Food Number Poems

5 cups of cooked black rice
2 cups of cooked kidney beans
3 cups of cooked lamb sliced thin
sauteed in garlic and olive oil
1/2 cup of onions...

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Tonight's our night
We've been waiting weeks
Our favourite Bistro
For Potato soup with leeks

They gave us 'our' table
The one by the door
Where we first sat
Table number 4

I...

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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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After doing my author duties 
Got to the pub for a futbol beauty 
Liverpool Chelsea in a duel under the lights 
Should go down to...

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THE NUMBER FOUR

     Two plus two or two into two.
     Giving you the easiest clue,
  ...

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African mud banks are my go-to place
Yummy termites and ants my favorite food,
My claws help me keep cool in a digging space.
My sticky tongue keeps...

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"MAGDALENA #7"



it's been three days since I've eaten. 
today, 
for some unknown reason, 
I wanted a maple bar.
I got up, 
grabbed a smoke and walked...

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Maganda Clippin' Snail Number 2
The clippin' snail is hungry. It wants to eat choice red flesh that's mildly paranoid. Pumped full of adrenaline before being...

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How is it possible? Sixty years? Ouch. I shudder to remember 
those first attempts in the kitchen. At that time, the kitchen was 
“hands off”...

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On a trip to Grandmother's, 
we'd hear Mother say,
"Your next botany lesson 
will soon be on its way."

A visit invariably meant 
an immediate tour of...

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Roast chicken with crispy skin
                    ...

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All of the numbers
From 1 to 10
Were at a party
All the women and men

There were food and drinks
And toys on the shelves 
They had to...

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Shucking corn fresh from the garden
It's not much fun language pardon
Tasty treat_sweet to eat

Lessons learned from this yucky chore
Tough shuck protects kernels galore
Pluck protects heart's...

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Number Twenty-Five

I was the newcomer to the group
A bored and hungry chauffeur
There on a cold day for hot soup,
Sandwich and the attitude de jour

The afternoons...

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Number 23 

Number 23 
   
  
  Waiting in a line for food. 
Am I in a prison or a diner....

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