[Photograph: Robyn Lee] One guy has decided to write 365 poems about onion bagels in 365 days. Here's one example called "the day the vampires finally got me." couldn't find my silver necklace (the one with garlic bagels on it) so i wore the gold one with onion bagels instead Hopefully he's also considering another site devoted to rhymes about chewing mint gum. [via The Presurfer] Related A Poem: Fast Food Smell Spoof of 'The Raven,' About a Jug of Milk Haiku Lunchbox...
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Alimentum, the food literary journal, began accepting poetry submissions today. First prize is $500 and the publication of your poem. $15 entry fee. Details on alimentumjournal.com....
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When you're eating lunch, do you ever feel inspired to write three metrical phrases about it? Haiku Lunchbox looks like the beginning of a great site devoted to food poetry. So far there are only four entries, but I felt inspired to compose a fifth: Salty meats, damp loaf From jars of olive salad Muffuletta, love Related Awesome Burger Haikus Awesome Pizza Haikus Food Poems [Talk]...
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Photograph from food_in_mouth on Flickr Hot beverage poetry doesn't get enough respect. The above example inspired me to write my own 5-7-5 metrical ode to hot chocolate: once just a powder but hot liquids transform you, brown winter mustache Let's see what you've got, fellow haikuists. Related A Poem: Fast Food Smell 2005 Pizza Haiku Entries [Slice] Food Poems [Talk]...
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I shouldn't be surprised that one of my favorite food bloggers is also a poet. Fast Food Smell There's a certain hour of night At dusk When the air has settled And no one's around Things are quiet All but for the traffic in the distance Nighttime colors are vivid Peach, white, blue and red And the smell of fast food on a passing breeze Is the loneliest smell in the world......
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My favorite response to Adam Roberts' recent feature on being a food bully? By a mile, this seventeen syllable gem from Seriouspoorcook: A Food Bully Haiku Food Bullies Abound Telling you what not to eat And then there is SPAM...
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