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An Old Woman Cooking Eggs - by Anne Shivas

{ Poem }

That’s me in the painting.
/ My face smooth and brow clear,
/ for I do not worry over
/ what I cannot see.

The Asparagus - by Tom Pow

{ Poem }

In his final years, illness attended / the artist. His friends brought him flowers / and, in modest works, when…

Waffle House Crush - by Harry Josephine Giles

{ Poem }

I’ll have you smothered n covered n
/ diced n peppered n
/ capped n lathered n
/ lustred n smoothed n
/ spread
/
/ drizzled n dazzled n
/ blazed…

Address to a Haggis - by Robert Burns

{ Poem }

Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face,
/ Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race!
/ Aboon them a’ ye tak your place,
/ …

Street Market - by Jean Guthrie-Smith

{ Poem }

Here, under the awning of cotton,
/ Tomatoes are heaped in a flare
/ Of glossy red beauty, and rotten
/ Sick-sweet smells of fruit fill…

Best Drink of the Day - by Judy Brown

{ Poem }

The mug comes steaming, pulled / from the gasping dishwasher / in mid-monsoon, a thick white saucer / like a…

Last Supper - by Liz Lochhead

{ Poem }

She is getting good and ready to renounce
/ his sweet flesh.
/ Not just for lent. (For
/ Ever)
/ But meanwhile she is assembling the ingredients
/ for…

im delikatessenladen - by Ernst Jandl

{ Poem }

bitte geben sie mir eine maiwiesenkonserve etwas höher gelegen aber nicht zu
/ abschüssig so, daß man darauf noch sitzen kann.
/
/ nun,…

Grains of Rice - by Phan Van Tri

{ Poem }

They leave rice fields to travel far and wide:
/ who doesn’t count on them for sustenance?
/ Doffing their golden coats, they bask…

Eating Together - by Li-Young Lee

{ Poem }

In the steamer is the trout
/ seasoned with slivers of ginger.
/ two sprigs of green onion, and sesame oil.
/ We shall eat it…

To Eat of Meat Joyously - by Bertolt Brecht

{ Poem }

To eat of meat joyously, a juicy loin cut
/ And with the fresh-baked, fragrant rye bread
/ Chunks from the whole cheese, and…

Woman Selling Fruit - by Gabrielle DiLorenzo

{ Poem }

Her wares
/ adorn the front
/ of a mustard-yellow building
/ She scolds her grandson
/ and arranges mangos, bananas, ginger root
/ and grapes
/ in glorious disorder
/ She is tiny,
/ well-shaped,
/ piquant
/ as…

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