These are all of my food poems together, listed below.
This is simply a silly food poem which uses the expectation of the potential rhyming word to cause the amusement, leaving the author guilt free and the reader to blame for their own mischievous mindset!
I know that baked beans are good for your heart
But I do not eat them as they make me far t……….oo excitable. [click to continue…]
This is just a fun rhyming acrostic poem with something of an extra twist in the punchline.
So many pressures and fears today.
Too many worries that wont go away.
Really can’t face all the things I must do.
Even more work’s piling up to get through. [click to continue…]
Full of amusing word play, this simple Mothers’ Day performance poem is very effective with just a few basic baking props, and a child dressed in an apron. I have provided a downloadable picture sheet containing each of the ingredients that are added to the recipe to make “My Homebaked Mum”, so that they can be added to a mixing bowl as the poem is recited by a class or group of children. [click to continue…]
The days when life is flavoured
With the summer fruits of love,
Should gratefully be savoured
With the grace of God above. [click to continue…]
This is a performance poem for older primary children. The individual letters of the word HARVEST are held up by seven children. At the beginning of each verse the children rearrange themselves so that they are in a suitable order for the bold words that follow. The appropriate letters are held aloft for each word, but lowered for the refrain.
