We
find all kinds of things to write poems about, like food, and cheese, and the
rock star Prince. At least, we write about food and Prince when we are really
writing about something deeper.
Jen Karetnick is a poet and
author who has written (and co-authored) books about food, like a recipe book
for mangoes, entitled to no surprise, Mango.
Food is an important part of our lives, for more than the obvious reasons of
sustenance and survival. Food is part of culture, for good and for ill.
In
Brie
Season: Poems, Karetnick has assembled some 60 poems which are
ostensibly about food, but go deeper into the culture that frames what we call
food and the human emotions that come into play.
To
continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak
Poetry.
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