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Eating Poems - Poems about Eating

The Plate
Not all of us ‘Eat, Pray, Love’. One plate: a minefield of coulda, woulda, shoulda, of clink and clatter long after a bite. Taste lingers, here!...

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Categories: eating, food,
Form: Epulaeryu
My Body Is My Friend
I stare timidly into the softly lit mirror, Its gaze staring back at me unrecognizable. I've been told this person is my friend, But its reflection paints a different picture. Its mixture mixes a mess of colors I never thought go together anyway. A bit ghostly. I trace its outline carefully - A bump here, a dent there, extra padding everywhere - So...

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Categories: eating, anxiety, body, confidence, mental
Form: Free verse



Premium Member puppy eating my bushes
My puppy is eating my bushes One twig at a time Bushes I have babied for ten years They suddenly have a new purpose When he is bothering them He is not chewing on me...

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Categories: eating, dog,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Miners Eating Dessert
Digging through the sweetest of a fine soft solid substance, Looking for the velvety amber caramels and chocolates, But such indulgence all too often renders them as delicates....

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Categories: eating, children, extended metaphor, food,
Form: Sijo
Premium Member Eating Poinsettias
There once was a young fellow from Philadelphia Who would sometimes go into fits of hysteria When a bombshell he viewed He became totally unglued Started drooling and eating poinsettias ...

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Categories: eating, addiction,
Form: Limerick



Fruits book
2024.5.14 Apple said to banana "B loves avocados more than you". Avocados signed: "Hmm, apparently not any more. Now, he loves his lazy bone And lets it be his boss. Chilli whispered "I am hot But not enough to attract him". Orange said "I am full of Vitamin C. And wondered where he got the calcium from To feed his lazy bone, Which made him...

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Categories: eating, feelings, for him, fruit,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member eating next to a puppy
Puppy dog eyes are real A dog makes a big deal Out of watching you eat your meal If you have food to eat They expect a special treat Something salty or something sweet Sitting beside you with sad eyes They salivate, no big surprise Until you decide to compromise...

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Categories: eating, dog,
Form: Rhyme
Colors
Colors Blue the color of her eyes That hid the pain The ones that ahead the tears When no one is near The ones that have the glow even When the tears flow Red the color of her lips The ones that hold back the tips The tips that mad her once feel full Now seeps through the tile...

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Categories: eating, color, depression, emotions, mental
Form: Spoken Word
Premium Member Eating Poinsettias
There once was a fellow from Philadelphia Who would sometimes go into fits of hysteria When a bombshell he viewed He became totally unglued Started drooling and eating poinsettias ...

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Categories: eating, hilarious,
Form: Limerick
Paper Eating Animals
Paper Eating Animals Paper eating animals sprinkle garlic granules on statement of money transactions with resulting balance of zero. ...

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Categories: eating, humor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member i want to move to a country of wild, grim, man-eating people
someone advised me that i should lay low go on a crusade there's one next week but what is risky and ill-advised is seeing a production of hamlet on a tuesday night we saw cats on the thursday my son whispered that he was incredibly bored but who ain't i'm discussing cannibalism at the steak & eggs cafe but also discussing middle-age and health deterioration transition of identity...

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Categories: eating, allegory, easter, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Li Po Eating Raw Oysters, Drinking Wine
Beneath the moon's pale gleam, I sit alone, The sea's cool breath weaving through my robes. Upon my lips, the ocean's secrets flow— Each oyster a pearl of the world untold. Their brine whispers of the tides' long song, Of ships lost, of lovers waiting in vain. A sip of wine softens the sea's harsh kiss, Its fire dancing where salt once...

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Categories: eating, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Eating Discourse
Men eat too fast Women eat too Dilly dally....

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Categories: eating, character, food, men, women,
Form: Than-Bauk
Thanksgiving
Feast time Potluck, store bought Cooking together too Sitting, eating, enjoying the food Thankful ...

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Categories: eating, celebration, food, thanksgiving, together,
Form: Cinquain
Premium Member Aging and Eating
Fats and sugars and other such we pack our stomachs with too much; the result is an expanded waistline duplicated by a rear not far behind....

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Categories: eating, word play,
Form: Ghazal

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