Food Poems - Examples of all types of food poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Raining in SummerSpring is on it's way out,
with warmer days on the horizon.
Summer is a great time of the year,
sleeping in from school ~ hooray.
Splashing fun time at the pool or beach,
to cookouts of BBQ and Ice...
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Categories:
beach, food, fun, garden,
Form: Free verse
Bottled VinegarIn these days of austerity
It’s getting to be a treat
To go out for a few pints
And have a bite to eat,
So, Please Mr Pub Landlord
Grant me just a little wish
Bring back the vinegar bottle
So I...
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Categories:
anger, food, humor,
Form: Rhyme
If Only You KnewIf only you knew the feel of a zephyr,
With its current swooping around hillsides
Ruffling the spruce trees everywhere,
Or descend downwards towards verdant vales
Where flowers bloom all through the year.
If only you knew what the oceans...
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Categories:
abuse, food, humanity, ocean,
Form: Free verse
portmanteau most fowlportmanteau most fowl
conceived of a twisted mind—
turducken madness...
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Categories:
food, humorous, imagination, word
Form: Senryu
Cartwheels for Veronica
Archie did cartwheels for Veronica
Jughead even played his harmonica ~
But Veronica’s Jewish
Leaving two suitors bluish ~
Steinberg...
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Categories:
boyfriend, celebrity, chanukah, food,
Form: Limerick
Spring Sonnet
Spring Sonnet
The microscopic lifeforms in my soil
Sense the rising in degrees Celsius.
Old Summer’s red wiggler worms now uncoil,
While hungry birds look down most odious.
Most showers now done, the weeds envelope
The surviving herbs, flowers, plus veggies.
Like...
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Categories:
earth, food, garden, halloween,
Form: Sonnet
CupcakesIt 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 though it is not there....
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Categories:
food,
Form: Sijo
Portable PizzaThe pizza trucks were parked outside
With bakers rolling dough
And spreading it to fit the pans,
The toppings set to go.
The crusts were thin and crispy;
The veggies, sauce and cheese
Were baked to such perfection
That they couldn’t...
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Categories:
food,
Form: Rhyme
Nature GivesI love nature gives
I love discrete birds singing
All natural food....
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Categories:
appreciation, bird, food, nature,
Form: Haiku
McChicken Special
a long-necked goose pursued
a stuffed hen, waddling
through the entrails of
an all-you-can-eat
...
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Categories:
bird, food, stars,
Form: Free verse
The Tea and The Bee Limerick Set
How about some delicious tea
I want it with crackers and brie
Honey is very sweet
Better than sweaty feet
I got bit by a yellow bee
That bee just flew far far away
Guess the bee did not want to...
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Categories:
drink, food, friend, giggle,
Form: Limerick
puddingpudding
lemon meringue
flavor-able, moist and sweet
mom put whipped cream on her pudding
butterscotch used to be my favorite
coconut cream or chocolate
marvelous terrific
pistachio
pudding...
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Categories:
food,
Form: Rictameter
saltsalt
french fries
ham and beans
potato chips
salted caramel
needed for cucumber
she can wake up your taste buds
put in water for gargling
imagine a world without her...
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Categories:
food,
Form: Nonet
brothbroth
fever
remedy
chicken noodle
helps you with sore throat
tasty vegetable soup
salty and warm going down
you can add it to anything
I drink it plain when I have a bad cold...
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Categories:
food,
Form: Nonet
IT s THE LITTLE THINGS LIKE TIM TAMSit’s the little things like tim tams.
having gotten my attention, the box
hops into my shopping cart, but not
before I cartwheel and squeal, certain
that one of the poets has nurtured
my senses with an Australian accent.
i’m handing...
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Categories:
food, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Food Poems
Definition | What is Food in Poetry?
Poems Related to Food
feed, cuisine, snack, meat, drink, foodstuff, fare, cooking, meal, bread, grub, sustenance, groceries, table, slop, pabulum, menu, bite, aliment, refreshment, board, comestible, store, larder, nutrition