Food Sedoka Poems

the woods in despair
evergreens and cuckoo clocks
i’m lost in Grimm fairy tales

in black forestry
cherries, chocolate ganache
dessert to die for

1/21/2023...

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powdery snow-drenched
coldest in seventy years
eyes frostbitten from hot tears

frozen mustaches
stalactites dripping with chill
million ruble lunch to thaw...

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searching for scant food
wolves foxes hares and bears roam ---
snow owls taunt hungry harp seals 

northern cardinals 
dig icebergs and peep within 
ice fish swiftly...

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Hot coffee in hand 
looking out the cold window 
I see winter has arrived. 
A white snow blanket 
covers nature this winter 
all sleep until...

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A field in winter
frosted with fresh-fallen snow
cloaks the mole, mouse, and magpie
hunting in hunger.
The hawk swoops down with keen eye
to crash the feasting party....

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A three branched vine grows
Blossoms ripen into grapes
Pressed and placed in the king's hand
The branches are days
Your office will be restored
King's cupbearer as before

Three baskets...

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So my aunts dying - 
    a dispassionate aside
        over coffee, Saturday
No point in crying
...

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Gold-brown crunchy leaves
Crystal beads of morning frost
Smoke swirling from chimney tops
Time for family
Oven filled with bird and pie-
Harvest time of food and love


October 7, 2014

~1st...

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There are fields of gold
In which wheat is found produced
Walking you find the new crop
Deep yellow throughout
Field has food that creates bread
Enhanced rows of pure...

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Rutabaga cooks
On range emitting strong scent
After chopped by sharp hachet
Done rutabaga
Served on plate with slotted spoon
They enjoyed _not very much!

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homemade chicken soup
     simmers on the kitchen stove
     liquid warmth for winter's chill
    ...

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A Philly cheesesteak
on a long Italian roll
would be very nice right now.
I want fried onions,
and give me hot peppers too.
At the moment, I’m hungry!

Robert...

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Finally the day 
Relaxing in my lawn chair 
Barbeque grill smoking; 
Smells oh so good! 
Volleyball over the net 
Family fireworks—Wow!...

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