The calendar showed January 1899,
there were only a few hours of real daylight
He set out in his poor man's boat, early dawn
Snow and ice did not melt until mid-May
The cold bit his face and hands,
he had to try to obtain some food on the table
All they had was flatbread,
oats and water porridge
A sudden storm forced him to seek shelter
He had to be master of his own destiny
Strong east wind
prevented him from going ashore
The best possibility was to anchor
in a cove sheltered from the wind
Grandfather's killick saved him
from drowning that day
Categories:
flatbread, boat, fish, history, life,
Form: Free verse
Papadia
Strange implies that the thing or its cause is unknown or unexplained; it is unfamiliar and unusual: a strange expression. That which is peculiar mystifies, or exhibits qualities not shared by others: peculiar behavior. That which is odd is irregular or unconventional, and sometimes approaches the bizarre:
"a folded pizza made with their original dough, filled with various toppings, and served with a dipping sauce. It's inspired by the Italian flatbread sandwich called "piadina."
Person 1 -To act Silly, Strange or Weird Papadia
Categories:
flatbread, class, emotions, family, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Questions asked
Answers attempted
Lively discussions
Hebrew, English; Yiddish, Russian
Flatbread matzo served
Cups of grape juice downed
Wine no longer a Passover staple
Matzos round; no more 'squares' around
Come midnight weary, most retire
save the scholars, whose every desire
to debate the fine points of the law
fiery tongues ablaze
~ greet Passover's dawn
Categories:
flatbread, celebration, food, holiday, jewish,
Form: Rhyme
Injera of Africa
Fermented flatbread
Of grain, not arabica
Glory in a bread
Crepe, but not the least
Serve and feast
Teff
Categories:
flatbread, africa, food, pride,
Form: Epulaeryu
FLATBREAD FEAST
Fine flour folded food,
Broil beef, broccoli, and beans,
Tasty taco treat!
-by Edlynn Nau
©April 19, 2019
Categories:
flatbread, food,
Form: Senryu
Frogs’ legs
French cuisine fad
Amphibians hopping mad
Shish kebabs
Cubed lamb chislic
Served on toothpick
Pizzas
Flatbread Italian feast
Waist measurement increased
Bird’s nest soup
Rare Chinese foodstuff
Swiftlets sleeping rough
Mexican wraps
Spicy chicken fajitas
Hot as senoritas
Seafood paella
Shrimp, lobster, cuttlefish
Saporous Valencian dish
Maple syrup
Canadians tree tap
Sticky sweet sap
Digestif
After dinner drink
Brandy glasses clink
17/09/18
'six-word couplet poetry contest' : Sponsored by: Mark Toney
Categories:
flatbread, culture, food,
Form: Couplet
Sardines and Hunger
We are leaving tomorrow for Lisbon it will be Sunday
and the traffic will be going to Algarve an obvious place
that has little to offer but sand in your shoes and
ready prepared food that insist it is authentically for
the region or something like that. After preparing we
noticed we had no food for the evening meal only a tin of
Portuguese sardines and Swedish tasteless flatbread
bought at an IKEA where you can bay flat packs
furniture named E. Karlson they have a department at
the factory to come up with names that are meaningless.
I can`t think of any putting a desk together and saying:
have you seen my E. Karlson
So we shared the tin of sardines and felt quite biblical.
After my wife had fallen asleep I took out her false teeth
and hungrily sucked them clean.
Categories:
flatbread, addiction, adventure, allusion, angst,
Form: Bio
Like a flatbread it is
Dry and crunchy it goes down with a scratch
It's alarm goes off only when in need
Your one kilo of love is disconnected from the well
It leaves finger stains all over my eye glasses
I need hand sanitizer to deal with it
So, you may as well keep it
Categories:
flatbread, sad love,
Form: Verse
Fried okra with a chilli
chicken masala
coriander and tomato
poppadom pickle
hot spiced dal flatbread
Indian
Ale!
Categories:
flatbread, food
Form: I do not know?
He nods towards a table between the hibiscus
and other flowering plants,
a bit more removed from the racket of passing cars,
the tiny music of forks tapping porcelain dinner plates.
Her eyes spy artwork for sale
hung across mustard-colored walls.
He wants Amore: flatbread
covered with baby spinach,
sliced tomatoes,
melted feta and provolone.
She searches for something more exotic:
can almost taste the tumbling of arugula
and gorgonzola dripped in a vinaigrette
of pear and thyme. Or perhaps
the portobello lasagna,
its cream sauce surrounding
layers of spinach and mozzarella
to go with a glass of good white wine.
But he insists on the flatbread
and places her menu aside,
doesn't catch the shrug
or her wandering eyes.
Tab plus tip: $31.95. Or a bargain
for pride—unaware the real cost
of ordering the pizza was her
disinterested sigh.
Categories:
flatbread,
Form: Free verse