Food Rhyme Poems

the fast food ad from 1942 made me chuckle as a wife
featured a thin woman who probably never ate meat in her life
Surrounded by all...

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When a horrible commissioner
was suddenly fired,
team owners interviewed
Big Mo.
They told him,
You're hired.

Changes he made to the game
were made right away.
Protests which followed
were completely ignored.
And the...

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I've oft been offered but not tempted by
large helpings of pie in the sky
from too many crooks
who indeed the broth did spoil
and so as not...

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Passing Through The Moment 

Aesthetic communion for an artist in a ghetto
Prosthetic student union that is only there for the power show 
Anaesthetic ex-communion for...

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As I find myself eating some of Deborah’s fresh bakes chocolate chip cookies….
(please, don’t ask me the amount)
because warm chocolate chip cookies is one snack...

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I recently received a cookbook 
that was given to my older brother 
A hand-me-down from my dad 
that was passed down from his mother 
After...

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Would you mind if I won’t talk
About what to do
Better sit, relax or walk
Silently subdue
To the sweetness of the day
With the promised rain
That forgot to...

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"Eat your veggies," as a nipper I was told
but I'd hide 'em on me lap so Mum wouldn't scold
then all the quicker feed 'em to...

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“Why is it called a toothbrush?”
(he asked rhetorically)
as I use it to brush more than one
it makes no sense to me
surely 'teethbrush' would be correct
for...

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With coriander cumin turmeric
basmati rice saffron and spice
onions chilli peppers
and all things nice
with chapati and chutney
a samosa or two
naan for starters
rogan josh vindaloo
not eye-watering
but tasty...

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Johnny's parents owned a bakery, selling cakes and yummy confections.
Though only nine-years-old, Johnny showed interest, asking questions.
 
He was soon making tasty cookies, to the...

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With a stiff upper lip and old school tie
still it's just not cricket
but the upper crust they say
are on a sticky wicket
to pay the estate...

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Speak of the devil incarnate
to give the devil his due
not to play devil's advocate
tho' devil-may-care
the devil is in the details
and while we're there
to state so...

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The foxes in my garden
Arrive at night to play
They  had their fill of chicken
And so decide to stay 

I crouch down on my haunches...

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There is another peninsula I’ve been meaning to see. 
Up there, there is a shoreline just for me. 
Maybe I’ll drive up north on Friday....

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