Foodstuff Poems

Premium MemberBreaking Bread

...The strongest flour
The oil, the yeast
Combined in love
Before the feast

Salt
From Celtic shores afar
With waters warmed
The ideal spar

For microbes'
Fertive final frenzy
The rising fee...
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Categories: foodstuff, celebration, christian, creation, happiness,
Form: Rhyme

A Simple Sonnet

...A simple sonnet

The tramp, who sits on a low ledge, near the entrance of the 
modest supermarket that sells basic food fruit and vegetable
and to my surprise, has a good selection of wine, is ag...
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Categories: foodstuff, allusion, anti bullying, blessing,
Form: Blank verse


So Delicious Salted Caramel Cluster Made With Cashew Milk

...Certified vegan;
Non-GMO Project Verified;
Free of dairy, lactose, soy, and gluten.
The consistency of vanilla
creamy and luxurious,
without a speck of iciness,
yet not overly heavy.

The fla...
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Categories: foodstuff, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

A Painting

...It's raining outside
Trees structuring stories
Someone drenching inside the self
Night is fading

A little bird
feathers wet with raindrops
finding no place to perch on
is at my window

Out...
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Categories: foodstuff, nature,
Form: Free verse

Bittersweet

...The aboveground nest of bees 
brings sweet foodstuff kept in hives 
as the colony carries 
painful bitter bites....
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Categories: foodstuff, animal,
Form: Dodoitsu


Premium MemberLife's Struggles

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"Every struggle in my life has been a lesson, and made me stronger" 
                           _by Poet
_______________________

I do not have a lot of money but I have enough,
b...
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Categories: foodstuff, life,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberShe

...^she_

^she_  had a love/hate relationship with food
she only fed with her eyes,
i was a sparkless firecracker 
and spoke English like i hated it.

not the least bit compatible
in any departm...
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Categories: foodstuff, body,
Form: Free verse

Bird's Nest Soup

...Rare Chinese foodstuff -
Swiftlets sleeping rough

09.10.19

* Edible bird's nests are bird nests created by swiftlets, Indian swiftlets, which are harvested for human consumption. They are part...
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Categories: foodstuff, bird, food, humor,
Form: Couplet

Immigrants Wish

...A rabbit’s foot, auspicious
an albatross for sailors
or China’s magic bamboo
all signify a windfall -
what immigrant’s wish

in trust of what is God’s will
a cross is worn by many
to show fai...
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Categories: foodstuff, 11th grade, destiny, humanity,
Form: Verse

The New Society

...A new society 

Is Brexit more than Brexit
a dream of going back in time
when everything had a human dimension?
To physically eradicate the royalty
to take back thousands of acres stolen
by th...
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Categories: foodstuff, betrayal, celebration, confidence,
Form: Blank verse

Pot Pourri of National Dishes

...Frogs’ legs 
French cuisine fad
Amphibians hopping mad

 Shish kebabs 
Cubed lamb chislic
Served on toothpick

 Pizzas 
Flatbread Italian feast
Waist measurement increa...
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Categories: foodstuff, culture, food,
Form: Couplet

Old Rat

...He lives in the hole and hidden places ,
Devouring foodstuff and books in cases ,
He tries to escape the cat
But falls into trap on mat ,
Which makes the old rat to see dead faces .

8-31-2018...
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Categories: foodstuff, animal,
Form: Limerick

Workless Future

...Workless Future 

We are fast approaching the time when robots 
can do 98% of the work, the middle classes will disappear
altogether; and here is where a universal pay will
kick in someone has t...
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Categories: foodstuff, blue, boxing day , bridal
Form: Blank verse

Food Hate Shout Out - My Blue Cheese Poetry Contest

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There one very peculiar foodstuff
that puts a sour crook in my mouth
It’s that stringy don’t-give-me-any-of,
two thumbs down for the sauerkraut
Just the awful smell of it makes me sick...
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Categories: foodstuff, food, fun, humor, parody,
Form: Rhyme

The Kitchener Anthem

...Arise o! Kitchen pot
My stomach calls to bay.
To serve my stomach right
With appetizing gaze I pray.
The labour of my market-thing
Shall never be invaded
With poisonous outing.
One kitchen bou...
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Categories: foodstuff, adventure,
Form: Verse

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