Devouring and Creation
From Williams’ plums and Basho’s melons to Swift’s mutton and Bishop’s ‘coffee… on a certain balcony’, this class will tempt readers and writers of poetry with the most sensuous and satisfying poesy – the devouring and creation of food poetry. We will be guests at a C16 table as we articulate elegance in bitter olives, capers and lemons in Ben Johnson’s ‘wine sauce’. We will study and make poems with our favourite foods, stirring memories and quickening hearts. We will learn why food is the metaphor for poetry, revealing feeling in flavour and exploring the flavour of words. Are we soothed or ensnared by green herbs and saffron in Thackeray’s ‘Boiuillabaisse’? Can a meal capture aloneness? Grief? The red meat indulgence of a first date? Or a shyness of clear noodle soup? Come and savour!
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This is a private group. To join you must be a registered site member and request group membership.