Abstract:
A Full Plate: With a Slab of Verse on the Side, a collection of 141 food-related poems, mentions edibles within each poem, either as main subjects or incidentals. Eight sections carry subtitles: “Crack O’ Dawn” introduces breakfast and early morning poems; “Home Cookin’” serves up poems about home and family; “Foraging” provides feed for deeper thought; Sweet Stuff spills confection woven into words; “Holiday Stuffing” glorifies celebratory seasons; “Belly Ache” kicks with unpleasant circumstances; “Fellowship Hall” delivers church-related incidents; and “Tummy Ticklers” tingles your mood with belly-laughing situations. A recipe, to whet your appetite, introduces each section.