tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post8690899502421166802..comments2024-03-19T05:26:04.770-04:00Comments on A Year of Reading: Poetry Friday -- Mac and CheeseMary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-23241841016228639542017-07-17T20:51:09.852-04:002017-07-17T20:51:09.852-04:00"Smoked gouda, bacon, fresh peas, and a crisp..."Smoked gouda, bacon, fresh peas, and a crisp panko topping"?? I'm coming to YOUR house for dinner!Matt Forrest Esenwinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230063389130167424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-11396502231945166662017-07-16T09:12:15.530-04:002017-07-16T09:12:15.530-04:00Once again, I am blown away by your brilliance. No...Once again, I am blown away by your brilliance. Not one, but two mac and cheese poems. And then you use a poet I have never have of as a mentor. Because you said you had done it, I clicked through and read David Hernandez' sky poem. His last line. Wow. <br /><br />I love the color images in your first poem. And then those last few lines. I really do love that cheap and now apparently unhealthy orange Kraft stuff, mixed with applesauce. But Kadeem has taken recently, to trying new recipes. His most recent included crab, lobster, and shrimp, and cost about $25 to make!<br /><br />Your second poem reminds me of Ralph Fletcher's quote from FIG PUDDING, “When someone you love dies, you get a big bowl of sadness put down in front of you, steaming hot. You can start eating now, or you can let it cool and eat it bit by bit later one. Either way, you end up eating the whole thing. There's really no way around it.”<br /><br />Thanks, as always, for your dedication to your craft. I learn so much fro you!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-37206539868246778822017-07-15T13:35:06.388-04:002017-07-15T13:35:06.388-04:00I love both these poems. And thank you for sharing...I love both these poems. And thank you for sharing the mentor text. This sounds like a book I want to check out.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210045352610490115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-52252476649031899442017-07-15T12:58:42.102-04:002017-07-15T12:58:42.102-04:00What a great strategy and form! Poor mac-n-cheese....What a great strategy and form! Poor mac-n-cheese. I feel so sorry for him!Whispers from the Ridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819098985292406065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-26570645829032231792017-07-15T12:11:48.981-04:002017-07-15T12:11:48.981-04:00I agree with Robyn, your two poems do offer the em...I agree with Robyn, your two poems do offer the emotional spectrum. Well done.Diane Mayrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767689319000732296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-81382464572274096382017-07-15T09:43:20.615-04:002017-07-15T09:43:20.615-04:00Mary Lee, these are fabulous! That first one feels...Mary Lee, these are fabulous! That first one feels like a Billy Collins poem. Love! "Perhaps closest to road gang prison uniform," Ha! And that second poem. Oh, that second poem. Thank you for these. Going to check out that book right now!laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-33442924060397930172017-07-15T06:42:39.057-04:002017-07-15T06:42:39.057-04:00Yes, the pain feels very fresh and tender.Yes, the pain feels very fresh and tender.Heidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496427007514895950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-64724662388661452862017-07-14T22:03:59.196-04:002017-07-14T22:03:59.196-04:00Wow - this does offer quite the emotional spectrum...Wow - this does offer quite the emotional spectrum. Kudos on both poems! <br />"Stir into me the courage of a wooden spoon" - beautiful. So sorry to read of such a loss in your response to Heidi. I'm sure the family could taste the kindness you baked into a nourishing meal. Robyn Hood Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07279289715664168026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-72477683903922284892017-07-14T20:29:47.178-04:002017-07-14T20:29:47.178-04:00That second one - I have such a lump in my throat,...That second one - I have such a lump in my throat, I don't think I'll be swallowing.<br /><br />Also, the baked with cream and shredded cheese sounds so good right now... tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-39973771268318421012017-07-14T20:15:04.490-04:002017-07-14T20:15:04.490-04:00I figure that everyone should have some vices, jus...I figure that everyone should have some vices, just to make life more interesting, and since I don't smoke or drink, I might as well eat processed foods every once in a while! ;-)Jane @ www.raincitylibrarian.cahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12721142460522914540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-59204792803383821742017-07-14T18:00:46.203-04:002017-07-14T18:00:46.203-04:00You told that ole blue box a thing or two. I love...You told that ole blue box a thing or two. I love the end when you make plans to move on to even gouda with bacon added. Can I have some of that please? Thanks for the form reference. I am always on the look out for ideas. Margaret Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434866104385187658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-12592998997269983032017-07-14T16:27:36.343-04:002017-07-14T16:27:36.343-04:00Love your twist on the mac and cheese Mary Lee, th...Love your twist on the mac and cheese Mary Lee, they've escaped and no telling how far and wonderful the transforming journey will become!michelle koganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409095111952431780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-82007577682153559452017-07-14T16:00:40.867-04:002017-07-14T16:00:40.867-04:00Well I did not expect that second poem after readi...Well I did not expect that second poem after reading the first (which made me laugh aloud--I always thought the color was ground up cheetos. Where does that color come from? Who knows...) So many wonderful lines...I am moved by "bake me with a searing love/deliver me to be eaten one spoonful at a time." I guess that defines comfort food.Buffy Silvermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223895917772531703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-43548499740643443682017-07-14T15:50:17.684-04:002017-07-14T15:50:17.684-04:00Ha! How fun.....the orange of a prison jumpsuit! l...Ha! How fun.....the orange of a prison jumpsuit! lol. You must have had fun with this one. Bring on the gouda!Linda Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833034575304594924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-82117026757417482512017-07-14T15:06:02.860-04:002017-07-14T15:06:02.860-04:00So true - that box is a trap. A single serving of ...So true - that box is a trap. A single serving of delight.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13626451110946889157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-54041162088823675392017-07-14T13:42:19.900-04:002017-07-14T13:42:19.900-04:00The neat thing about these two poems is that I wan...The neat thing about these two poems is that I want to read them more than once.<br />Thank you.Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-27235698523991010142017-07-14T11:28:57.410-04:002017-07-14T11:28:57.410-04:00Weird happening: I am writing to you and the words...Weird happening: I am writing to you and the words just vanished. ARe you conjuring up some magic spells with your mac and cheese delights? Thanks for the great duo of poems and the links. Just finished a healthy breakfast while drooling over the mac and cheese recipes and poems. Have a great day, Mary Lee.Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-86864184374162049812017-07-14T10:49:15.808-04:002017-07-14T10:49:15.808-04:00They only go together in my mind and experience. I...They only go together in my mind and experience. I made homemade mac and cheese for the first time ("Dear Mac and Cheese" to take to my former student's family after her mother died suddenly earlier this summer ("Sincerely, Mac and Cheese").Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-89954868487851846892017-07-14T10:35:39.538-04:002017-07-14T10:35:39.538-04:00Wow, I love what you did with his poem, and I love...Wow, I love what you did with his poem, and I loved his Sincerely, the Sky when I clicked over. I want to do something with my brokenness, now. Perhaps love it better than I have done. And perhaps celebrate by painting. Don't we all have some brokenness? Great poems, Mary Lee. I loved them, form, content and endings. I like that last image of eating grief like mac n cheese. What else can we do? Other than make art.Brenda at FriendlyFairyTaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13368709489341876324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-17843949301886767212017-07-14T10:23:22.138-04:002017-07-14T10:23:22.138-04:00Double tour de force, ML--the clever play with sha...Double tour de force, ML--the clever play with shades of orange (road gang prison uniform ---> colorblind and imprisoned ---> escaped now), and the simple admission of grief ("Stir into me the courage of a wooden spoon" swoon). I'll check out the Hernandez book.<br /><br />Are they meant to go together?<br /><br />AreHeidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496427007514895950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-29262841262920710792017-07-14T10:13:02.617-04:002017-07-14T10:13:02.617-04:00Now I want mac and cheese!Now I want mac and cheese!Little Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058463472836988047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-38695222238069251522017-07-14T08:06:50.005-04:002017-07-14T08:06:50.005-04:00So many interesting takes on macaroni and cheese t...So many interesting takes on macaroni and cheese this week! Some of my favorite lines include "We’ve escaped, and nothing can stop us from moving on" and "bake me with a searing love." Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-40419206635339071952017-07-14T06:50:40.893-04:002017-07-14T06:50:40.893-04:00I love both of your poems, Mary Lee. I also feel l...I love both of your poems, Mary Lee. I also feel like I spent "half a lifetime of cooking wasted" cooking like my mother and grandmothers. That being said, I still prefer my mother's mac & cheese recipe, Velvetta and all. I was struck by "Sincerely, the Sky" last week, too. Thank you for sharing more of David Hernandez's work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-2128245543420639522017-07-14T06:38:05.265-04:002017-07-14T06:38:05.265-04:00What a fabulous form - and I love how you've t...What a fabulous form - and I love how you've teamed it, to do the two. I'm a homemade Mac&Cheese kinda gal - though we don't have 'American' cheese - and I remember being horrified by the colour of your cheeses when I visited many (many, MANY) years ago. Orange cheese!? It looked so wrong! :P<br /><br />Both of these are great - but I love the layers that you've folded into that Sincerely one. So very well done!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com