Submissions by EdibleWords
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Poetry is my voice for change. I have 12 kids with my husband of 22 years. The poetry I write comes from books, movies, and most of all, from my life. Finally squeezed out of me by my nature like a long held breath.
Having Babies
Tender age of eighteen
First baby from love’s song
She fit in right between
As we walked along
Second baby coming
A great new adventure
A new way of summing
With olives on her fingers
Two were an active handful
So we thought of waiting
Though we were quite careful
The gift was not abating
And soon a little brother
When I was twenty one
Would come join the others
And even then not done
We had to hope and pray
There would be a number four
Two and a half years later ...
First baby from love’s song
She fit in right between
As we walked along
Second baby coming
A great new adventure
A new way of summing
With olives on her fingers
Two were an active handful
So we thought of waiting
Though we were quite careful
The gift was not abating
And soon a little brother
When I was twenty one
Would come join the others
And even then not done
We had to hope and pray
There would be a number four
Two and a half years later ...
#motherhood
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Idea's Shelter
Without a tongue to mother us
We have no shelter in mind or mouth
For ideas to make our fuss
We'd be the least of beasts from north to south
Without our mother tongue to express how we feel separate
How could we explain how we are altogether desperate?
Or give our eloquent praise to what inspires
Or project our hope to what transpires
But from the rising sun
To the setting west
Human language fun
Makes us noblest and best
Rudimentary communication
Is part of each animal nation
Yet we human creatures
Construct the...
We have no shelter in mind or mouth
For ideas to make our fuss
We'd be the least of beasts from north to south
Without our mother tongue to express how we feel separate
How could we explain how we are altogether desperate?
Or give our eloquent praise to what inspires
Or project our hope to what transpires
But from the rising sun
To the setting west
Human language fun
Makes us noblest and best
Rudimentary communication
Is part of each animal nation
Yet we human creatures
Construct the...
#animals
#humankind
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The Conversation
In figures of speech the writer uses
Images and symbols as a response
To the world of stories that amuses
In familiarity that haunts
Staring darkly and deeply
Or cheerily and lightly
A telescope that cheaply
Revealing so brightly
A startling alien face
Describing in allegory
Divine soul of the human race
A never ending creation story
Images and symbols as a response
To the world of stories that amuses
In familiarity that haunts
Staring darkly and deeply
Or cheerily and lightly
A telescope that cheaply
Revealing so brightly
A startling alien face
Describing in allegory
Divine soul of the human race
A never ending creation story
#kindness
#humankind
#gratitude
#HumanRights
#support
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Edible Words - a Haiku
Taste golden apples
In a basket of silver
Those edible words
In a basket of silver
Those edible words
#identity
#spiritual
#humankind
#myself
#SelfReflection
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