It is World Poetry Day [1] today, and I’d like to highlight the food poetry on Shockingly Delicious.
Say what? Poetry on a food blog?
Yes, Shockingly Delicious has a surprising amount of poetry, I discovered when I went spelunking into the archives! I made a poetry collection link [2], so you can find it quickly later, but here are some of my favorites:
Poem about my favorite kitchen tool, by a professional poet
The Kitchen Shears Speak [3], by Christianne Balk
[4]A poem that always makes me cry
Let us Give Thanks [5], by Max Coots (2010)
Read this out loud to appreciate how clever it is
Ode to Turducken [6], by Tom Stipanowich
Poems about favorite foods
Ode to Bacon [7] by the folks at Smithfield
Pi Day Pieku [8], by me!
Poems by my relatives
Ode to a Canning Jar [9], by Andrew Shaner
If Turkeys Thought [10], by Elena Reinhold (2012)
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