Okay, so far, so good.  I suppose playing catch up to an ongoing flow of poetic creativity is never easy.  I am satisfied enough.  Or, that is, I was.  Then slam dunk, quicker than I ‘thunk’, there is Day 2 of the challenge.

The challenge? Write a poem inspired by or in the form of a recipe.   Up until now, I thought of cooking and poetry in two separate categories.  Who knows, maybe this will lead to  a new format for one of those cooking shows.   The challenge, do not just come up with a recipe that might be remotely tasty, but, provide the judges a rhyme….. Yeah.. no, I don’t think that’s a great formula for success……

Teach Us To Cook
by Michael Romani

Daddy, Daddy
Teach us to cook
This can't be
And then with one look

I am absolutely sunk
Love like this has its way
I might as well be punch drunk
As to begin this day

Without teaching what I know
To the two princesses and their eyes
Wide with wonder from some cooking show
There are only two replies

And yes to them always gets the best of me
Soul wrapped around their fingers I go
Gathered in the kitchen, we are family
I teach them the chorizo and eggs they know

Heating a twelve inch iron skillet
Crumbled chorizo just enough to fill it
Browning this succulent, spicy taste
Until we add pico de gallo without haste

Heated until these are heated through
We whip up four eggs with spices, we do
Slipping the eggs around and around
Until the meat and veggies flow and abound

A few minutes pass until at last
We gather these together and fast
Slipping into another frying pan
We heat up tortillas as fast as we can

Filling each tortilla with just enough
Adding cheese before we fold over this stuff
Browning the tortilla filled with edible yummies
Just long enough before it heads toward our tummies

This then is lesson of cooking we've done
As a great way of greeting the morning sun
Adding to the plate some golden potatoes
And then a few slices of sun ripened tomato

There is one ingredient most important of all
Can you girls tell me, please, do you recall?
That's right beyond any sort of silly doubt
The ingredient of love is what this is all about

(c) April 4, 2017 Michael Romani