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| Peace Postcards! |
All this month I've been participating in the World Peace Poetry Postcard Project. That means I've been writing a poem a day and also receiving peace-full postcards. What a great project! Many thanks to Carla Shafer for organizing us. It's been fun and inspiring.
While I am not able to share the poems I've received without the senders' permission, I did want to share a few that I've written.... all these happen to be on the theme of comfort food. :)
Peace is a Sweet Potato Pie
cloud-topped
creamy sunshine
custard
scented with
a pinch of nutmeg
and allspice
it comes tucked
in a buttery,
flaky crust
to rest warm
and pillowy
on your tongue
it tastes
like gratitude
mmmmmmmmmm
- Irene Latham
(This poem was original titled "Peace is a Pumpkin Pie," after a photo, and I was thinking Thanksgiving, which explains the end... but then I realized the internal rhyme of "sweet" and "peace," and so I dumped the pumpkin for sweet potato!)
Peace in a Coffee Cup
Warm brown universe
frothed and creamed –
Welcome, it says.
Anything can happen,
anything can be!
- Irene Latham
(I'm actually a tea drinker, and really need to write a "Peace in a Tea Cup" poem... but I was working off a picture prompt.)
Like Peace for Chocolate
If only it came
foil-wrapped
with a creamy
center –
I'd take a bite
and you'd take a bite
and for an instant
all our struggles
and opinions,
our this-is-me-this-is-you
battlelines
would turn dark,
bittersweet
milky
and then even that
would disappear
leaving our mouths
soft
and thick with
hope
- Irene Latham
(Someone asked me recently about my chocolate habit, so I'll share it here. I eat chocolate every day. I love those little Dove chocolates with the messages. My Valentine always gives me Godiva chocolates for Valentine's Day. I'll eat any sort, but if I was on a deserted island, just a nice piece of plain dark chocolate would be a dream! I'm also fond lately of Trader Joe's "no sugar added" dark chocolate bars. This doesn't mean "no sugar." It means exactly what it says: no sugar ADDED. Somehow this makes me feel better about eating it!)
What comfort food would you compare peace to?
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