Reading Level: Grade 1
Topics: Food Poems, Health
Poetic Techniques: List Poems
Word Count: 72

About This Poem

Sometimes kids will ask my what my favorite subject is to write about. Without hesitation, I tell them "food." I love food. I love to cook and I love to eat. So of course I like to write poems about cooking and eating too. However, I pretty much don't eat fast food anymore. It's not that I don't like it. There's not much that's tastier than a burger with fries and a chocolate shake or a pizza and a soda. But I also notice that I tend to have more energy when I eat healthier foods. Whenever I eat spaghetti for lunch, all I want to do is take a nap in the afternoon. Which made me realize that fast food makes you slow, while slow food (meaning healthy, well-prepared foods with lots of vegetables) tends to give you more energy, even though it might not taste as good. Slow food might even make you lighter and faster.

From the book My Cat Knows Karate

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