Short Staff Of Life Poems

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Premium Member On Bread and Faith

By Bread alone, Man

  Doth Not Live …

    Faith … His Staff of Life  



Entry in Bakers Dozen Contest
   ~ Maureen McGreavy


Premium Member The Staff of Life

A tiny seed falls
    down to earth
  which to a stalk
    one day gives birth

  The stalk is wheat
    from which folks eat
  the 'Staff of Life'
    ~ pretty neat
Form: Rhyme

Just the Basics

Flour, water, salt, yeast.

Staff of life,

When hungry, a feast.






Entry for 5-3-5 syllables
Baker's Dozen Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Maureen McGreavy
5/10/18. Placed 2nd.
© Gary Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Caribbean Pundit: Thankful Tribute

Pan: Betel. Or quintessentially creole, made anew, pan-American music
Aloo: also Native American, the staff of life, versatile with curry
Naan: often translated roti, chapati, dhaalpuri, but not rotisserie
Dholak: the drums that doubled (not Doubles) as tassa, for Hosay
I : I, too, know bitter sugar, the syrupy blood of plantations
Tasted: Tasted the brotherhood of the boat, in another middle passage
Appointments: with pen. She is a better pendit than Claude McKay, CLR, VS ...
© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Acrostic

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