Poems And Recipes
Both favor brevity.
Choose words the way
a good cook chooses
ingredients. Search
for what is fresh, flavorful.
Employ precision–
mistake tablespoon
for teaspoon of salt
and your bread won’t rise.
Use a verb too vague,
an adjective too flowery
and the air deserts your poem.
Each requires a reader
who engages, interacts.
The dish changes subtly
or greatly with each making.
The poem never reads
the same way twice.
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I love this–it combines two things I love so well
This is a wonderfully creative poem!
Love this!
Fabulous analogy.