Tag Archives: food

Fresh ingredients

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Helen

Next year We’ll use fresh ingredients Juggling choices To suit our palettes Life’s finest chefs Run on knowledge And instinct combined And with age and with time So shall we Next year It’s a new recipe Next year We’ll combine … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged choice, food, hope, Life, new year resolutions, Optimism, recipe | 3 Comments

Nourishment

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Helen

Each day Given unto us Such nourishment For body and soul That spirit and form Are complete And whole Let this be Our sacred goal From youth Until we are old We pray Each day (c) Helen Valentina 2016

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged body, food, form, Life, nourish, nourishment, prayer, ritual, soul | Leave a comment

Two: Gluttony

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Helen

I will not choose I will consume it all Dark or light Dull or bright I’ll take it all I need the taste The wicked true delight There’s none for you It’s not for two This shines too bright It … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth | Tagged chocolate, choice, desire, food, gluttony, hunger, poetry, seven deadly sins, sweet | 5 Comments

Corrosion

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Helen

For years you slowly ate The heart of me The purest of my fruit Fell to your cold decay A thief within the night You showed such cruelty But coward, you would hide At quiet break of day For years you … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged betrayal, corrosion, cruelty, dark, decay, eating, food, lost love, trickery | Leave a comment

Strawberries

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Helen

He brought me strawberries Spilling upon my table Gifts of the nature’s bounty Red as the promise of a kiss I thought it bliss We dined on strawberries Served with pure whipped cream Sweetness bursting on our tongues Red as … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged brief, food, Fruit, gifts, Love, lovers, nature, strawberry | 2 Comments

Summer Fruits

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Helen

Lazy days Mid afternoon heat Languorous looking For a long-lost treat Summer fruits spilling Like gold at my feet Hot afternoons Spent with friends and wine Convivial, constant Pleasure is a crime Summer fruits glisten Like everything fine Lost evening … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged food, Fruit, heat, Musings, parties, summer, Summer fruit | 12 Comments

Feast

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Helen

This ravenous hunger Will not be satiated These elegant hosts Not here ingratiated A perfect feast Is kept at arm’s length To bridge this distance There is no strength The fatted cow lies In glorious display This perfect savagery Here … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged dark, delusion, diners, dinner, dissociation, Dreams, fear, feast, food, hosts, hunger, madness | 2 Comments

Tropical Punch

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Helen

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged choice, delicious, Drink, food, fruit punch, Musings, punch, tropical | 14 Comments

Pineapple

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Helen

You’re like a pineapple Rough on the outside Sweet within Prickly your hide dear Sharp and hard your skin Let me cut you open Let your juices flow The sweetness in your soul dear Is what I yearn to know … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged Aspiration, food, Love, passion, pineapple, Relationships, soul, spirit | 10 Comments

Chef

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Helen

The chef pauses for a moment Before stirring his creation Weighs the virtues and the limits Of the spices here arrayed This is artistry of the moment Flavours mixed like a devotion And there’s more than just mere chemistry In … Continue reading →