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Divided by categories
Mom’s recipe box has
followed me around for years
fish, meat, chicken, dessert,
each duly attributed:
Rosie’s mushroom barley soup,
Belle’s brisket,
Rhuda’s sour cream cake,
Doris’ pickled salmon,
an unintended memorial
to the women of my childhood,
to households filled
with hungry children,
And here I am,
children grown,
house quiet,
cutting onions
mincing garlic
following ancient recipes
paying kitchen homage to the dead
paying homage to Rosie.
© by Anita S. Pulier.
Used with the author’s permission.
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Anita S. Pulier is a retired attorney who, many years ago, traded legal writing for poetry. She and her husband, Myron, pursue a bi-coastal life between New York City and Los Angeles, where they are daily hikers in the NYC parks and the Santa Monica mountains. Anita has been very involved in the Southern California poetry community and, recently, even Myron (a retired psychiatrist) has taken up poetry! Anita’s poems have appeared in numerous print and online journals and her work is included in nine print anthologies. The author of multiple collections, her most recent is Paradise Reexamined. Learn more about Anita at http://psymeet.com/anitaspulier/main/index.php.
    
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Lori Levy:
Love the idea of "paying kitchen homage to the dead."
Posted 05/08/2021 04:19 PM
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MLove:
Great great poem. One year on Mother's Day we hosted a potluck and requested that the attendees bring a dish from their mother's recipe box (or from an influential woman in their lives). We had a great meal and shared some beautiful stories.
Posted 05/08/2021 11:21 AM
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cork:
Gladys' meatloaf with cheese and oatmeal.
Posted 05/08/2021 09:07 AM
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michael escoubas:
I appreciate this tender poem which remains vivid in my memory of mothers and grandmothers I have known. Thank you.
Posted 05/08/2021 08:32 AM
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