Day 16. It's all downhill from here, everyone! Maureen Thorson's NaPoWriMo prompt: "Today, I challenge you to fill out, in no more than five minutes, the Robert Lee Brewer's PAD prompt: "For today’s prompt, write a poem about (or at) a food establishment. You could pick on a chain like Taco Bell or McDonald’s, sure, but maybe there’s a local favorite — or some special dive. Heck, maybe that place where you took your first date or got your first job. Have fun with it, and if you need to do a little research, go out for something to eat." Robert's prompt reminded me of the Doggie Diner, a fast-food chain from my childhood in San Francisco. They had great chili dogs, of course, and were open late into the night. Maybe even 24 hours, though I don't recall that exactly. The one pictured here was on Sloat Blvd, near the zoo, thus an irresistible restaurant for families with kids because of the 7-foot tall daschund dog head, sporting a chef's hat and bow tie, that was the diner's huge revolving logo. The Doggie Diner I used to frequent in high school was across town, at the corner of Geary and Arguello. They were all great little diners — fun place, fun time, fun memories. Jed got done first today. Fascinating food establishment, Jed! Menu Thanks, Jed. Good job mashing up both prompts (one of the items in the questionnaire is "animal from a myth"). I like how this food establishment also deals in moneychanging! Alan writes today of a food (or something) that is found in many a fine establishment. Fries of Spud I hear ya, Alan. Walt Whitman approves this message. Here's my "food establishment" poem, with some details discovered through Maureen's "almanac questionnaire." You might look again at the Kaltschmidt photo above too. Doggie Diner, Geary and Arguello, 1967 The questionnaire-drawn elements were the fog ("weather") and the Dog ("mammals/reptile/fish" or maybe now, three decades after the closing of Doggie Diner, "animal from a myth"). That was fun. Haven't thought about Tina or the Doggie Diner for many, many years. Thanks also to Alan Here are three of the Doggie Diner heads that were rescued from the closed restaurants and restored. This image is from a dog festival in San Francisco, Market Days: A Breed Apart, in August 2014. Sarah's mix of the two prompts — the kitchen and restaurant scene and setting brought together with "animal from myth" and "what you find down an alley" — is haunting and beautiful. Comfort Food Finally Ven's French ditty. Formidable! Bravo! Pour Ceux qui Cherchent un Goût de “Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain” Thanks, all. Another good day of poetry! Friends, won't you comment, please? Love to know what you're thinking. To comment, look for a red line below that starts Posted by, then click once on the word comments in that line. If you don't find the word "comments" in that line, then look for a blue link below that says Post a comment and click it once. Thanks! Ingat, everyone. ヅ |
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Day 16 ... NaPoWriMo / Poem-a-Day 2016
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5 comments:
Vince, you snuck a sonnet in on me. I confess that in part, your sharing an image from my poem is in turn my writing and thinking of a fine poem by my friend William Wright, who in "Potato" describes images of resurrection. So much gold!
Alan, you know me ... gonna do a sonnet whenever I can. Thanks! Speaking of the potato, I did eventually get some potato olés today.
Blogger Bruce Niedt said...
Hey, Vince! Glad you're doing this again, and this time it looks like you have a whole poetic posse! Great sonnet. I'm not posting daily on my blog this month, but I did post today. Most of my poems are over at the Tiferet Journal website because I'm doing it as a fund-raiser for them and accepting sponsored pledges which go to keeping the journal going. Check it out at:
http://tiferetjournal.com/april-2016-poem-a-thon/
(Scroll down and click my name on my bio to see the poems, there's also a "sponsor a poet" button if you wish to sponsor me.)
Thanks, Bruce. I'll certainly take a look.
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