A CLERIHEW FOR JAMA RATTIGAN
Jama shines above the rest,
cooks up blog posts filled with zest.
She's not gilding on a lily,
she's the allspice in our chili!
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2015
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| Flickr Creative Commons Photo by Cicely Miller |
TURN THE HEAT UP
In our haste
to pack away
sweaters and mittens
we forget
that spring is fickle.
Abandoning
the tulips
to the frigid deluge,
we stir more garlic, chiles, and cumin
into the steaming soup.
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2015
Carol, at Carol's Corner, will join me again this year as often as possible.
Kimberley, at iWrite in Maine, is joining me this month.
Kay, at A Journey Through the Pages, is joining, too!
"A Few Clerihew"
Steve, at inside the dog, is sharing his poems
in the comments at Poetrepository.
Heidi, at my juicy little universe, will join us when she can.
Linda, at TeacherDance, will join as often as she can.
Check the comments at A Year of Reading or Poetrepository for her poems.
Kevin (Kevin's Meandering Mind) is back this year,
leaving poetry trax in the comments.
Jone, at DeoWriter, is doing a "double L" challenge.
Mary Lee, that clerihew for Jama is a perfect match! I hear you in your second poem. Spring has really played tricks on us in Long Island also. I am hoping that you will send me one of your spring poems for Spring's Symphony. Just which one will it be-so many fabulous ones to choose from I am sure.
ReplyDeleteYour clerihew for Jama has left me simmering with giggles... and, frankly my dear, I couldn't agree more! I've added it to the TLD wrap-up post and will share today via FB and Twitter. Brava on tackling three challenges in one!
ReplyDeleteI would love a taste of that soup in your second poem. Here, I'm grateful for a bit of rain to break the awful humidity. Alas, we already seem to be taking on our summer weather pattern... in April. Sigh.
Mary Lee, are you looking over my shoulder? I just started a crock pot of ham and bean soup! It's a bit nippy here today!
ReplyDeleteI am so excited to learn about Jama! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with you about Jama! A spicy chili kind of gal if there ever was one. Every time I read one of her posts, I want to start cooking.
ReplyDeleteYour second poem perfectly captures springtime in the Rockies! Today it's raining, not a gentle spring rain, but one of those cold hard rains that will destroy all the spring flowers and makes me want to throw something in the crockpot and put on my wool socks!
"ZEST"
He pulls up beside me
fifty-something balding
ordinary except for
his red Chevy Impala lowrider
gold hubcaps glint
in late afternoon sun
and sparking silver sign
in back window taunts
"JUST TEST ME."
Someone in the car behind him
shouts a challenge
and he responds
with a couple of
jaunty up down bows
followed by
a side-to-side shimmy
then roars off
tires squealing
I am not a car person
my dusty dark green SUV
a strictly utilitarian
get me from place to place
kind of vehicle
but as he spins away
I long for that
red convertible
shimmy side to side
bow up and down
joy.
(c) Carol Wilcox, 2015
Wonderful about Jama, and we have a cool, rainy day today, heavenly moisture for us, but I need that soup too. I always enjoy coming by to see what you've cooked up, Mary Lee, and wish I had more time to write with you. Here's a zest poem for today:
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I scrape the lemon’s peel;
zest falls onto the plate,
perfuming the room with memories,
that lemon pie,
the first time I was allowed
to whip the meringue,
the first slice served.
“I didn’t do a thing,” Mom said.
“She did it all by herself.”
Linda Baie © All Rights Reserved
My daughter just learned to make lemon meringue pie. She was so proud, and I was impressed.
DeleteI cooked a big pot of soup last night--it's been a cold week in Michigan. I could not agree more about Jama and her spicy blog!
ReplyDeleteBeen wanting to do the DMC and your Jama poem provided the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteYour clerihew for Jama is perfect, Mary Lee! And a pot of soup is exactly what's needed on this dreary, gray afternoon.
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ReplyDeleteI love both poetic takes on zest. You even inspired me to write a few clerihew of my own: http://kaymcgriff.edublogs.org/2015/04/26/a-few-clerihew/
ReplyDeleteYAY for Jama! She really is the salt in our collective soup. And the cumin... and the... okay, I need dinner...
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