Regular routines have been derailed a bit the past few days/weeks.
I didn't forget about Thurs. what's-for supper etc.
In fact, this poem (if I remember correctly)was started for that purpose.
I didn't forget about Thurs. what's-for supper etc.
In fact, this poem (if I remember correctly)was started for that purpose.
but my family prefers if I must choose between the two, that I choose cooking, not writing.
Because you can't (literally) eat a poem!
and because I was really looking forward to sharing the Jamaican Jerk Chicken Recipe
(from my friend's daughter's Cooking Through Generations blog)
here is the supper from last Thursday's never-completed post...
But, because supper will never be enough to satisfy certain hungers
Here's to flavours not found in your cookbook!
I’ve tasted through the tracery of ink pressed into
poetry
The glory of the written word like salt-spray from a
surging sea
The ambiance of bygone days like echo-extract,
bittersweet
The timbre of farewell poured from a flask to
rain-strummed lane and street
There is a sense of ease about a breeze that bears spring’s
heady hope
Of April sunshine like warm honey drizzled on a sunny
slope
Sometimes the wind is seasoned with the wistfulness for
what is not
Or pungent with aromas rousing awareness for what we’ve
got
I’ve tasted summer in
the middle of frigid February
Darling, this is the glorious gift of ink arranged in
poetry
Ah, can’t you catch a hint of wild mint wafting from
brook-banks below
Or muted essence of moments falling in apple-blossom snow
Labyrinthine of ink- cuisine is not a fast-food
gulp-and-burp
Charcuterie of poetry is to savour like fine dessert
Aw, let’s not hurry so although there is always too much
to do
Let’s linger longer; taste the lyrics of love's precious me-and-you
The bard has left for taste and touch (in books and such)
a grand buffet
But weaves in it the sense of never enough hours in a day
To spell the whole of heart and soul leaves poets always
on the verge
Of verse, to try to snare some remnants of life’s wonder-flavoured
splurge
© Janet Martin
click link for...
Jamaican Jerk Chicken Recipe
(from my friend's daughter's Cooking Through Generations blog)
I didn't have drumsticks so I cut up a small chicken , mixed seasonings,
rubbed it on and baked
Easy, quick,
nutritious and delicious!
My favorite kind of cooking!
click link for...
Jamaican Jerk Chicken Recipe
(from my friend's daughter's Cooking Through Generations blog)
rubbed it on and baked
Easy, quick,
nutritious and delicious!
My favorite kind of cooking!
