Joy Acey (of Poetry for Kids fame) has issued a challenge to write your own riddle-poem. You can see the challenge here: http://poetryforkidsjoy.blogspot.com/2014/09/riddle-poem.html#comment-form I wrote several food-riddle poems a few years ago, but I’m going to post a fresh one below. It’sNotDessert You can wrap me in bacon, or roll me in sugar… But…
Joy Acey (of Poetry for Kids fame) has issued a challenge to write your own riddle-poem. You can see the challenge here: http://poetryforkidsjoy.blogspot.com/2014/09/riddle-poem.html#comment-form I wrote several food-riddle poems a few years ago, but I’m going to post a fresh one below. It’sNotDessert You can wrap me in bacon, or roll me in sugar… But…
By: Elaine Magliaro,
on 6/4/2009
I wrote/rewrote the following poems for Tricia’s Monday Poetry Stretch - Food Glorious Food!. You can read the Poetry Stretch results here.
Jelly Beans
Jelly
Jelly
Jellybeans
Lemon, lime, and tangerine
Cherry, orange, wintergreen
Grape, vanilla, licorice
Any flavor that I wish
Sitting in my candy dish
Every color tastes delish!
Chips
A package
of pale potato moons…
thin slices of spuds
deep fried in fat
till crisp and golden
then sprinkled with salt—
a crunchy munchy snack
that talks back.
Marshmallow
Candied cloud,
powdered puff of sweetness
toasted brown on a stick
until it oozes white lava
Blueberries
We pick through
quarts of blueberries
removing stems
shriveled fruit
tiny leaves
until we’re left with
a big bowl
of plump purple pearls
perfect for baking in a pie
that will ooze indigo juices
when sliced and served…
steaming the scent
of a Maine summer
through our kitchen
Beautiful!
Bwahahahahaha! I didn’t see that coming at all!
Donna, I finally finished my book, “Slave to Slave Master” and it is to be published before December. It is short but the photos and epilogue add to it. I want it to encourage everyone to be a victor and not a victim. Blessings, Jan
LOVE this, Donna, and so will my boys! = )