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...!
Categories:
nourishment, allusion, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Couplet
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 and nature's art,
Stitching and weaving every part.
A silent thanks, for juicy sips,
And every morsel that graced the lips.
Categories:
nourishment, appreciation, celebration, earth, farm,
Form: Lyric
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 not an hourglass I can keep flipping over
But, the importance for me is in the sand that flows
Every day, I try to find a grain of beauty somewhere
No matter what is happening in life...
There will always be pain, times of anger,
A spectrum of emotions from within
There is no perfect happiness or always being fine
There will always be tears for life's hardships
Yet, all tears are healing like nourishing rain
So let the rain nourish and beauty flourish
You are part of it, just as I am
Clarity in life like these clear blue skies, exist
Strength comes from within the one who cries
I smile, I cry, I am still and I dance...
and the nourishment becomes my music
Heidi Sands
10/8/24
(C)opyright
Categories:
nourishment, care, inspiration, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Instead of nourishing your body with food we need to nourish our minds with positivity
Categories:
nourishment, emotions,
Form: Monoku
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 the womb’s dark, an embryo craves,
Nourishment, life’s blood,
“Edit me,” it cries, “Color me crimson.”
Forget not,
A story to be told,
A poem promised,
Longing.
The sun’s rays cascade through the leaded windowpane,
You wake to the quiet space,
Between thought and being,
A stirring deep within the heart.
You pause, reach for the notebook,
Blow off the dust,
Gently turn the page,
Hope.
Pen in hand,
Flesh exposed.
Red blood appears,
Life.
A sigh of relief,
The long-lost lover arrives.
Categories:
nourishment, devotion, encouraging, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Food is the nourishment of both mind and body
Categories:
nourishment, food,
Form: Monoku
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.
Categories:
nourishment, emotions, feelings, nature,
Form: Free verse
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 bowl to boot.
Though my diet wouldn’t satisfy
Most people that I meet,
My mind and body seem content
With what I choose to eat.
Categories:
nourishment, food,
Form: Rhyme
Extraterrestrial Nourishment
It is what nourishes the hunger within a poet's mind
which satiates the restless heart with a precious find
Penned:
12/27/2021
Lake Worth
Florida USA
Categories:
nourishment, allusion, inspiration,
Form: Verse
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 and know that it returns
It is nice to see the rain, knowing it meets a need
Both refreshing in a different kind of way
Bringing nourishment, passing through the day
Heidi Sands
8/2/21
Categories:
nourishment, appreciation, rain, sun,
Form: Free verse
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
Categories:
nourishment, beautiful, blessing, inspirational, meaningful,
Form: Ninette
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 timidly mingled
With showers of simplicity
Feelings of mystery, sensitive
To the breath of God sending us
Remedies to our worries, our doubts
Captured on the drops of belief
Sprinkling compassion through
Dreams and promises of a moment
When His love will pour out
A blessing more wholesome than
Any downpour from the heavens
Categories:
nourishment, blessing, inspirational, prayer,
Form: Free verse
Like Ramen noodles,
packaged, dried worms are instant.
Just add hot water, stir, and eat.
Categories:
nourishment, dark, food, humor, irony,
Form: Haiku
poetry is the salt and bread
and breath of life
Categories:
nourishment, allusion, blessing, poetry, tribute,
Form: Free verse
I create poetry
the bread,
food...
For the spirit
bread poetry
I do...
I don't write poetry
for sale but
donate to the needy ....
I distribute bread
and, poetry
every day... !
Categories:
nourishment, allegory, allusion, creation, literature,
Form: Free verse
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