Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Recipes and Seasonings


Yummy- chocolate chip cookie: many people's favorite!
 This week we hope you will think about recipes and / or seasonings.

You can do this prompt in a number of ways. For example, you could write in poetry form a recipe for a a favorite culinary delight.  Or write about the foods you remember from your childhood.  (I remember my mother's delicious chocolate chip cookies, her rhubarb torte, and a delicious rice and ground beef casserole and probably could whet your appetite for each if I let my imagination take over).)  Go ahead, make us all hungry as you focus your poetic energy on a recipe in some way.

Doesn't this look tasty? What poetic words could describe it?
 Or write a recipe for something else. Examples: Love (thinking of Valentine's Day right around the corner), disaster (maybe last year's Valentine's Day romance didn't work out?), success, "parenting" a cat, grocery shopping in record time, a perfect evening, or.......(you get the picture).

A Perfect Evening?

Another option:  write a poem that makes use of seasonings. How about salt? Saffron? Basil? Oregano? Cinnamon?  Garlic? Let your mind and tastebuds conjure a spicy poem, and  think of a way to 'spice up the jam' creatively this week.



We are  looking forward to seeing what you come up with. The hope is that you will write a NEW poem rather than using one from your archives.  Also, be sure to link Poetry Jam, so you can send some of your readers back to our site.  And, most importantly, if you link a poem you have written, PLEASE visit the poems that other bloggers have linked. (So many seem to link and run.) Linking is a reciprocal thing. We ALL enjoy comments on our work.Me too!  I'll comment on each of yours!

This prompt provided by Mary who blogs at In the Corner of My Eye.
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17 comments:

  1. Hi Jammers! I posted mine and look forward to seeing what you all come up with. I have some more ideas, so might link another as the week goes on. PLEASE, if you link, visit other bloggers. Commenting is reciprocal, you know.

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  3. Oops I did it on a food I like rather than a recipe or seasoning. Oh well, it kind of hits the mark. Guess I could add the recipe in a comment. LOL

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  4. Hi, It's my first time to Poetry Jam, happy to finally get here. I sent my "Cookie" just in time.

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  6. Hope my little addition helps to spice up this week's entries!

    (Sorry, I never could resist a pun!)

    Thanks for the prompt, Mary!

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  8. for some reason this did not show up in my reader...hmmm this one may be a challenge...

    water in the pot
    won't boil
    no matter how
    much i don't watch

    oh drat, its burned
    how do i burn
    water

    ha

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  9. Writing recipe:
    Pen your poetry with heart,
    Spice it up with wit.

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  10. Ah, such wonderful poetry so far. Love all the variety. And Laurie provided a delicious recipe. Madeline , I enjoyed your thoughts. Brian, I laughed at your comment.

    I have commented on everyone's who has written thus far, and will continue to do this when new people post. Glad to see a few are making the rounds of other posters. Thank you for that. We all enjoy visits!

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  11. I can make wonderful food and add spice to any activity but...YES I can also burn water!! LOL

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  12. had fun with this one, Mary! thanks!

    {i'll visit tomorrow as it's almost 1am now.}

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  16. here's my poem :) http://jmaybury.blogspot.com/2012/02/poem-on-fruit-cake.html

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  17. I was late, very late. But someone might possibly like the smell of my little poem.

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After you post your poem and comment, please take the time to visit poems of other poets! People will add poems throughout the week, so check back every couple days to catch what is new.

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