Food Verse Poems

I used to be rich
I had a big house with a big backyard
I spent all my money away like it was water
The little money I...

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I used to be rich
I had a big house with a big backyard
I spent all my money away like it was water
The little money I...

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She’s driving safely.
While I’m tapping furiously.
“Fast food near me.”
Tap. Tap. Tap.
An idea! An idea.
Scrolling.
That sounds good…
Red light, green light, yellow light.
She’ll eat anything.
Except what is...

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The delicious aroma circulated 
As the heat from the oven radiated 
The stove top warmed
As white chocolate chips melted downward
Into a candied thick syrupy puree.

Thoughts...

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What use is a poet,
if without a pen,
like a chef without
a sharp set of knives.

How bland is the soup,
without sincere ingredients.
Nourishing soul food needs
fresh free...

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Mein geliebter GOTT
You gave us a wonderful world
For us to live
After you made heaven and earth
Also you had created us after you
Made heaven and earth
The...

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Here’s the double standard
The goal for someone
To eat healthy is
Not putting pesticides
Steroids, antibiotics
And preservatives in
The food to preserve it
Which is harmful to the
Human body
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Solid gray skies
   Over daylilies trying to bloom
    Several different species so colorful
      Open only...

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              DEAR MR PRESIDENT*

Mr President



We used to pledge our allegiance to the...

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From the delicate raindrops 
resting, draping from the treetops 
To the rich soil and velvet soft grass 
we dig our feet in
We breathe in the...

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A bunny feasts on a clover patch
The Keurig moans
Almost as badly as me
Breakfast
Been eatin’ the same cereal
Since 1952 (slow eater)
The debate rages
Should I put on...

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Just a bit of black pepper
As your breath brushes against my neck,
Dangerously close.
Don’t forget the heavy cream
You whisper gently in my ear.

My knees slightly shaking...

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As the world turns into the unrecognizable
As justice is completely destroyed,
and laws are merely twisted at will
As corruption distorts and destroys
As people are divided and...

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We
Emerge 
Through 
The innards 
Of drenched 
Scarlet, with
A piercing cry
Of an afflicted 
Crow, away 
From clan, 
Rising slowly, 
A flaming ember,
Over the fingers
Of trees

We grow,
We...

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