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Ginsburg sits down for sushi

Ginsburg sits down for sushi

a. Chefs cut, roll, pinch pink slices of ginger, arrange all on stiff red plates. (17)
b. He focuses as white gloves hold sweet egg omelette to rice, wraps with nori. (17)
c. Orange on one side; white, the other; yellow divides this platter down the middle. (19)
d. Clatter of plates, music booming, incessant chatter; chefs work fast and silent. (19)
f. After the Fast, saba swims slower, eels slither, patient to be devoured. (18)
g. Sake slides down his throat. Fish or rice wine? Who cares after a dozen or so. (19)

© 2009 Kåre Enga [165.402] 2008-01-07

A. Gone so long, even orange pickled octopus eyes beg to be eaten. (17)
B. One thin slice of ginger between each bite of sushi frees fish flavors. (17)
C. Let hamachi slide around my tongue, poor reflection of its swimming. (17)
D. Play two chopsticks, rat-tat-tat, drumrolls for the demise of the last piece. (17)
E. Fake wasabe left there like green play dough I would not touch as a child. (17)

© 2009 Kåre Enga [165.403] 2008-01-07

aa. He cuts green-glistening black-mats of nori into strips of glory. (16)
bb. Teapots steep as soy sauce and small red dishes await their click of sticks. (17)
cc. He slices octopus tentacles thin, careful not to slice his fingers. (18)
dd. Sour rice waits silent; but tonight, colors blare and smells trumpet delight. (17)

© 2009 Kåre Enga [165.409] 2008-01-14

Ginsburg's American Sentences have 17 syllables. I had to work on removing any extraneous "a", "an", & "the". The (syllable count) is there to help guide me in revising these short snippets that I may eventually use in Sushi.7. I write a sentence ... maybe 13 to 23 syllables, then revise to catch the essence. I'd like all to have exactly 17 syllables as the 'form' demands so little. 19 is used for a vahid and 22 for an American cinquain and these are not haiku.

A link: http://poetry.about.com/od/poems/a/ginsbergsentenc.htm

BLAH BLAH BLAH:

There's a glimmer of pale blue north of here ... should go get milk today before the winds begin to blow and the temperature drops.

I'm reading The Body in the Gallery by Katherine Hall Page. I've put two of Erin Hunter's books on hold at the library. I need this light, but well-written, reading material at this time of year.

I usually can clean my plate , ... lick it even , but last night I couldn't finish the piece of lemon white-chocolate cheese cake I had at the Break Espresso. Ryne laughed and gave me a container to go. Guess what I'm having for dessert later.

PROMPT OF THE DAY:

"Radishes respond to the Beatles" re playing music to your plants.

Montana: 18º at 13:00

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