the patron saint of cooking

stands in my kitchen now

with the pantry doors wide open

sweat upon her brow

 

stands in my kitchen now

the counter filled with harvest

sweat upon her brow

a fresh loaf of bread also now rests

 

the counter filled with harvest

the tomatoes this year abundant

a fresh loaf of bread also now rests

basil is the ultimate accompaniment

 

the tomatoes this year abundant

the patron cooks her food poems

basil is the ultimate accompaniment

there’s drooling from the garden gnomes

 

the patron cooks her food poems

every stanza is now complete

there’s drooling from the garden gnomes

and everyone else on Maggie Street

 

(Prompt for Hour Eight!!!!

The dreaded form prompt! This year I scheduled it a lot earlier in the marathon. This year the prompt has to do with my favorite form, the pantoum.

The pantoum is a form of poetry similar to a villanelle in that there are repeating lines throughout the poem. It is composed of a series of quatrains; the second and fourth lines of each stanza are repeated as the first and third lines of the next.

Now in case that all was a little much for you, here is a link to a pantoum generator Jacob made: http://jacobjans.com/pantoum.html

The key to writing a pantoum is to write about something that either obsesses you, or something that automatically requires some sort of repetition (ie cooking).

If you want to the repeated lines can include some new words, but they should still be recognizable.

Here are two good example pantoums:

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/56284

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/parents-pantoum  )