POETRY FORUM

Food Fair

by Kay Kinghammer on December 11, 2013 :: 0 comments

When we were
Vegetarian,
You told me,
“You are what you eat.”

So I cooked
Soybean stews,
Soybean soups,
Soybean casseroles,
And cheese,
And cheese,
And cheese.

My sisters and son knew
We were nuts.
We were kohlrabi.
We were various tubers,
Roots, rhizomes. All those
Spring, summer, fall, winter,
Green, purple, red, yellow

Vegetables.

Leaving you, I turned carnivorous,
Looking for lean, red meat,
Satisfying submerged cravings,
Seeking prey for the sensual predator
You never found.

editors note:

Finding a love to match one’s appetite is a life-long endeavor. Bon appetit – mh

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Kay Kinghammer is a full time poet, currently living in Seattle, Washington, USA. In the last two years, she has been published in “Granny Smith Magazine;” “Mad Swirl;” “Prospective – A Journal of Speculation” volumes 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; “Electric Windmill Press”; “Pacific Poetry”; and “A New Ulster”. Her work has been included in the following anthologies, “The Blue Max Review” – an anthology from Rebel Poetry in County Cork, Ireland; and “The Inspired Heart” – an anthology from Melinda Cochrane International in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her first full length collection of poetry, Inside the Circus, was published by Loyal Stone Press in May, 2013, available from Amazon.com. Her second book of poetry, Stolen Kisses, Starlit Caresses – a Journey, was published by Melinda Cochrane International in September, 2013, available from Melinda Cochrane International.

She was one of the original organizers/readers at Red Sky Poetry Theater and at Campus Poets and Writers. She was also a graduate of Clarion West (1984) Professional Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Workshop. She says that one of the most prolific and joyous times of her life was when she was a member of the Mercer Street Poets, a group of women poets, who critiqued each other’s work and did occasional readings.

She has been a featured reader at the Whidbey Island Poetry Festival, and in 1992, at the Seattle Music and Literary Arts Festival, Bumbershoot. She recently read at the Fermoy International Poetry Festival in County Cork, Ireland in early August, 2013 and was featured at Breadline, a monthly reading series in Seattle in late August, 2013.