Food Mythology Poems

In an ancient square
There is a yew tree wood
Of such antiquity 
The tree roots writhe
In the darkness of their own doing
Up yet down, to infinity

Amongst...

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Three ladies all in lettuce dress
                   ...

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By the light of dawn and,
The sunset, we watch the ocean,
As it swallows up the earth.
We realize life begins with the sun.
We rely on the...

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“ We  are
                    What we...

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When I was in Bangkok 
Drinking a can Coke 
While the Cock 
Crowing loudly 
,"Cock -  ricok" 

It reminded me about Peter 
When he  denied ...

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Mediterranean Salad

As I gaze upon the picture hanging on the wall,
of the Parthenon on Mount Olympus of long ago,
where history was made and mythology took...

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The goddess Appetitey,
                     a figure...

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Weapons of mass destruction 
a time for mass production 
this is the way the world will end 
in silence, this is the way the world
is...

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Sharp the need
burning the bitter weed
burnt offerings in
fragments of imagery
feeling the spice sweet 
dreams come
nice as the world swims 
out of view 
the light feeds...

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Yes mother, I'm aware.
"Three headed dog's ahead,
Beware!"

Yes mother, I'll be back in summer
(Unfortunately),
Never want Gaea to freeze because of me.

I- maybe I wanted this, mother,
Goddess...

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Shaki escaped from mad woman who wanted to put her in clothes
She met raccoons, dogs, other cats, sheep, cows, and does.
Bed always lovely; she preferred...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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There once was a panther 

Who lived in a cave 

Eating his prey 

Was how he knew to behave 

He'd sleep after that 

For days...

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Metaphorical troubled waters deluge
pitched me to and fro,
analogous to ghosts
that haunted Ebenezer Scrooge,
yours truly violently tossed
impossible mission to experience refuge

except when deeply engrossed
between bound pages
thick...

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Born of Liriope, sired by Cephissus he was a beauty.
Narcissus, not a king, but one with a hunter’s duty.
Women followed him from many kingdoms away.
He...

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