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Eating Poems - Poems about Eating

Control
Her soul was starved of acceptance An aching hunger wanting to be fed Her body weak Not from the lack of food But for the lack of love for her skin Being black meant a life where no matter what she did She would never win She couldn't control her race But she could control her body She wanted to be...

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Categories: eating, discrimination, mental health, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
The Release
We all know that feeling. The one that we don’t want to end. The one that’s so satisfying it’s intoxicating. It starts subtle. Sometimes, it involves thoughts. Thoughts you wouldn’t dare share with anyone. It grows through your entire body, screaming and scratching through every single nerve ending. It spreads slowly, burning down every narrow...

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Categories: eating, bullying, cry, friendship, hurt,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Fantasy - Imagination Are Twins
"Fantasy ~ Imagination Are Twins. Having a fun time playing together in our dreams." By Poet As I look into last night's "Dream," I see a "Visualization" downstream. I see a huge bear and cubs dressed in lace of red and cream, that is a crazy color scheme. Is my "Imagination" going up in steam? The bears looked...

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Categories: eating, dream, fun, giggle, together,
Form: Rhyme
What You Eating? A Letter to Friendship, Fur, and Fried Calamari
Our story began behind bars with the broken, Displaying our armor with truths left unspoken. Through the gates each day, our counselor hats on, Where pain wore a face, and hope felt long gone. You, with your wisdom and counselor’s grace, Me, burnt out but still showing my face. We stitched up souls with words and care, In a world where few...

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Categories: eating, best friend, care, friendship,
Form: Free verse
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

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