Poem for Your Plate

The Group D Students returned back to the O-School on Monday, from Thanksgiving break refreshed and full of leftovers. For our second week of poetry, we discussed our favorite comfort foods that we love to eat, especially with friends and family, which included mac n’ cheese, chicken nuggets from McDonalds, French fries, and homemade banana pudding.

Together we read the poem “Fried Chicken,” By Kwame Alexander. In his poem, Alexander uses his five senses to describe his grandmother’s delicious fried chicken and the side dishes that accompany it. My grandmother could put KFC out of business/ with her fried chicken that tastes like pieces of heaven just fell from the sky/the biggest slice of cake of jalapeno cornbread/ so hot that the butter sizzles on top can burn your tongue.

Inspired by Kwame Alexander, students wrote “food” poems that will make mouths drool and stomachs rumble. Get your plate ready readers and enjoy these tasty poems below.

Group D (Elementary) Students

Taquitos

My mom drives me to Costco’s and we get Taquitos.
We drive back and I eat it.
It smells like chicken and taste like Mexico.
It feels crispy and it looks like a stick.
When you’re near it, it has a crispy sound.

Pasta

My grandmother makes the best pasta
in the world.
It smells saucy and taste like heaven.
White and orange.
Sizzling in a pan and boiling in a pot.

Macaroni and Cheese

It smells so good I want to jump to the moon!
When I was little, I touched it and the cheese
got on my hand. It felt moist.
It looked golden and shiny
It tastes so good, its cheesy and delicious
and its rich!
I like to hear the noodles as it goes
into the pit to cook.
My mom adds extra milk and string cheese.
I eat it with my mom who makes it!

Pizza

We love pizza.
My mom makes pizza that taste cheesy,
with pepperoni.
It tastes like gold. Its soft and warm.

Spaghetti

Spaghetti and meatballs, my dad makes it.
It tastes like tomato soup,
and its soft and wet, red like blood.
It feels good and steaming.