Flour in the bowl, powdery and white
Nothing to look at - not to bite,
Caster sugar in a heap -sweet
But to eat the lot would be a feat,
Margarine - yellow mass on the plate
To nibble on that - I would hate,
Eggs whisked creamy yellow
Would be hard to swallow.
Add a little commitment and care
Show a little concern and flare,
Nurture each ingredient
Not one is ever redundant,
Sieve, whisk , mix, blend and pour
Creating unity is no chore,
In the oven to bake
The end result a beautiful cake.
Just like human nature, race, colour, creed
All grown from a seed,
Nurture each ingredient
Not one is ever redundant,
Mix and blend - always with respect
Different combinations to collect,
Friendships making the recipe base
The end result a beautiful human race.
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- Comment from author about the poem: I have been baking today - as I've said in my intro I do enjoy baking and creating something from a set of ingredients that when combined make something beautiful. The photo is from a previous bake as today's are not ready for decoration yet!!
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Thanks SUE for another Special Poem and Perfect Picture. My MUM was a Confectioner so always baking and decorating cakes ~ she taught me to cook & bake ~ useful when you're single ! From ingredients to cake is a perfect example of the maxim "The whole is always much greater than the sum of the parts" Verses 1 & 2 illustrate that maxim perfectly ! Verse three then applies it to Society ~ IF ONLY ! Society is so so divided today and now we have to break away from Europe and even the UK is in danger of fragmentation if Nicola has her way ! Under TRUMP America is in danger of disintegrating and the proud cry of EX PLURIBUS UNAM is now an even greater Myth ! At least you succeed with your beautiful cakes ! A very beautifully confectured poem Rhyme ~ Rhythm ~ Octets ~ Super Subject all blended into a perfect ODE ! Thanks for caring & sharing ~ Yours BRIAN Please check my PYRAMID POEM and FUSIONS on pastimes and games ~ Thanks B.
Thanks for reading and commenting - I know verse 3 is rose tinted spectacles but we have to hope! I will check out your poems 😊
Thank you so much Sue! Now I finally know where the expression "one in the oven" to describe a pregnant woman comes from. We are all baked! 🙂
Beautiful cake by the way. As is the other one with the shoe and handbag! Are you doing this professionally? They do look it!!!
😂😂 Thank you Fred!
Not professional in the sense that I have made it into a job commitment but I do charge people if they commission a cake for a special occasion.
With cakes like that, you must be awfully busy! My wife has a small bakery and we do party favors, but no cakes. We leave that to artists like you!
I like how you relate the baking a cake idea to life and friendships. All ingredients added with care and love. ; )
Thank you 😊
You are not baking a cake, you are baking a new world. You must have a giant flour mix.
The cake is absolutely gorgeous. In stead eating it, I would rather display it.
Love the poem, love the cake more.
Thank you 😊
Last time i read a piece about a cake i was at a wedding and it ended in tiers. (old joke - sorry) Nice writing, esp the last verse.
Old ones are the best!! Thanks for reading and commenting 😊
beautiful thoughts
Thank you 😊
my pleasure
Good write Sue. I especially like the line "Add a little commitment and care" I cook and I too add commitment and love to my cooking.
Think you have to give commitment to anything worth doing- it shows in the end result. Thanks for reading and commenting. 😊
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