Made With Love

Posted byChristine BoltonPosted inBlog, LoveTags:, , , , , 
I pull the faded recipe card
From the tin stored in
its usual place in the pantry 
It is old now and dog-eared
The handwritten words
Faded over time 
No need to read it
Having made this twice a year
Every year since forever
Over time adjustments made
A little more of this
And maybe a little less of that
Sensing the amounts
without measure needed
Layers of love
and the essence of you
folded in and stirred
The smell of it cooking
and the taste evoking
precious memories
of years gone by
Lovingly made for you
This became your favorite dish
From a little boy to a grown man
Even when you moved away
with your family for seven years
you would ask me
to make it and bring it to you
for the holidays
It is food comforting the both of us


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Sanaa is hosting D’Verse Poets thus evening and has prompted us with Food and how it makes us feel. Whether we are cooking, eating or smelling the aromas from the kitchen. This is a poem I wrote several years ago for a similar prompt. This kind of cooking evokes happy memories of the Holidays with children and laughter in the kitchen.

Published by Christine Bolton

I have been writing poetry since I was a child and it has helped in the good times and bad times. I am always looking within to find the answers to life's problems and to write thought-provoking poetry and prose. Thanks for checking it out. Christine

20 thoughts on “Made With Love”

  4. I think every hearth and heart has those cherished recipes, dog-eared from re-use and a perpetual favorite …My wife and I try to save on food expenses by making a few heavy-hitting meals served up as leftovers through the week, and we have five or six we’ve been enjoying now for decades. Your poem makes savor the shared comfort of such food, edible in substance and so nourishing within …

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  5. Old, dog-eared, handwritten recipes are worth keeping as they are so full of memories, and they turn out best, especially with our own adjustments. I love the lines:

    ‘Layers of love
    and the essence of you
    folded in and stirred’.

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  8. Oh my heart .. this is soo beautiful! 😍 I especially resonate with;

    “Layers of love
    and the essence of you
    folded in and stirred
    The smell of it cooking
    and the taste evoking
    precious memories
    of years gone by.”

    Thank you so much for writing to the prompt 🥰💝💝

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