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Epulaeryu

Epulaeryu

Longing for smell, dinner time
Faded, mouth dry, try
Vegetables, see, sigh lie
Taste, none, sigh, cry, my
Wow! back to me tea
Superb smell
Back!

Sunday Roast

Tender slices of roast lamb
Minty taste jelly
Smell of gravy, very good
Lovely Sunday roast
It's soft in my mouth
Goes down well
Yum!

Sue Horncastle

Roast Dinner

Roast beef, Yorkshire pud, fresh veg
Creamy horseradish
Families eat Sunday lunch
Sit round the table
English tradition
May it last
Yeah!

(c) Maggie Crouch

Chips

Choose the potatoes, clean them
Cut into fingers
Even strips crisp much better
Thick chunks more healthy
Golden crunchy bites
Taste moreish
Mmm!

(c) Maggie Crouch

Chocolate

A loud crunch that sends goose bumps
Aroma so sweet
Chocolate is the brown delight
The taste so bitter
A smooth block of good
Just divine
Yum!

(c) Ryan Powell

From the Field

Melting cheese under the grill
So soft and runny
Bubbles fiercely under heat
Smells so delicious
Cannot wait to taste
It's scrumptious
Wow!

(c) Jan Humphreys

Winter Smells

A very cold winter night
Walking through the door
The pan boiling on the stove
Aroma of earth
Vegetables galore
Bowl and spoon
Um!

(c) Jan Humphreys

Jaffa Cake

Floating on a soft light sponge
Tangy orange spread
Secretly hidden within
Thin, dark chocolate
Bite through to reveal
Its treasure
Rich!

(c) Jan Hedger

From the Ground

Plucked from the dampened field
Night melts into dawn
Butter melting in the pan
A bruise of garlic
Aroma rises
Mushrooms fry
Earth!

(c) Jan Hedger

Bellissimo

Tomatoes prised from the vine
Warmed by the Tuscan sun
Fresh leaves of deep green basil
Finger torn and scattered
A perfect marriage
Olive oil
Drenched!

(c) Jan Hedger

Comfort

Steel cold metal implement
Hand held plunges deep
Through crisp, hot, sweetened crumble
Sharpness of apple
Yielding passively
In rich cream
Bliss!

(c) Jan Hedger

Corn on the Cob

Butter melts between the cracks
Teeth scrape over bumps
Explore rows with questing tongue
Grease drips down my chin
Bite 'till kernels burst
Juice explodes
Sweet!

(c) Ashley Jordan

Chocolate

Square, cold and hard on my tongue
I turn it over
Exploring every facet
I push and it yields
Resisting at first
Then melting
Mmmm!

(c) Ashley Jordan