Food Personification Poems

When life gives you lemons

You make lemonade

I am a banana

A beaten and bruised banana

Too ugly to sit on the marble countertop in the kitchen

Wouldn’t want...

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I am persecuted 
with no compassion,
here, there and everywhere,
I have no home anymore.
Wherever I go I'm a nuisance,
I just try to find my way
here, where...

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I awoke this morning in a reflective state,
Considering my life in the Johnston estate, 
And my trials and tribulations as a mouse,   
Living,...

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Finishing his last sip of tea, Sam said to Susan,
"I don't think that they were expecting us,
But I can't believe they left the windows down.
Busy...

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My Creator-endowed rays of celestial magnitude
Emit solar power, enabling Earth’s existence-plenitude
Fulfilling my commitment to rise daily with glowing altitude…

Vibrantly warming mankind toward enthusiastic attitude
I brighten...

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The smell of cantaloupe is enticing
Yearning to feel it’s smoothly texture
It beckons me to it with an unworldly call
The slippery flesh is on my earthly...

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I am a dainty, colorful marigold.
Or at least that's the story I'm told.
I was born in a big, green, and grassy yard.
Growing up was awfully...

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When sun sets and the deepening shadows creep
When most birds go to roost under the canopy of the woods
It is then I start my nocturnal...

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I love my diet, rich in protein,
Of snakes, squirrels, doves, and rabbits most lean.
I tell you this, and I am on the square,
Furry mammals delight...

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Each day I sleep 
I hide away
But when night falls
‘tis when I roam
Finding food for
my newly born brood
Four tiny cubs 
beneath the ground
Await my return
they...

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SHE WOLF’S … A MAMA TOO

She wolf’s howls piercing the air, makes 
Mama Bisons panic!
Our young running here, everywhere,
I”m fearful, yes … frantic!

She wolf’s hot...

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I am the hawk, the falcon, the eagle
circling the skies, swooping with the winds
that roar through gold and carmine canyons.
I soar to hunt, to pursue,...

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During the Fall of 2022, I was introduced to a new experience.
I was tagged by the Fish and Game Department and dropped
off in an unfamiliar...

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 Written October 19, 2023, For Shadow Hamilton, Wild Animal Contest

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I am your treasured Water, source of life;
Without me, ecosystems could not be.
My oceans, rivers, streams- are full and rife;
But, uncontrolled- can lead to tragedy.

And,...

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