Recipe For My Poetry

it's instructional with free verse and rhyme

Recipe For My Poetry:

! Cup of release from reality

2 tbsp of too much time on one’s hands

As many cups of McDonald’s coffee you wish

So easy! No pots and no pans…

A generous pinch of ego

A lot of long lost dreams

Some healthy bites of breakfast burrito

Not a lick of respect and self-esteem…

1/2 cup of feeling of failure

4 shot glasses of Tennessee Honey

Smidgeon of feeling of being put out to pasture

Mixed lightly with a minimum of money…

A dollop of overblown sentimentality

A handful of memories and loss

A pinch of penance and a spritz of banality

Add a bit of joy…at never having a boss…

Stir in with a grin, lots of rainbows and sunshine

Blend in memories of days warm and sunny

Don’t skimp a bit when adding red wine

And don’t forget… 6 shots of Tennessee Honey…

Blend these ingredients all into one

Then pour them all into an open mind

Then set it aside…til you think that it’s done

Might want to moisten it, with a bit more red wine…

Dust it a bit with some cinnamon and cynicism

Make sure it’s firm…not too dry or runny

If it doesn’t measure up to your very own criticism

Just moisten it up with another cup

…Of good ol’ Tennessee Honey…

Author's Note

Could be a recipe for disaster!!

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

gotta love that tennessee honey.....this is very clever, David...
thanks for the smile....
i am going to the store now to buy all these ingredients...hope they aren't out of anything.

j.

[David O Whalen (O Haolin in Celtic)]

Thanks much Jacob for the gift of your time. These are truly the (no longer secret) ingredients I use when I sit at McDonalds cooking up my poetry. Appreciate ya'