“Pablo Neruda knows a little something about love. Entire volumes of his poetry are dedicated to the subject, and I have to ask, does it get any better than this?” Read More: http://www.eatthispoem.com/blog/2013/3/4/pablo-neruda-blood-oranges-and-sour-cream-donuts.html
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“Whose crumbs the crows inspect And with ironic caw Flap past it to the Farmer’s Corn — Men eat of it and die.” Read More: http://www.foodasalens.com/2011/04/historic-poems-and-food-series-emily.html
Reading: “Emily Dickinson Through the Lens of Food”
“A typographical gaffe that appeared in Minnesota’s Free Press of Mankato caused quite a stir in the social media universe this week.” Read More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/rapefruit-headline-minnesota-free-press-of-mankato_n_2819481.html
Reading: “‘Rapefruit’ Headline Embarrasses Minnesota’s Free Press Of Mankato, As ...
“Food poems, like love poems, have the potential to be vague and maudlin. The New York Times’ profile of a book of food poetry refers to Winston Churchill’s supposed declaration, “Take away this pudding. It has no theme.” This, of course, is a sadly reductionist take on food.” Read More: […]
Reading: “Food Poems: The Best Poetry About Food”
“Marie Howe, the state poet for New York and the author of such books as “What the Living Do,” specializes in vibrant, bracing, haunting work that stops you in your tracks. Ms. Howe, 62, lives in Manhattan; she spoke about the lyrical and occasionally comic role food has played in […]