As staple food* for my soul, irresistible
Bread of life --- indeed perfectly infallible
Chewable, appetizing midst wondrous sweetness
Delectable with much honey-glazed graciousness…
Ever tasty to my heart for grand existence
Flavorful milk does fortify bones’ persistence
Grabbing my taste buds to defy bitterness-sting
Having me savor pure truth toward health hoisting…
Imparting strength to my faith smiting doubt and fear
Juicy meats of minerals and vitamins’ gear
Keep me best against sin-afflicting viruses
Loading well-being along goodness that blesses…
Menu God divinely sets as spiritual meal
Nourishes me --- that’s the Bible of heaven seal
Offering nutritious diet I also share
Palatably festive with blissful love and care.
Ode in ABC with couplet form
*Job 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
August 10, 2022
Edited on February 23, 2023
3rd place, "Write an Ode to an Inanimate Object" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Jeff Kyser; judged on 3/8/2023.
Categories:
chewable, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Ode
Who lives here? Asked Crabby Hat, a magical cat.
She had turned herself tiny like an overgrown gnat.
I hope it’s a juicy mole, a tasty vole or a chewable rat
Said her sister, a big eater, Miss Tabby Brat.
It’s just an old troll, said an interloper who had been spying.
He is not fond of cats at all, unless they are dying.
Crabby Hat and Tabby Brat got big and faded up and away.
I guess you got rid of two more said the troll who was gray.
Categories:
chewable, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Nigerians’ most feared President
And possible Hell-fire President
But rather My Bad Friend
I had to mourn his ***** end
For the Cameroonian Presence in Bakassi
He beautifully dismissed as a heresy:
A subject of panicking intricacy
On his dining table chewable delicacy…
Save that his sit- tight anxiety
Was the damnedest Impropriety?
The Masses’ wish for democracy breath- choking
The masses ready for it, flatly joking!
Prepared was he for thuggery all day
The worst of Buggery all the way
Himself proving Ogonis’ determined tormentor
With jammed ears for the emasculating mentor:
Morning and Night caressing a reverie
A lot like a harlot’s a final Nunnery…
The late Immovable Abacha
Was to prove a mi ting Archer.
Categories:
chewable, abuse, anxiety, character, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
Poems of love
does this poet's
form of fair.
May add to
some pages
and turning.
The rest of
the story
chewable.
Categories:
chewable, love,
Form: Free verse
Standing in the queue for my turn,
seeing others faces, under blazing sun.
ok, insanely I am still human,
As, stupid habits for everyone, its given.
One path leading to another,
Everytime it felt more and more better.
Day arrived, change of plan,
Execution ground was somewhat different.
Ohh, its same, just a new work game,
trying to slip away from one, to have little fun.
jealousy, betrayal, denial,
For me everything was real.
Unforeseen circumstances, world is cruel.
A place like home to make stay,
To live better life, needed to pay.
On arrival, met cutie,
At first scared than, it was my duty.
Always clinging onto me to play,
solid, shiny, chewable things, it always wanted to take.
One day something went wrong; it was forever gone.
Days kept on passing but, moment of memories, still keeps on chasing.
Careful, this time took route to home,
A day journey; not somewhere in Rome.
Surplus amount of work to do,
Everyday, trying to fit into new shoes.
Reluctant to give up although, it was trouble.
unaware of reasons, why so much of hustle?
I always thought, don't be a porcelain doll,
Ahh, at last I did fall.
Categories:
chewable, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Soft white lace, your face.
Your wild carrot chewable chow.
But hemlock poisons.
Categories:
chewable, appreciation, beauty, flower, image,
Form: Haiku
There's a lovely girl called Vanessa
who's prone to foods so very sweet
especially that of the chewy variety
such a temptation she falls off her feet
This beautiful girl is a real stunner
but that doesn't help her beat her treat
a Queen she's undoubtedly crowned
royal standard accomplished a poetic feat
There she goes a bag of sweets in hand
caramel her big favourite nothing to compare
this is the one she loves above all else
chewing every part one can only stare
Her unhealthy diet easy to mind
breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper
all always the same guess what?
caramel every time along with a cuppa
Well, one can't believe such a thing
but this is so chewable and green
could it be true well let's ask Vanessa?
hey, honey are you the caramel Queen?
This 1st November was a special day
for Vanessa's birthday came around
a real celebration come to New Mexico way
Poetic class, this lovely lady is real sound!
(This is a fun piece I had written to a poetry friend on another poetry site)
Categories:
chewable, candy, poetess, princess,
Form: Rhyme
TWICE UPON A TIME
two things clicked. A severed
evening parachuting down
on a hillock where a palace
hovered about. And coming
to terms with a cool perspective.
Kuchipudi there was. And Payal
to perform. Dispelling detachments.
And dithering in acceptance. I was
being answered in steps like 1 plus
1 is 2 or 10, binary or not.
And then Amjad Ali’s Sarod
Intervenes to disprove detachments
and to accept acceptance. Reducing
things to chewable bits. To be
politically and peaceably correct.
S.Jagathsimhan Nair
For Justin Bordner's contest.
28 jan 2015.
Categories:
chewable, culture, dance, music, perspective,
Form: Free verse
THE UTOPIAN DREAM BABY
She is in darkness and beautiful
What I dream of my Utopian dream baby
In the future I wish to see her born
As a very big mansion of mine on the moon
My own supersonic airplane to Heaven
A long bridge across the continents
To link all the oceans
New York to Banjul, Cape Town to Antarctica
Island of Lampedusa as a World Trade Center
Not as a nest for asylum hunters anymore
Sahara, Kalahari, Gobi, Himalayas as green belts
Not deserts with open arms anymore
All wastes to be biodegradable, renewable,chewable
Every rooftop to be garden
Our carbon dioxide to be inhalable perfumes
This is the worlds wild ambition
My Utopian mystic dream baby
A wish she comes early
To make the world a better home
Where we shall live like human Angels
Worried not of worries
In peace, in glory.
Categories:
chewable, natureworld, dream, dream,
Form: Dramatic Verse
I am offended
by your metaphors,
they're vindictive
the way they dangle themselves
above my heartstrings,
periodically plucking
when one gets tangled in the wind
they just hang there
like an untame pennon
waiting to flap
for blatant recognition
my, how you crave those squalls
with such ravenous gluttony,
gnawing at the pellucid air
as though it were chewable
Categories:
chewable, life
Form: Free verse