Short Loaf Of Bread Poems

a lake full of ducks,
people looking for escape,
and a loaf of bread...

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Breaking 
Into small pieces 
A loaf of bread 
Making it’s breakfast Sky
Taking clouds?...

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Thousand ‘I love you’s’
Will not stop his hunger

Give him a loaf of bread
And see him smile...

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Economic woes I dread
To feed my family I sold the toupe off my head
Went to the shop 
Where I fainted with shock
It costs two wheel barrows of money to buy a loaf of bread...

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There was a mouse named Ted
In kitchen found a loaf of bread
But during a break
It made a mistake
got inside Oh, yumderful for Ted



6/3/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2021©...

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Cross eyed woman had a nasty fall 
after running into a brick wall 
she was hit over the head 
with a big loaf of bread 
while trying to play basketball. 

Copyright Cynthia Jones 
Sept.23/2004...

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Friendship is 

a beautiful warm loaf of bread

baked faithfully with kindness

and lavishly spread

with the honey butter of love.


7/28/19 for Jesse Rowe's One Sentence Metaphor In Free Verse Poetry Contest...

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The odds of going to a grocery store for a loaf of bread
And coming out with just that, you'd be severely misled
Odds are three billion to one
Your basket will be overrun
With a myriad of other mouth watering items instead...

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A cup of tea
    half-hot, half-cold
      doesn't sit well with me

  A loaf of bread
    half-dough, half-baked
      instant tummy ache  

  A couple of buns
    one firm and round
      the other



                   shunned...

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Breaking free from regret and fear,
I will arise, my spirit soar,
and to the grace of God draw near.

To share with those who do not have,
a hug, a smile, a loaf of bread,
and words of hope, a healing salve.

7/4/16
For Nette Onclaud's "Tell Me" contest...

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So we meet again 
young lady in red 
off to see Grandma 
with a loaf of bread 
picking some flowers 
to brighten her day 
skipping and singing 
along the way 
and Grandma is waiting 
she'll be happy to see
she may not see you 
but I know she'll see me...

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Hey, cat, you are a familiar, right?
Ebony turned to see a strange cat, white.
I guess I am, I belong to a witch.
Can you please tell me if this tarot is Mitch?

Cat did not know, but wanted to act bright.
Mitch? Yes, I think so, yes, that is surely right.
Thank you kindly the white cat said.
So saying she flounced off, with her loaf of bread....

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What is the measure of joy?
Is there a unit of happiness?
What is it? If there is
How is it measured?
Is joy from owning a mansion, 
more than joy from an apple?
Is it more than joy,
from a loaf of bread, 
a cup of water;
to one who desires 
apple, bread or water?
to one who has no concept 
of a mansion or need for one?
As a rose, to Shakespeare, so is joy...

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We all know our Sodom to flee from
And now I wish to include your rum:
To you loaf of Bread but I know Crumb,
Long minutes after a glassful dumb...

You're now by God's Angels invaded
For interest that are better jaded:
A fellow released dares not look back,
You'd be looking back: your fast flight slack:
To quit seizing a bottle Freedom,
Big Achievement of Divine stardom....

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I once needed my Elmer's glue
it was on the highest shelf
I reached up blindly
and poured it all over myself

well the glue was white,
my face was red
I felt so annoyed
I was truely brain dead
hoping no one had seen me
with an I.Q. of a loaf of bread

so my cut and paste days are over
never for me to attempt again
my luck like a one-leaf clover
with that I rest this pen...

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Broken fruit stacked forward, with
their tender lip-soft skins 
scuffed among her unspoiled sisters.

Lonely is the unripe peach
hoping to be chosen,
turning her sun side out, beckoning, 
longing to be washed and tasted, and
not knowing of her immature bitterness.

They always reach back 
for the fresh loaf of bread 
at the back of the shelf.

its not the same for fruit....

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My husband said, “Pick up some bread
When you are at the store.
Of course you must be sure the crust
Is what I’m looking for.”

The loaf I found was nicely browned
And fresh out of the oven.
You never met a French baguette
About to get such lovin’.

For soon we’ll feast on what some yeast
Created with some flour;
When butter-spread, that loaf of bread
We’ll hungrily devour....

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No money to spend.
	No gifts to give
	I felt I failed my little kid
	
	Then she looked up and smiled, 
	With nothing under the tree

	But a loaf of bread for breakfast 
	And a cup of unsweetened tea.
	She said, I know times are hard.
	But I don’t care, I only want Christmas
	If you are there.

	That was the sweetest part,
	Then I realized Christmas come from with in the heart....

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Feed us today if you must...spare some change to help us? Give us a loaf of bread for today, yes it would be nice? But, why not instead teach us to grow our very own wheat? Teach us instead how we could harvest it ourselves...why not instead teach us how to bake our own bread? Yes, instead of the bread you gave us for one day, instead if you teach us how to do these things we will feed ourselves....

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We are not perfect
We all have scars
We all have fears
We all have pain
We all have our imperfections

Because perfections can not simply exist
In the human spirit for long 

There are the moments in everyone lives
Where glimpses of perfection appear in our day

Finally learning a new skill
Achieving that goal
Putting the finishing touches on work of art
A freshly baked loaf of bread...

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The rain is falling down
high up from the skies above
like hoards of tarantulas
all over me

It's making me feel low and miserable
like the tiniest crumb left on the ground
from a loaf of bread

The rain is falling down
its making me desperate for a bright ray of light
but at the moment all that surrounds me is darkness

The rain is falling, falling, falling
and I wonder will it ever end...

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Having blessed and broken a loaf of bread
Jesus passed it around as then he said
     “Of my body partake
     and live through the ache
to join with me arisen from the dead.”

Then taking the cup with the fruit of the vine
it too he shared offering this as a sign,
     “It's a covenant new
     my blood poured out for you.
I'll not drink again till with God we will dine.”

Mark 14.22-25...

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as travelers do
i searched for food
drifts of snow
i fought my way through
i came to a cabin
deep in the woods
i knocked politely
as any man should
there came no answer
nobody is home
i walked inside
feeling ever alone
a loaf of bread
don't mind if i do
my taste buds ignite
and just as i chew
the shot rang out
i hit the floor
the blood ran thick
I'm hungry no more
my body went numb
now i cant see
from starved, to death
there's no saving me...

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Our God is bountiful because
He is.  His actions speak louder
than words.  Just look around.

The bounty of nature...
     a simple rose, many petals.
A brilliant sunset...
     new every evening.
A fresh air breeze...
     now, and again.
A nurse's service to mankind...
     duplicated.
A child adopted...
     now in a forever home.
A loaf of bread...
     multiplied.  And
all the fish in the sea tell us
our God is bountiful.

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Moonlight Come Dance With Me
There's no polyester in the trees
Nothing but mucous membrane
What's writing what's wrong
Pattern of the ole coal miners
Roughing it eating leftovers in diners
A brute abusive husband placed in marmalade
This is how bad men behave
Sun bright burning the heavens
Loaf of bread singles only seven
Nothing left on my dinner plate
Dine at my request

03/08/14
Written by James Edward Lee Sr
from anthology "Up Rising"...

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