’The rhyme of festive season for Poetry Monthly Challenge |
1. ’The rhyme of festive season ’. There is a certain rhyme To our festive season Starting with Halloween Ending with New Years And here in Korea Starting with the Chusok Korea’s Thanksgiving Harvest Festival in the first full moon Near the end of September Ending with Lunar New Years All the festive holidays Share the same basic pattern Families and friends Gather together To share a feast And time together Trying to get along For that one day At least. My favorite was Thanksgiving The last commercial Of all the major holidays My Mom is from Arkansas Did Thanksgiving right It all started with a big bird, a Turkey, of course, stuffed with stuffing. We never did Goose, Cornish game hens, or God forbid Tofu Turkey -although being in Berkeley that was a common alternative. But not in “The World according to Mary Aller,” for my Southern-bred traditionalist mother, it had to be Turkey and that was it. The stuffing consisted of a commercial stuffing mixture, bread, and herbs. I added to the mix apples, bacon bits, carrots, ham, and a little orange juice. One year I added bamboo shoots, chestnuts, mushrooms, walnuts, My Mother looked at me as if I were out of mind, but afterward said, “that was good” and we added that to our family stuffing recipes. The sides were great Two kinds of cranberry sauces – smooth and chunky Green beans with bacon bits, garlic, and onions, Greens southern style Either collard or spinach. turnip, kale, or all four, boiled with bacon, brown sugar, ham bits, molasses, with bourbon for flavoring Grits with ham and cheese. Gravy cooked in bacon grease Garlic mashed potatoes. Salad Sweet potatoes with marshmallows. Wild rice and white rice are served separately. And pecan pie with vanilla ice cream for dessert Wine, and bourbon, for the adults, Leftover sandwiches for days, Bacon, eggs, grits, and potato pancakes for the next few breakfasts. A pair of subjects will be given on the first day of every month. You write poetry based on that subjects. The form of the poetry may be any. You have to mention the form with your subject. Even the free-verse form should be mentioned. The number of lines between three and fifteen. lines. There will be a winner. The poet will get 1000 GPs.(It is applicable from the contest of December 2022) Other good writings(If any) will be on the mentionable list. The poet(or poets) will get 200 GPs. Judge/ Judges will select the subjects. Judge:--- 1. Rupali Goswami Any donation will be accepted gratefully. If you donate at least 20K GPs, you will get a Merit Badge. Kind Donors ▼ As a Judge, I got another nice experience at WDC. First, I want to give thanks to all participants. Without them, the competition does not have any value at all. I observe different participants of different have their unique shades of ideas. It makes the competition successful. There is no bad performance. The system is slightly changing from the round. It will start on the first day of the month and the end date will be the last day of the month. The subjects of this round are 1. ’The rhyme of festive season ’. 2. ‘Nothing is permanent except him’. You can submit both poems. It should have at least three lines. But it should not cross fifteen lines. Any form of poetry is accepted. Please mention the form of poetry and the number of lines. Please post in b-item format. Last date of submission:- 12/31/2022. 1 month 2 hours With Thanks, Rupali |