Cold morning

sorenbarrett

Fire in the brick stove, haze of smoke through sunlit beams
Wood cut from the grove heats the griddle for breakfast schemes
Glow of flames inside, hot cast-iron runs across the top 
A little lard applied, listen to the bacon and eggs pop

 

Pepper and salt, rain and snow sprinkles falling from above
Hash browns exalt a plate of home cooked culinary love
Bread slapped straight on the griddle flipped to toast
Home churned butter put in the middle, coffee dark roast 

 

Slice of ham on the side sizzles on the hot iron cast
Hot cakes on grease glide, scrapings at the corner amassed 
Gather round on a cold day the kitchen is warm
Those that didn't work must pay, in cold water, washing dishes their reform

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  • nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson)

    much enjoyed read, can hear the sizzling food

  • arqios

    That’s a comfort on any cold morn🙏🏻🕊️

    • sorenbarrett

      Thanks Cryptic for the read and kind words they are valued my friend.

      • arqios

        Most welcome dear friend 🕊️🙏🏻

      • Friendship

        Well written. Your poem focuses on the act of cooking breakfast, featuring various food items such as bacon, eggs, hash browns, and coffee. It paints a vivid picture of a cozy kitchen, emphasizing the contrast between the cold outside and the warmth within.

        • sorenbarrett

          Thank you Friendship for the review. Yes indeed you are correct the emphasis is on the contrast between comfort and cold.

        • Paul Bell

          Put me down for the full English, I'll ldo the dishes too.
          You can have all those culinary delights, but bacon and egg does it for me always.

          • sorenbarrett

            Thanks Paul I forgot to add a glass of fresh squeezed OJ just picked from the trees. I appreciate the read and comment my friend

            • Paul Bell

              Oranges cost a fortune here

              • sorenbarrett

                So do they almost anywhere unless you have trees

              • orchidee

                A fine write SB. None of that lovely food for KP. lol.

                • sorenbarrett

                  Thanks Orchi I had planned it for you and Fido but I haven\'t heard from him for a while maybe he doesn\'t like washing dishes in cold water

                  • orchidee

                    lol.

                  • Tristan Robert Lange

                    Soren, what a warm, inviting piece. I could almost smell the bacon, coffee, and wood smoke as I read this...it feels like stepping into a kitchen where good food and good company naturally belong together. Beautifully done, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦‍⬛

                    • sorenbarrett

                      Thanks Tristan I appreciate your kind words of review. It was inspired yesterday when it was three degrees inside and I fired up the kitchen brick stove to warm up the place and decided as long as it was going I might as well use it to cook.

                    • soheil khodaparasti

                      The Pleasant Nostalgia of a Traditional Wood-Fired Kitchen.
                      Warmth within, winter without—perhaps symbolizing, respectively, love and isolation, or the ideal life and real life.

                      • sorenbarrett

                        So glad that you picked up on that Soheil for that was intended but as I told Tristan it was inspired yesterday when it was so cold I had to fire up the kitchen brick stove with a cast iron top. I appreciate the read and comment.

                        • soheil khodaparasti

                          You are welcome. Thank you for sharing the story behind it.

                        • mylastwrites

                        • mylastwrites

                          You did it. I'm now hungry. Great write can almost hear the sizzle. Thanks for sharing.

                          • sorenbarrett

                            Thank you so much for the review and comment it is deeply appreciated

                          • Kevin Hulme

                            Could smell that food all the way through that piece. Nice one. 🧂🍴🥄🍷

                            • sorenbarrett

                              Thank you Kevin for the read and kind words it is most appreciated

                            • E.J. Waling

                              Yup, been there and it’s good…

                              • sorenbarrett

                                Thanks so much I appreciate your read and comment

                              • Goldfinch60

                                Fine words soren but it is so hot here at the moment that that wonderful hot food would be denied, roll on autumn.

                                Andy

                                • sorenbarrett

                                  Thanks Andy other sides of the world where it was three degrees this morning. I appreciate your comment my friend



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