Friday, November 25, 2022

Poetry Friday: Recipe Poems

The challenge for November was to create a recipe poem---any form or subject---and "serve it forth."   I fear mine is half-baked, but here it is:






HOW TO MAKE DINNER

5:00 PM

Open fridge.

Check date on yogurt.

Really should use it soon.


5:05 PM

Sift through recipes

until one rises

to the top: golden

carrot soup—with rye

toast croutons—

and tarragon-scented

yogurt swirl—

YUM. 

 

5:15 PM

Open fridge again.

Using gloves,

dispose of moldy bag

of carrots.


5:20 PM

Google

substitues—

beets (really?)

parsnips—

who has those

on hand?

celery—

no need to peel

but…

YEECH. 


5:30 PM

Pour a glass of wine.

Imagine

a world where

Star Trek is real

and replicators 

produce carrots

on demand.


Eat celery

while considering

if potatoes

are close enough.


5:35 PM

Open freezer.

Stare at contents.

Close freezer.


5:40 PM

Add carrots

to your grocery list.


Chew on pencil.


Think.


5:45 PM

Open Grubhub.

Scroll.

No one delivers

carrot soup.


You knew that.


Who are you

to crave

such a thing—

Bugs Bunny?


6:00 PM

Stare at

grocery list.


Inspect bite-marks

on pencil. 


Open your mind.


When ready,

underneath “carrots”

carefully write


everything else

you need

you love

you will fight for 


until time

gets frothy

and

evaporates. 


YESSSSS. 


Repeat, 

for as long

as it takes 

to feel full.


Serve it forth. 

 

    ----Sara Lewis Holmes (all rights reserved)



My poetry sisters' recipe poems can be found here:


Liz

Tanita

Laura

Tricia

Kelly

Mary Lee

Andi


Poetry Friday is hosted today by  Ruth at There Is No Such Thing as a God-forsaken Town