Food Verse Poems

April 30 In Search of America 1975 – Hitch hiking Tales

When I was young and foolish
Broke and stubborn 
I hitchhiked across the USA 

Started in...

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ON  BEING  A  SAUSAGE  ROLL

Our other sausage acquaintances are real –
Flavoured, pigmented, heated
By boiling or frying :
They have their dignity, though...

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My mother's form is in my wings
The Wolf carried me in Rapture
My brother hath flown me in flame
With my sword the beast I slew
I am...

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Jason Voorhees was reborn as Alex Duffy
The psycho with a pen, who will turn the most beautiful ballad ugly
I’ll make Freddy Krueger sick from the...

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The most innocent of things
Gave him ideas—
The Good Will painting, gifted by his grandfather,
Of the succulent lady
Slurping up mussels 
Sitting upon her bustle
At the sea...

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Water flowing quickly over the river bed
moss hangs tight to adjacent rocks
dragonflies flickering upon the ragweed  
leaves hanging low from the night’s storm.
owls searching...

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Bubble bubble, toiled and troubled
Underwater, Under Siege
I am only me

The undertow isn't water
Suffocated by my own desires
Help me! I fear I don't belong

I am using...

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Said a pondering clam to one nearby:
They say beyond these waters is only sky.

Do you suppose life without mud or water
suits a clam, and is...

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My translation of Martial 2, XXXVII


No matter what is edible
you swipe it from the table:
Sow’s teats, a partridge big
enough to feed two, pork rib,
whole bass,...

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Author Dana Redricks
May 21, 2018

The Word of God Yahweh is
like air for the believer
The Word of God is like food for the soul
It is a...

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Judy,
Tell me how do you sleep at night
Were you at times baffled
When dreams seemed shattered
In dreams remained a miracle
Were you at times like her?
Changes like...

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Diplomats are tireless negotiators.
At table they exercise conviviality –
not for peace or harmony –
rather over caviar, champagne, and oysters.
Food, I think, is a better panacea
than...

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Ever since baked beans
became one of Boston’s
most famous food icons
it would be unfair
to say the city has 
lost its colon-ial air....

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I used to eat jalapeno peppers,
 banana peppers, and 
tomatoes galore.


Hot spicy and
 “oh my gosh” foods
 is what I simply and
 absolutely adore.


Prime rib?...

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What we have together is complicated.
It very well may be toxic.
But I am glad it happened.
I ask if you love me.
The physical representation of thirst....

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Chilled white wine
A glass for the chef

Creole seasonings
A meal in a dish
A Southern delight

Chunks of catfish fillets
Corn and lima beans
Simmering till sublime

Gather around
If spicy stew's...

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Don't think everyone eats
Because you eat
Or drinks clean water
Because you still can.
Don't think everyone has a bed
In which to lay their head
Don't think there's a...

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Lonely Girl

Spring is here, and I loathe its hot weather that makes me sweat in my sleep. 

I have to cover up my scars, for...

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12-year-old  Gopal was very stout
Since he used to eat a lot
Physical teacher told to eat fruits 
So Gopal could be smart.

But Gopal was always...

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I used to be slim
Now I'm fat
The scales have told me that
I thought I was slim
Till I stood on the scales
They don't tell tales
Or even...

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