Food Narrative Poems

We Were Not Meant To Travel This Earth Without Him

When God created Adam and then Eve, they had a marvelous fellowship and a closeness with...

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Eamon heard the rocks skitter away,
scree tumbling down with his every step,
descending from towering Mount Gilborne,
to a lake below where he could rest.

He knew a...

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I think I know what life's about
   It's ten a.m. when I set out
To eat, and then I snarf my food
  ...

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It was back in nineteen-nineteen
when Timlin Rivers checked his traps,
by one he found just a weasel skin,
did not know what to make of that.

Why would...

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Tranquil spaces as we wander through the park,
the heat oppressive.
The zebras herding sheep like the watchful alpaca,
yet there are no predators
A motley selection of animals...

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There she sat, eyes pinpoints of light, trembling in the shadows
   As her friends frolicked carefree, over hill, dale and meadow
My wife and...

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‘No hunger, no starvation’,
His voice booms
The lusty crowd 
Wearing emaciated faces
Claps, whistles and cheers
She musters 
A disinterested smile 
Eyes brimming with tears 
Their roles
Everyone knew
She...

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The entire city is in darkness
Yet the brightness shines through you
People left to get away, in their cars they drove
I stayed - flood water is...

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Feeling elated as I await the plane to take us to the exotic destination; Serengeti.
Africa, a wild inhospitable landscape of hunger. 
A time and space...

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It seems like it's about to rain heavily, clouds are gathering 
You know what? Let it rain, rain and wash away all my tears
Tears of...

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Concerned Christian environmentalists truthfully believe God created the life forms inside the oceans, lakes and seas.  He left mankind a legacy,  he was...

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My Halloween party was in full swing.  I had gone all out this year and rented an old crumbling, reputed- to- be haunted mansion...

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Who am I that I can choose
To pick from my closet different types of shoes
Who am I that my feet are bare
When I only wish...

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Throwback is a person like oh so whack
They do something for you, then they throw it right back
A throwback person knows right from the start
That...

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Ever since I was a child and throughout my growing up
All I kept saying was, Enough Mom, Enough
The addiction from your drug use affected our...

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There are rooms in my home where I seek Your inner peace
There are rooms in my home where my worries I release
There is something about...

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This was written by my brother, Bob Contino. This is a longer more detailed version of my last poem posted, Chicken Coop Chronicle.

When I was...

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  the wealth of norman England is poised to grow
  towns enlarge, markets exchange, a fresh fertilising sprinkled culture
  kingdoms extend with...

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I woke up this morning with courage over my back and wisdom in my hat
I was determined to put an end to the sneaky kangaroo...

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When Clive was nineteen years old
he graduated from high school,
it had taken him five years,
but he would not become a fool.

He’d seen why not two...

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