Happy Thanksgiving Geoffrey and all our American friends,
The download is mammoth, or so it seems, so will have to do it on another
day with more time. We're deep in The Ashes over here - and it's proving to
be excruciating. If Ms Croggon dares to peek-up at this point I'll scream.
(Haa - just got a wicket - phew).
But my favourite Thanksgiving story comes courtesy of Jesse Glass (sorry
Jesse - hope you don't mind me betraying confidences) - who forgot to take
the turkey out freezer and tried to defrost it with a hairdryer - he gave up
after two hours! Sorry Jesse - I still think this is a priceless hoot.
Have bunches of fun you bunch of guys,
Toots,
Geraldine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoffrey Gatza" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 5:53 AM
Subject: Thanksgiving MENU POEM : Guest of honor John Ashbery
> It's Thanksgiving and that means we have another menu poem for you to
> enjoy!
> This year our guest of honor is John Ashbery. This is a series of poems
> based loosely around a menu of the meal I would cook for you should you
> come
> to my home for Thanksgiving. Since it's impossible for you to come, I
> offer
> these simple poems for warmth. This is free and in Adobe Acrobat PDF
> format.
> This was written during a power outage so the main course is a longish
> hand
> written piece. Also included are 3 of my most requested recipes.
> Enjoy, Geoffrey
>
>
> Thanksgiving 2006: a feast to honor John Ashbery, by Geoffrey Gatza is
> part
> of an annual thanksgiving poem series. This is the fifth installment in
> that
> series which include menu poems for:
>
> Thanksgiving 2006 Menu Poem : Guest of Honor John Ashbery
>
> direct poem link
> http://www.geoffreygatza.com/thanksgiving/Thanksgiving%20Dinner%202006%20pri
> nt.pdf
> http://www.geoffreygatza.com/thanksgiving/Thanksgiving%20Dinner%202006%20pri
> nt.pdf
>
> webpage
> http://www.blazevox.org/thanks.htm
> http://www.blazevox.org/thanks.htm
> http://www.blazevox.org/thanks.htm
>
>
>
> ---------------------- A L S O ------------------------------------
>
> Thanksgiving Poems : Five years of feasts! Honoring Charles Bernstein,
> Forrest Gander, Kent Johnson, Robert Creeley & John Ashbery
>
> Thanksgiving is not at all like Saturnalia. In America, the third Thursday
> is reserved to celebrate the giving of thanks. The thanks for all that we
> are, what we have, those who have graced our lives, and so on. This is
> also
> a bloody marking of the genocide performed to gain this land. One must
> never
> forget what died to feed.
>
> Innocuous enough, Thanksgiving is the most appropriate means to hold this
> kind of thing. That thing is an odd blending of cooking and poetry. I am a
> chef in my day job and how I come to understand art is through this first
> love. Cuisine has a natural ease to bring out many complex ideas, as
> cooking
> brings out complexities from seemingly simple foods. And a dinner party,
> virtual or not, [ read more ]
>
> Thanksgiving Menu Poems Past : webpage
> http://www.blazevox.org/thanks.htm
>
> Thanksgiving 2002 Charles Bernstein
> Thanksgiving 2003 Forrest Gander
> Thanksgiving 2004 Kent Johnson
> Thanksgiving 2005 Robert Creeley
>
>
> All five years in one FREE PDF
> Get it now in one file !
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