Mealtimes Poems - Poems about Mealtimes

Holiday Mealtimes

...Siblant esses slyly sneaking
doubling your portion size
turning singular to plural
as you order beer and pies
so don't become at every meal
fat, like a snake that ate a wagon wheel...

Black Skinned Beauties

...Always later than I'd like, richness in their cells when ripe
Backberry with Apple pie delight, once to taste is not my style
I've also found them there, at times and whiles, and tasted also before...

Retirement Benefits

...Can't get to sleep
    Wake up too late
  Afternoon snooze
    Mealtimes confused

  Yet when I get up early
    All day I'm surly
  Overeat, stuff my face
    I'm in a bad place...  

  Wh...

Pogo Dog

...It’s magic at mealtimes the way she transforms;
the back legs defy all the physical norms.
She springs into action with vertical leaps;
there must be some kangaroo in there down deep.

She bounc...

Bridge To Bridge

...Memories dance across our minds 
Day to day memories surround
Stand and look at scenery that astounds 
Jolting us into times gone by. 

Family, closely followed by places you visit
Always with ...

Table Manners

...I don’t know about you but I think it right
That kids should eat at the table, most every night.
Sit down with mum, sit down with dad
For these are the best memories you’ll ever have.

There wil...

Bits That Linger Like Scent

...for Grace Haven
1908 - 1998

Bits are all I have of Grandma now;
a table, a plate, a tall brown pitcher
that held buttermilk 
for more than one generation's mealtimes;
a vase, a paint...

2 Starting School

...2. START OF SCHOOL

The very first traumatic time for me, was when I started school
To be away from both my parents, and endure the teacher’s rule
In school when you’re a newbie, those early days...

Seasons With Snickers

...She is a lifeline in the blue-black of days
Curled on my lap, her sausage form rolls
All over the bed ... without guilt, without care;

Weenie girl Snickers likes to frolic 
In dim of night ...

Three

...Stand awed with spirit, soul, and body--- pause.
Physical, chemical, and biological laws
obey God's commands, the trees with applause.

The Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost
bear record in he...

Surbuban Magic

...Placed strategically close 
to suburban hedgerows,
elderly backyard mavens 
nourish generations of groundhogs.

Daily the grass is seeded 
with 'Puffcorn Delites,'
bought wholesale from Costco...

What a Prediction

...In the year 2319, we can only imagine how and what life will be,
Will there still be families, or just a pooled incensed, breeding sea,
Of writhing, intoxicated humans, clocking in for their lunch ...

A Queue For the Loo At Nine Minutes Past Two Ok Then

...A queue for the loo? is it nine minutes past two?
A windmill dashing to the sea. Ice cold waters in a monticule drip. Laced with the prevalent winds and sands. But sands are not sanding down a landi...

You Don'T Even Look Back

...You don’t even look back, as I stand here in the rain,
I can see your shoulders shake as you walk towards the train, 
In-my-mind I see your mother, your walk, your hair the same,
But it’s you this...

Will He Ever Sleep

...Will He Ever Sleep.

I sleep in William Thompson’s room,
he moans and gurgles in the gloom,
I’m often woken with a start
to the deafening thud of my own heart.

Like me, William worked away,
...

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