Whet your literary appetite with the symbolism-rich selections in the Poetry: Food and Drink Collection. The poems in this Collection explore the concepts of food, beverages, and eating and their connection to culture, often using food to represent themes related to identity, nature, and nostalgia.
Publication year 2017
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Identity: Race, Emotions/Behavior: Shame & Pride, Identity: Mental Health, Society: Politics & Government, Identity: Indigenous
Tags Lyric Poem, History: U.S., American Literature, Food, Race / Racism, History: World
Joy Harjo is a seminal voice in the US poetry canon, and she has long been an advocate for Native American women in the literary world. Her work has merited tremendous acclaim, such as a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas, the Josephine Miles Poetry Award, the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets, the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America, and the American... Read An American Sunrise Summary
Publication year 1980
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Natural World: Food, Values/Ideas: Literature, Identity: Language
Tags Lyric Poem, Food
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Memory, Emotions/Behavior: Grief, Relationships: Fathers, Natural World: Food, Natural World: Appearance & Reality
Tags Food
Publication year 1914
Genre Poem, Fiction
Tags Lyric Poem, Sociology, Arts / Culture, American Literature, Realism, Food
Publication year 1986
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Natural World: Environment, Emotions/Behavior: Love, Emotions/Behavior: Nostalgia, Relationships: Family, Emotions/Behavior: Determination / Perseverance
Tags Lyric Poem, American Literature, Food
Publication year 1968
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Relationships: Family
Tags Lyric Poem, Food, Religion / Spirituality, African American Literature
Publication year 1999
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Love, Society: Politics & Government, Emotions/Behavior: Conflict
Tags Romance, Love / Sexuality, American Literature, Food
Publication year 1957
Genre Poem, Fiction
Tags Lyric Poem, Animals, Science / Nature, Grief / Death, Latin American Literature, Food
Publication year 1985
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Life/Time: Childhood & Youth, Life/Time: Coming of Age, Emotions/Behavior: Love, Emotions/Behavior: Shame & Pride, Natural World: Food
Tags Lyric Poem, Narrative / Epic Poem, Relationships, Love / Sexuality, Food, Poverty, American Literature
Publication year 1861
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Natural World: Animals
Tags French Literature, Romanticism / Romantic Period, Food, Lyric Poem
Publication year 1968
Genre Poem, Fiction
Tags Lyric Poem, Food
Publication year 1922
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Society: Immigration, Emotions/Behavior: Nostalgia
Tags Lyric Poem, Immigration / Refugee, Afro-Caribbean Literature, Harlem Renaissance, Food
Publication year 1934
Genre Poem, Fiction
Tags Lyric Poem, Modernism, Food, American Literature, Classic Fiction
Publication year 1960
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Determination / Perseverance
Tags Classic Fiction, Black Arts Movement, Lyric Poem, Harlem Renaissance, Food, Education, Education, African American Literature, History: World
Gwendolyn Brooks stands among the foremost American poets of the 20th century. A master of poetic form and portraiture, she explored black life in Chicago, where she lived for the majority of her life. The poem “We Real Cool,” Brooks’s most famous work, appeared in her 1960 collection The Bean Eaters.As a fledgling writer, Brooks combined early influences from the literary era of modernism, defined by poets like Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, T.S. Eliot, and... Read We Real Cool Summary