Bread
This seems like an interesting experimental piece based on a daily diary on the theme of food. As part of my writing I enjoy creating something a little different from the norm and yours, as far as I'm concerned, comes under that categorie, which is refreshing. Just one crit though, and this in only my personal feeling, using 'blood red sauce' is stating 'red' twice. We know blood is red, so why use 'blood' when 'red' is used. Maybe something simple like 'red sauce' will suffice or perhaps 'blood coloured sauce'. Just my two cents worth. Excellent poem with a difference.
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Mac, it's the mundaneness that appeals to me. I think though it's in need of a certain structure.
I mention these aspects because I wrote one in a very similar vain many moons ago, and the Haiku structure worked well, and you're not far from it anyway!
See: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=348&hilit=Monthly+Haikus#p1014
The egg and chips one certainly made me smile - See June.
Just a thought, but may be worth persevering with?
Cheers
Kris
I mention these aspects because I wrote one in a very similar vain many moons ago, and the Haiku structure worked well, and you're not far from it anyway!
See: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=348&hilit=Monthly+Haikus#p1014
The egg and chips one certainly made me smile - See June.
Just a thought, but may be worth persevering with?
Cheers
Kris
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I like this, and each day was curious to find out what was to be on the menu. Until I got to "butties" - what the hell is that? Probably something English - it sounds good enough though. I like the concept, but I didn't get the image of poverty.
Well you know you can't spend what you ain't got,
you can't lose some blues you ain't never had -Muddy Waters
you can't lose some blues you ain't never had -Muddy Waters
Thanks Marten. Bread was a cheap filler for empty stomachs.marten wrote:I like this, and each day was curious to find out what was to be on the menu. Until I got to "butties" - what the hell is that? Probably something English - it sounds good enough though. I like the concept, but I didn't get the image of poverty.
Its origin is aristocratic:The word butty is a contraction of "bread and butter" that came from northern England, perhaps Yorkshire or Liverpool.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_butty
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-18010424
mac