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Beware Cooked Chickens!
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Tuesday Poetics – food! (posted by sarahsouthwest) So, your mission for tonight is to write a poem about food – about preparing food, or eating food; about family meals, or posh restaurants; about the … Continue reading
Thanksgivings Past
Written for: November 2021 PAD – Day 25 “Write a thankful poem. Mom orchestrated Thanksgiving for years. One year, I recall a long, rectangular table filling the living room, covered in white cloth. This gathering was larger, with the inclusion … Continue reading
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Tagged admiration, Haibun form, holiday dinners, Mom, Written for Challenge
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Kept Cooking Into Her 80’s
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration – Mother (In-Law)’s Cooking “Write a list poem: Nine reasons to eat your mother (in-law)’s cooking – My mom could tender a brisket every time. My sister and I have given up. … Continue reading
The Hearing
Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #428 Words: crisis, disgust, up, lies, probe, card, cover, fraught, silence, hearing, sully, resign Mom’s hearing was slowing, going. Stubborn woman that she was, thoughts of a doctor probing her ears disgusted her. Son was … Continue reading
All The Food That’s Fit To Eat
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #261 – All The Comfort (foods) of Home “Write the comfort of home in the foods that satisfied and warmed you inside and out.” When hands were stiff and numb from playing in the … Continue reading
Wrong Choice
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – July 7th – “Take a Mulligan” “At one time or another we think about how we would have done things a bit different than we did. A do-over! A replay. Taking a mulligan! Do something … Continue reading
Watermelon Basket
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads: Just One Word – “Hollow” (posted by Marian) “With the new year, let’s try a new weekend challenge here in the Garden. Let’s try allowing just one word to provide a springboard for … Continue reading
For Mom and Dad
Written for: Poetic Asides 2018 November PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 4 For today’s prompt, write an apologetic poem. Maybe the poem itself is a first person apology. Or it could be about someone apologizing to someone else. Or maybe … Continue reading
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Tagged apology, Dad, Mom, teachings, Triolet, Written for Challenge
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Black Ribbon
Written for: Poetic Asides April 2017 Challenge – Day 7 Write a discovery poem. I do not need a reminder to recall my mother’s death. Found black ribbon in a binder. I do not need a reminder. Could I have … Continue reading
Comfort
Written for: Poetic Asides April 2017 Challenge-Day 1 Write a reminiscing poem. Only a five year-old would race down a hill side, and crash into a bee. Me, forgetting ripe blackberries waiting to be picked. I wanted to lick my … Continue reading
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