Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Take-Away Menu

I've always had the strong desire to have a take-away from life events -- a life lesson or wisdom gleaned.
~Bridget Magee


I love a good creative family project, and ones that are also helpful to the community? Even better! American poet in Switzerland Bridget Magee and her daughter have been making free ecards. She says:
To keep in touch with family and friends, Maureen and I have been doing a drawing-a-day together using the YouTube drawing tutorial sites (most were DrawSoCute videos) and then emailing them to family and friends. They have been well received and having your teenage daughter want to draw beside you day after day of self isolation is a pandemic win!

Then inspiration struck! What if I combine my desire for take away, my desire to help, the desire to share Maureen and my pictures, my love of poetry and the efficiency of email into one big project?

Ta-da! I present to you my Pandemic Poetry Take Away Ecard Extravaganza!
Here is the Take Away Menu (picture + poem = ecard love). Would you like some dessert, a snack, or some lunch?


a
milk
white or dark
chocolate piece
melts slowly over my
tongue as I thank the Swiss
kindred spirits whose love for
chocolate is as mountainous as mine

©2020, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.


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     all cheese
     in the land of Swiss
     is Swiss cheese
     dairy bliss

     ©2020, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.

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     we eat PB&J
     scoop, spread, chew
     mnest mnandwich memer
     mouth stuck like glue

     ©2020, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.

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      A dab of...

      A 'good' fat
      Vitamins C, E, K, and B-6
      Oil for cooking and cosmetics
      Creamy texture
      Actually a fruit
      Delicious
      Omega-3

      ©2020, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.

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      fresh fillings
      spicy taste
      twin tacos
      shelled embrace

      ©2020, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.

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      dry ingredients
      combined with wet
      mix thoroughly
      forget the baguette

      hot griddle
      flip each side
      golden syrup
      home plate slide

  ©2020, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.

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      Pi or pie
      calculated
      delight

      ©2020, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.

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      I wear a halo of fiery light,
      while being a sweet delight.

      You eat me on your special day,
      to celebrate your aging - hooray!

      I give you great pleasure,
      and memories to treasure,

      who am I?

      A: ǝʞɐɔ ʎɐpɥʇɹıq ɐ

      ©2020, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.

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      No yolk,
      after this is over
      let's do breakfast.
      We're meant to be together.

       ©2020, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.

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Email your Pandemic Poetry Take Away order to bridget@bridgetmagee.com and she will send you as many JPEG picture/poems as you would like to send on to the special people in your life. And for every drawing + poem you "order," Bridget will donate to No Kid Hungry.org.

4 comments:

Margaret Simon said...

This is so awesome sauce, creative juice, and feeding-the-hungry good. Thanks!

HWY said...

I wasn't hungry when I began this post...but I am now!

Great idea.

Bridget Magee said...

Thanks for posting about and supporting my ecard extravaganza. I truly appreciate your kindness. :)

Liz Steinglass said...

These are so fun!