LITERAL LATTE just released their Winter 2017 issue, featuring Yours Truly in the poetry section. I submitted a trio of Haikus back in March and recently learned they took first prize in the Food Poetry Contest! Check them out HERE.
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Congratulations, Joan. I like haikus, and enjoyed reading yours. Now I’m hungry for cherries.
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Thanks, Tippy. I write very few Haikus and no one was more surprised by this than me. Literal Latte editor said it is the first time Haiku has ever won the food verse contest. Those cherries were soooo good, warm and ripe and juicy. I don’t know how they got missed by the birds and all the other hikers and bikers… serendipity, I guess. 🙂
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Congratulations on winning first prize in the Food Poetry Contest! I like the haiku about the aromatic alarm clock. Happy New Year!
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Thanks, Peter! I’m a foodie by nature and write a lot of poems about food, so this contest was right up my alley. Who doesn’t love to wake up to the smell of fresh coffee? Stay warm as you ring in 2018! All the best to you. 🙂
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Delightful! Congrats! “Arom-a-larm clock” a fun surprise.
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Thanks, sis! The best part of waking up is French Press in your cup, though Brian’s more likely to be awakened by the Arom-a-larm clock than I am. 🙂
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Congrats! Am I missing something though? Only see a couple of lines from one.
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Thanks, Marissa! The link on the words LITERAL LATTE goes to their home page. I hoped it might encourage people peruse the site. From there, you can scroll down and click on FOOD HAIKU to see all three of my poems, my bio, etc. The link I put on the word HERE in my WP post bypasses all that and takes you directly to my stuff on Literal Latte’s site. Sorry for the confusion. 🙂
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Congrats Joan! These are great. I would say nothing would beat a peppermint morning or cinnamon afternoon. I’m also a big fan of cherries so they wouldn’t be hanging near my bike path anymore either. I enjoyed these very much!
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Thanks, Lana! I love early spring and fall, when a chilly morning ripens into a warm afternoon. I had cherries just today, in a “Super C” smoothie… trying to keep a winter cold at bay. We planted a cherry tree last fall. The Kiwis are probably eyeing it already. 🙂
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I know those Kiwis are definitely giving it the eye. LOL!!
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Congratulations!
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Say whaaat? Congratulations! I’m sure it’s WELL-DESERVED! Heading over to read now.
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Thanks, KE! This was a lovely end-of-the-year surprise. I hope you enjoyed my Haikus, and your visit to Literal Latte. 🙂
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Congratulations! That’s an awesome way to start the new year! 😉
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Thanks, Quirky! It definitely gave a boost to my New Year’s resolution to submit more of what I write. Best in 2018–say hello to Jett for me. 🙂
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Congrats Joan. I know what a sense of accomplishment getting published brings to someone who works at their craft. Take care!
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That’s for sure, Elan. Thanks for the taking the time to read and comment, it means a lot to me. Keep the poems and photos coming, I always look forward to seeing you pop up in my Reader. 🙂
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Of course.
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🙂
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Seems that I am in very esteemed company. Congratulations and well done Joan!
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Thanks, Chevvy. I was excited to be featured on Literal Latte. I started submitting there simply because I’m a coffee kind of girl and I loved their name. Also because they have a food poetry contest and I love writing poems about food. 🙂
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I’m so pleased for you. I’ve never thought to enter any of my work but I am interested in what more I can do with my photographs and link it to travel and tourism. So I’ll take inspiration from you.😀
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Congrats 42!! I love the cherry haiku especially. It reminds me of that William Carlos Williams poem “This is Just to Say” ( https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/just-say )
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Forgive me, they were delicious, so sweet and so warm. Sorry not sorry. Turns out William Carlos Williams’ poem about the plums is one of the most-parodied of all time. 🙂
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Of course you knew that poem already! Let’s say the link was for your comment readers . . .
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Interestingly, I HATED that poem in high school. Who cares about the stupid plums anyway, right? Now I see, that was kind of the point.
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As a rule, I never hated poems in high school that could be read in 15 seconds.
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Well, there is that. 🙂
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Wow~ You knocked this one out of the park! I love the way they all fit together so nicely!! Will you be entering again this year?
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Thanks, Muri. It was rather a fluke. I write mostly form and rhymed stuff. We were permitted to enter six food poems. I had five, plus those. I titled the group “Food Haiku” (real original, huh?) and sent them in. I was dumbfounded by the win and Literal Latte said it was a first, no one had ever won the food poetry contest with a Haiku before. I didn’t enter again in 2018; what were the chances lightning would strike twice in the same place? I don’t enter as many contests as I did, it gets expensive and wins are rare. A poet friend said he does not enter unless he gets something in return (like Rattle, where the grand prize is $10,000 and your $20 entry fee entitles you to a year’s subscription to their poetry mag). 🙂
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