story

Pete was 27 when his life changed forever
An honest man he lived life with endeavour
At 18 working as an apprentice and carving a life
At 21 he'd bought his own house got married had a child and wife

Holidays abroad twice a year a good husband...

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