Robert Creeley 2005

Thanksgiving 2005
A Feast for Friends : A Menu Poem
Guest of Honor: Robert Creeley 

Nec laudas nisi mortuos poetas: tanti non est, ut placeam, perirei ||| This menu dinner was planned and sketched out in December of last year. I asked for and kindly received permission to write this before his death. It was not intended as an ultimate tribute, as it must unfortunately become. Thus, I am committing myself to making this years trivial menu series into something that I may not be able to accomplish. Therefore, I apologize, and it is rightly needed as my poetic acumen is stridently contrasted to what is needed. So I humbly ask you to read this in the spirit it was conceived and not as the crowning achievement it should be.

Robert Creeley: Thanksgiving 2005 Menu Poem

Thanksgiving Menu

Soup:

Velvet Corn & Crab Soup with Crab Stick

Appetizer:

Angry Dragon Roll with Eel & Kabayaki Sauce

Salad:

Buddha’s Harmonized Vegetable Feast for the Minor Gods

Intermezzo:

Fuji Apple Wonton with Vanilla Consommé

Entrée:

Cranberry Capon Seared on a Hot Stone with Wasabi Dipping Sauce

Dessert:

Giant Fortune Cookie Filled with White Chocolate Mousse,
Mandarin Oranges, Pineapple & Lychee Fruit, Tangerine Sorbet
& Ginger Syrup