tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post5840899826036908458..comments2024-01-18T05:29:43.265-05:00Comments on The Music In It: Adele Kenny's Poetry Blog: Prompt #174 – Dinner PartyADELE KENNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-42831790803516558902014-02-01T10:31:03.894-05:002014-02-01T10:31:03.894-05:00Hope you'll share with again, Gail! It's a...Hope you'll share with again, Gail! It's always a pleasure to hear from you and to read your poems!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-25998350187414842472014-02-01T09:09:26.919-05:002014-02-01T09:09:26.919-05:00@Risa, a gratis snack from Trader Joe's bought...@Risa, a gratis snack from Trader Joe's bought me a new crown, and I don't mean a tiara. @Rich, really? Ebay, wow! @Jamie and Ed, many thanks. And Adele, as always, thanks for the great prompts and blog.Gail Fishman Gerwinhttp://www.chayacairnpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-38574757888341103452014-02-01T09:02:47.580-05:002014-02-01T09:02:47.580-05:00Hey, Gail Gerwin -- I found your other book on eBa...Hey, Gail Gerwin -- I found your other book on eBay and bought it! Thanks for sharing the poem here -- very true.Rich Mandelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-10369121424439493602014-02-01T08:49:18.087-05:002014-02-01T08:49:18.087-05:00So sorry about your tooth, Risa. Thanks so much fo...So sorry about your tooth, Risa. Thanks so much for sharing the poem. Those short staccato lines give a great sense of something breaking ...<br />ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-44971038206011011942014-02-01T08:21:33.311-05:002014-02-01T08:21:33.311-05:00five
fifteen
16, 17, 18, 19, 20
two dollars
two in...five<br />fifteen<br />16, 17, 18, 19, 20<br />two dollars<br />two in change will buy a healthy snack<br />honey coated<br />peanuts, raisins and seeds<br />Dinner<br />Wait!<br />This isn't a nut!<br />What!<br />A tooth! Quality control<br />just isn't what it should be<br />inattentive!<br />criminal!<br />Wait!<br />OMG!<br />It's MY tooth! Right in front<br />now I look like a hillbilly<br />really<br />what a trans formative treatRisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554583053304327137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-6558954722883330462014-02-01T08:17:31.353-05:002014-02-01T08:17:31.353-05:00Lovely poem Gail. And so true to life.Lovely poem Gail. And so true to life.Risahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554583053304327137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-61923193763131579082014-01-31T16:50:56.484-05:002014-01-31T16:50:56.484-05:00Lovely poem, Gail Fishman Gerwin. And so very true...Lovely poem, Gail Fishman Gerwin. And so very true! I showed it to my wife and she agreed. Thanks for posting it.Ed R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-39551120079458221412014-01-31T08:23:34.621-05:002014-01-31T08:23:34.621-05:00Love the poem, Gail Gerwin! It's so true that ...Love the poem, Gail Gerwin! It's so true that as we get older our dinner table conversations change dramatically in subject. Sigh ... oh, to be young again. Thanks so much for sharing with us.Jamie Morrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-66751841209251821572014-01-30T15:18:17.807-05:002014-01-30T15:18:17.807-05:00Thanks so much for sharing this, Gail! Readers, if...Thanks so much for sharing this, Gail! Readers, if you want to order a copy of Dear Kinfolk, here's the info:<br /><br />Dear Kinfolk, <br />ISBN: 978-0-9882949-0-5 <br />$18.00<br />To order a copy of Dear Kinfolk, contact info@chayacairnpress.com<br /><br />Winner—2013 Paterson Award for Literary Excellence<br /><br />About the Book:<br /><br />“Gail Fishman Gerwin’s powerful new collection Dear Kinfolk, proves Gerwin has a range that is rare. Her psychological portraits explore youth; the Holocaust; the deep connection between dogs and owners; long-term marriage, children and grandchildren; and the discovery of self. Gerwin delves into each subject with intelligence, insight and an underlying emotion that is often spiced with ironic humor. Her trademarks are specificity, candor, and gorgeous imagery. Gail Fishman Gerwin is like a master diamond cutter. Her poems have clarity, depth, and shine brightly. Dear Kinfolk, is an exquisite book of poems, one I absolutely love.”<br /><br />—Laura Boss, author of Flashlight (Guernica), founder and editor of Lips<br />ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-89199070778189434362014-01-30T13:57:16.289-05:002014-01-30T13:57:16.289-05:00DINNER WITH FRIENDS
—once was a time for talk of ...DINNER WITH FRIENDS<br /><br />—once was a time for talk of their children, preschools,<br />babysitters, their own parents. Years passed, talk became<br />curfews, college, weddings, grandchildren. Friends<br />changed, wines changed, Lancers Rosé gave way to<br />Pinot Grigio, Shiraz.<br /><br />Now it might be dinner with friend, spouses gone, canes<br />loop around handbag handles, arch over chairs. Talk<br />becomes a spare-part litany: one friend tells of stents,<br />another boasts that he escaped stents or bypass until<br />someone gently reminds him that he wears a pig valve<br />where his mitral valve used to be.<br /><br />The friend who dines on tuna so close to raw it could jump off<br />the plate and go for a swim: I got a new eye this week (really a lens<br />after the cataract was removed). Women with hair hues unlike<br />anything to match their ages wonder how they can compete.<br />One offers that she’s missing an appendix, another confesses<br />to a padded bra. (Old friends—they look at her chest, nod.)<br /><br />At the table’s head, the pal with the new knee sits so he can stretch<br />his leg, the replaced-hip owner looks for a comfortable position.<br />Soon they’ll move on to lab reports: who owns the good cholesterol,<br />who the bad, who takes generics, whose plan allows brand names.<br />They chuckle at their plights yet know that dinner with friends<br />won’t go on forever as they imagined it would when they talked<br />of their children, preschools, babysitters, their own parents.<br /><br />—Gail Fishman Gerwin, from Dear Kinfolk, (2012, ChayaCairn Press)<br />Gail Fishman Gerwinhttp://www.chayacairnpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-76174182860109723792014-01-29T08:54:54.626-05:002014-01-29T08:54:54.626-05:00Thanks, Sandy, for your comment and for the link. ...Thanks, Sandy, for your comment and for the link. It's really funny that you thought of the old tom Jones movie scene—I remember it well, and it's even available for viewing on YouTube.ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-92204921234719443252014-01-28T17:43:09.105-05:002014-01-28T17:43:09.105-05:00Here's a link to some literary dinner party id...Here's a link to some literary dinner party ideas. http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/01/06/literary-dinners-crumbling-apartments/<br /><br />For some weird reason, this prompt made me remember the scene in the Tom Jones movie in which Tom and Mrs. Waters tuck into a tavern meal. There's no connection, of course, just a thought and just sayin'.Sandy R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-54393733548706897502014-01-28T15:41:48.298-05:002014-01-28T15:41:48.298-05:00Thanks, Maire! I'll bet your dinner party was ...Thanks, Maire! I'll bet your dinner party was wonderful!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-26479364797026470032014-01-28T15:41:06.465-05:002014-01-28T15:41:06.465-05:00Thanks, Rich—glad you enjoyed them!
Thanks, Rich—glad you enjoyed them!<br />ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-4346941328492540592014-01-28T13:22:05.987-05:002014-01-28T13:22:05.987-05:00Clever and creative! I once threw a dinner party h...Clever and creative! I once threw a dinner party here in Ireland at which all the dishes and drinks were named for Irish authors. I didn't use the wonderfully creative names that you suggest, but a number of famous Irish authors were celebrated through food. It's great fun to incorporate edible treats into literary events.Máire Ó Cathail (Ireland)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-60298379138826950682014-01-28T08:39:49.614-05:002014-01-28T08:39:49.614-05:00Great ideas! Everyone loves food, right? Those men...Great ideas! Everyone loves food, right? Those menu items are a hoot.Rich Mandelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-8528244339085329852014-01-26T14:53:36.734-05:002014-01-26T14:53:36.734-05:00Thanks, Jamie! Those menu items aren't all ori...Thanks, Jamie! Those menu items aren't all original, but some are. It would be great fun to host a dinner party and serve some of them.ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-50748394817794593072014-01-26T08:51:18.266-05:002014-01-26T08:51:18.266-05:00Very creative indeed! I absolutely LOVE the list o...Very creative indeed! I absolutely LOVE the list of literary food items! What fun!Jamie Morrisnoreply@blogger.com