The current article inquiry into the poetry of the twenty century fifties in Chile, considering the examination of the food imaginary relating to rural communities, specially those of the country central zone, that are represented as lost and vanished communities, which impliestherefore lost of customs, traditions and local identities. At the same time, in the poetic texts the food system of the urban world is seen, as an alienated and foreign space, linked to fragmented and marginalized identities. The poets selected in this analysis are fundamentally, those for whom the country and city dichotomy is more acute, among them, Violeta Parra, Jorge Teillier, Efraín Barquero, Alberto Rubio, David Rosenmann-Taub y Delia Domínguez.