LOVE AND HATE NOURISHMENT
Love is the best fruit,
the best nutrient.!
Hate is rotten fruit,
spoiled food...
He who chooses to hate
is not making the right choice
sits at the wrong table...!
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Categories:
nourishment, allusion, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Couplet
From Soil to Souls
Food — The gift of soil and hand,
A miracle that sprang from sand,
Quenching hunger, warming souls,
Is the bite and sip from steaming bowls.
The ripened fruits and tender greens,
Eaten with crusty loaf of grains,
With flavours bold, textures sweet,
Making every bite a rare retreat.
A vital force that flows within,
Building bones and mending skin,
Is the dance of taste
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Categories:
nourishment, appreciation, celebration, earth, farm,
Form: Lyric
Nourishment
Shades of blue spread across the sky
The sun shines over the mountains
The lake reflects colors all around
A clear, cool day, clears my mind
I am grateful to be here to see this
So many times, I could have been stopped
There were often minutes, so close to death
I try to make the best of the time I have
It's
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Categories:
nourishment, care, inspiration, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Nourishment
Instead of nourishing your body with food we need to nourish our minds with positivity
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Categories:
nourishment, emotions,
Form: Monoku
Beneath the Rubble
Beneath the Rubble
Unfinished artwork waits on the shelf,
Hidden between dark pages,
Scribbles on paper long to be free.
As a lover waits, it too waits,
For the breath of life,
Seasons pass without promise.
In
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Categories:
nourishment, devotion, encouraging, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
nourishment, food,
Form: Monoku
Nourishment Of Wild
Nourishment of wild,
we forgot where we came from;
It may be too late;
Destroying the sea,
wiping out the whole forest;
No regard for home;
Parasites feeding,
mono crops poaching the land;
Rich soil won’t come back;
Humanity’s ills
leveled with nature’s fury;
Violent minute storm;
It’s over in an instant;
The faithless now filled with hope.
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Categories:
nourishment, emotions, feelings, nature,
Form: Free verse
Milk Factory
She kisses away the weariness,
Burdens – inklings of the mystery
Birthed by her dream, hope
Remembered in the evening when
The calf nuzzled – her nourishing, nurturing
Gentle as the soft, dark eyes – bleeding
Tenderness
The new calf stands, wobbly
Trembling – taking each tiny step
With quivering legs, long and sturdy,
Urging him to begin to live, to risk
Falling
She licks him over
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Categories:
nourishment, animal, caregiving, farm, mom,
Form: Free verse
Plea for Spiritual Nourishment
“If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.” 1 Timothy 4:6 King James Version of the Bible
Revival cries my soul in need
Struggling against guilt of sin-breed
Then comes heaven’s refreshing
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Categories:
nourishment, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Kyrielle
Nourishment
It’s coffee over tea for me
And bagels over bread.
My other drink of choice is beer
Or, rarely, wine instead.
I like my veggies crunchy,
Even if they’re somehow cooked,
And on pizza or on pasta
I could live ‘cause I am hooked.
My day would not be happy
Without cheese and also fruit,
Plus some cake or pie or cookies,
With an ice cream
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Categories:
nourishment, food,
Form: Rhyme
Extraterrestrial Nourishment
Extraterrestrial Nourishment
It is what nourishes the hunger within a poet's mind
which satiates the restless heart
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Categories:
nourishment, allusion, inspiration,
Form: Verse
Nourishment
The sun shines on me with gray skies in the distance
Walls of green trees stand between and a warm wind blows
As it dries the wet ground and puddles disappear
The rain has stopped for now after many downpours
I walk between different shades of weather,
Always knowing how fast things can change
It is nice to see the sun
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Categories:
nourishment, appreciation, rain, sun,
Form: Free verse
A Outstretched Hand
What will I do?
How will I survive?
If they only knew
How much I need…
The hamburger
Potatoes, carrots
All the corn they
Never realize
Sustains me
Despite my shame
I hurry toward the line
Where I’ll hide my desire
My hunger, my yearning
Beneath shadowed eyes
Behind a shallow smile
What will I do?
How will I survive?
Do they not see
The worry in my eyes?
What will I do?
How
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Categories:
nourishment, blessing, food, giving,
Form: Free verse
Nurturing
Sun
shining
across the
horizon, bright
whispering joy, hope
glimmering life
over the
lovely
rose
~
Rain
splatters
from the sky
singing graceful
songs that ring laughter
into the soul
raising smiles
across the
miles
~
Earth
awake
brilliantly
praising heaven
with open palms, raised
to display hope
that comes from
knowing
grace
Say it in nine
Joseph May
August 13, 2022
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Categories:
nourishment, beautiful, blessing, inspirational, meaningful,
Form: Ninette
Nourishment - 1
Pouring down the pane, singing
It’s the praise of soft rain
Gentle, like a sweet kiss falling
On whispering, hopeful lips
Gracious and gifted with faith
Painting the countryside in hues
Of misty gray music, forgiving
Thriving on the nourishment
It drenches with life, a pure diet
On black earth and vibrant petals
Caressing, like laughter
Dancing on the hope of a hereafter
When tears so
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Categories:
nourishment, blessing, inspirational, prayer,
Form: Free verse
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