Basil, oil, pecans, and garlic all go into the blender.
Summer is a giver, not a lender –
her heat the beginner, her pesto the ender.
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2023
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The Poetry Sisters wrote diminishing verse poems this month. Thank goodness I got started early fiddling with drafts and studying mentor texts because the last couple of weeks have been a lot. In all good ways.
Liz @ Liz Garton Scanlon
Tricia @ The Miss Rumphius Effect
Tanita @ {fiction, instead of lies}
Sara @ Read Write Believe
Laura @ Laura Purdie Salas
Kelly @ Kelly Ramsdell
Jama has the Poetry Friday Roundup this week at Jama’s Alphabet Soup.
A(nother) Year of Reading 
Ok. This is simply perfection from beginning to end. Wow, Mary Lee!
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A recipe for perfection, Mary Lee.
(oh, and now I know what I’m having for dinner tonight)
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Well, you managed to make yours clever and pithy. The diminishing rhyme part sounds totally natural–like you CHOSE it instead of being shackled to it (which is how I felt). Nice, Mary Lee!
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Hahaha yay!!! This is … delicious!!!
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Love your perfect pesto poem!! You are a clever bunny.
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This is great! I felt at first like we were so constrained with these rules we couldn’t really play, but you’ve disproved that theory rather deliciously.
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Yum, the ender…pesto! And presto, you have a poem. Your poem has a rhythm to it that is pleasing.
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LOVE it! When I first read your poem, it was so clever that I forgot it was a diminishing poem as well!
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Love! You nailed the landing.
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I echo all the above… you rocked this form. Amazing.
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I don’t disagree with anyone above. It’s terrific, Mary Lee! I do especially like “Summer is a giver, not a lender –”
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Nicely done, Mary Lee!
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Yummy! And, so well done that I don’t even see the diminishing…it’s just there.
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What a treasure, Mary Lee!
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Oh, so clever! What a fun form to tinker with. And now I want pesto. 🙂
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“Summer is a giver, not a lender.” There’s another poem in that line. I love this more than I love pesto, and that’s saying something!
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Wow! I’m really enjoying the diminishing verses! Your poem is seamless! Love it!
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Yum, what a delicious poem, pass more summer my way please, thanks! ☺️
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Oh how delicious! By chance the day you posted this I was at a wedding where the entree was gnocchi with the most sublime pesto sauce ever.
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Oh, what a delicious poem. Well played! And that photo makes my mouth water!
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Oh! This looks like fun, Mary Lee. And you’ve done it to perfection. (Also made me rather hungry!)
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