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Church Dinners, a Rumination

Bless the deviled eggs and the preacher’s children.
Grab a piece of fried-to-perfection chicken.
Coca-cola cake or banana pudding?
~ Prodigals welcomed






January 29, 2019
Sapphic Stanza with a JUX Poetry Contest
Craig Cornish, Sponsor

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Richard Lamoureux

Date: 9/23/2019 9:09:00 AM

This is excellent. The title made me curious and I am not disappointed. Well done, I could taste the goodies.

P.S. Awtry
Date: 9/23/2019 1:41:00 PM

Oh, thank you so much Richard.

Cindi Rockwell

Date: 2/15/2019 5:04:00 PM

Oh how I love this!!! As someone who has attended church potlucks for 40 years, I could smell the food and feel the chaos of kids chasing each other, people jostling for a spot in line, and church ladies displaying proudly their concoctions! Well done! ~Cindi~

P.S. Awtry
Date: 2/15/2019 5:56:00 PM

And seeing folks you haven’t seen since the last one ;) Thank you! I have so many fond memories of those dinners.

David Mohn

Date: 2/14/2019 8:40:00 PM

very clever and well written...congratulations :)

P.S. Awtry
Date: 2/14/2019 9:22:00 PM

Thank you very much :)

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 2/13/2019 11:00:00 PM

Congratulations! You nailed the contest and the desserts at every church picnic, potluck or prayer circle.

P.S. Awtry
Date: 2/13/2019 11:10:00 PM

Thank you dear friend! You can not imagine how tickled i was to realize I could fit "banana pudding" in that spot :)

Beata Agustin

Date: 2/13/2019 8:59:00 PM

Congrats. Thanks for sharing your talent. God bless you.

P.S. Awtry
Date: 2/13/2019 9:00:00 PM

Thank you so much Beata :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 2/13/2019 8:40:00 PM

seeing this again. Gotta fave it. Congrats!

P.S. Awtry
Date: 2/13/2019 8:59:00 PM

O wow! Thank you, Andrea :)

Rob Carmack

Date: 2/13/2019 6:59:00 PM

I love the opening line. Congrats.

P.S. Awtry
Date: 2/13/2019 7:10:00 PM

Thank you Rob. That’s my favorite line, too :)

Paul Callus

Date: 2/13/2019 2:08:00 PM

You have entertained us with this delightful Sapphic stanza, P.S! Love the jux, too. Congratulations on such a fine showing! Regards // paul

P.S. Awtry
Date: 2/13/2019 2:10:00 PM

Thank you so much Paul! I am glad you enjoyed it. I had a fun headache writing it ;)

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 2/13/2019 1:17:00 PM

Mmm...so good! Congrats, P.S.!

P.S. Awtry
Date: 2/13/2019 1:48:00 PM

Thank you Kim :) (this one makes me hungry)

Andrew Fairchild

Date: 2/13/2019 11:43:00 AM

EXCELLENT! I love the memory of these potlucks, especially in winter, when the steam ran down the windows from all the good hot food! Congratulations!

P.S. Awtry
Date: 2/13/2019 2:08:00 PM

Andrew thank you for that image! Yes, cold days with home cooked food... :)

Craig Cornish

Date: 2/13/2019 10:08:00 AM

You've described all with perfection of form!

P.S. Awtry
Date: 2/13/2019 12:15:00 PM

Craig, my goodness you have made my day! I enjoyed learning this form. Thank you for the challenge as well as the honor of placing in your contest!

Timothy Mcguire

Date: 1/31/2019 12:48:00 AM

Nice PS, brought back some memories, aren't the preachers kids the devil sometimes! :)

P.S. Awtry
Date: 1/31/2019 6:17:00 AM

I pictured the church ladies trying to set everything out and kids scampering. I am glad you liked it :)

Andrew Fairchild

Date: 1/30/2019 5:47:00 PM

'The Prodigal Son' is one of my favorite parables! I have to admit, I have never tried Coca-Cola cake, though banana pudding sounds good! I can practically TASTE the fried chicken! :-)

Andrew Fairchild
Date: 1/30/2019 8:59:00 PM

I miss the church potlucks, too! And there was always one single fellow, who would bring chips! I LOVE it!

P.S. Awtry
Date: 1/30/2019 6:43:00 PM

This is a bit of nostalgia for me. We don't do church potlucks like we used to. But, everybody would show off and make their best recipes. Makes me miss a whole lot of sweet ladies from my childhood. :)