Tasty haiku’s

Gastromancy week 3 entry.

June Creative Challenge

This week’s challenge demands a succulent twist. We should drop a music-inspired piece: a playlist, song lyric, short video, literary works or artwork that blends sound & flavor.

All I could think of are Haiku’s, which are Japanese poetry. Part of their beauty is that they adhere to a strict 5-7-5 beat of sentences structures. Kind of rhythmical don’t you think, like a song.

Jack Kerouac proposed that, because the English language structure is different than Japanese, the western haiku should “simply say a lot in three short lines. Above all, a Haiku must be very simple, free of all poetic trickery and make a little picture, and yet be as airy and graceful as a Vivaldi Pastorella.

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So sit down, open a bag of chirps, and enjoy.

いただきます。

Sizzling bamburger

How can I resist?

Summer hues, taste wafts into

June Hamburgers pop

When we ran

The orchard ran with us,

ran its way to auntie’s kitchen

A space for lunchbox dreams

Egg eagle snuggles by hunter ham

Lid shuts, good night

Bathed on the table, regal

Martha’s pudding mocked us

Plates are clear now