Food Sijo Poems

I love this so succulent blackforest ice cream log cake.
I love eating for pleasure as well as for my own sake.
I love eating desserts even...

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Digging through the sweetest of a fine soft solid substance,
Looking for the velvety amber caramels and chocolates,
But such indulgence all too often renders them as...

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We rode on bus with a crescent moon in the horizon.
We sat together in silence with feelings of love uprisen.
We travelled to a restaurant for...

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It is almost just like all of my most loveliest lucid dreams.
I am commuting on a bus with the man of my dreams.
On our way...

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Dining amongst the Pakistani friends of my neighbour.
Hearing them speaking in their Urdu tongues as all turns to a blur.
Enjoying all their barbecued meats and...

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It was in the summer we had salsa and chips in the trailer.
Drank all of the liquor on the bed on which we slumber.
Though we...

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It smells of delicious red velvet cupcakes in the air.
Even though I am diabetic I am also without care,
For I much rather enjoy life as...

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Eating chocolate bells until my bulging stomach swells.
Indulging in the sweets which I was given as holiday gifts.
Enjoying delicious small chocolate coins from a mason...

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A good wife needs more than a nice home and healthy enough food
She needs husband with big tender heart, lovely smart mind and sweet word
To...

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A butter cream cake covered in the most colourful of sprinkles.
Rainbow frosted layers full of an irresistible moist texture.
Sweetest of cakes eaten ever, no leftovers...

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Little slices of the most lush and red watermelon,
Swollen with juiciness and a natural multivitamin.
Deliciously filled with glistening liquid in green rind....

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A bright streak of light shines upon the round white latte mug, 
As I introspect while staring out the foggy window,
A fine display of eggs,...

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Vanilla, milk, and sugar are so delicious together,
But I add slices of the ripest banana to be sure
This is truly a dessert better than any...

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More bread and butter please —
man has needs that can be satisfied.

As he rumbles down the aisles,
he handles his affairs with pride.

Shopping’s his specialty —
A...

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The pastry chef
Bakes cakes and breads
Took a nap, burnt them



8/29/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2019...

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