In the section of creative writing, I’m going to write a poem about a food market in Shoreditch called “Dinerama”. I’ve been going to this food market with my friends during summer. In the poem you will see why I enjoy it and how maybe you would feel like visiting it as soon as it opens!!
Have you ever been to the market? Bustling through the crowds Hand-picking through produce Buying by dozens and pounds Have you ever been to the market? Your nostrils filled with scents The sweet fragrance of ripe fruits The rotting cabbages’ stench Have you ever been to the market? Deafening vendors, you’ll hear Shouting out food prices Both unreasonable and fair Have you ever been to the market? Basket and bags in hand You arrive with them empty And, when leaving, so too are your pants If you’ve been to such a market How would you like to know That there’s another of the exact liking But with hot pots and stoves? With thick crowds, a bustlin’ Bundling up by the stalls Ordering this dish and that Eager to try them all With mouth-watering aromas Stinking up the air The smell of grilled cheese And simmering beer Oh yes, there’s a market Where street food lives Where roaring fires create an arena Of tummy tickling tastiness It’s an all-about-food market Deliciously well cooked By different people of different backgrounds With diverse tastes and cookbooks And they holler out orders To the chefs by the pots Stirring up meats and sprinkling cheese Over wood-fired pizzas When you go to this market Your belly is your bag Your belly is your basket Eat until you lag Try a pillow-soft Yum Bum, Or get Up In My Grill! They’ve got perfectly pink steak And fries the size of shoestrings Tucka Burgers will have you cussin’ Man, What The Tuck! This dry-aged patty, oozing halloumi A yummy gooey gook Want a taste of the Caribbean? Well, White Men Can’t Jerk! Oh, I’m not pointing fingers That’s what it says on their shirts Jerk chicken, rice and peas Pineapple scotch bonnet jam? Red Stripe poached wings And crispy fried plantain? I like to have a Slushie At the market’s Big Bar Or go to Chin Chin Labs Where science and ice cream are blended They’re scientific dairy daredevils Out for sugar-junky souls They reel you in with pudding And hand-rolled waffle cones There’s much to try in this market As a lover of food, I can tell You’ll not regret one bite Not one penny spent Its the atmosphere that does it, The music that plays, It’s the people strolling about In that happily satiated way Have you ever been to the market? There you find everything Vegetables for your salad, Herbs and spices Fruits for your kiddies Ground produce for your soups, Well, it is just the same In this market, I’ve introduced Dinerama is that market That caters to every tongue from Those kids, meat lovers, And health conscious vegans And for wine lovers out there Dinerama has a wife Her name is Winerama Get your glass of Red and White wine And enjoy yourself with music Sure, you’ve been to the market, Sure it’s full of colour But have you been to such a market Cooking up such flavour?
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