HAIKU DIALOGUE – Poet’s Choice – Gourmet Gallery – smell

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1. kj
   I seem to fall out by a week.My meager contribution above was meant for the visual theme and I am sure I sent a piece , ” hunters stew” for the week on smell.
   Don’t know how that happens. I have come to wait until the deadline now in order to stay in the appropriate week.
   FYI, not to bother.I enjoy anyway.

   Ron.

   1. sorry Ron – the new theme goes up on Wednesday mornings, & the deadline for it is the following Saturday – & I should receive the Contact Form submissions when you send them – there shouldn’t be a delay of any kind… I received the poem above on Saturday 12 Oct – & if a poem is ever missing from a post, please add it here in the comments!
      thanks, kj

2. They say smell is our most nostalgic sense. This week brought to mind many memories, plus some new foods I would love to experience.
   *
   I was struck by the beauty of a few in the original language in the sense of smell theme this week. The inebriating perfume of the rosemary! and so forth. Tempts me to learn Italian. I’m glad that multiple languages are posted here where the poets are able. It is inspiring to read through even without total understanding.
   *
   Roast potatoes
   The heady scent
   of rosemary
   .
   Patate arrosto
   L’inebriante profumo
   del rosmarino
   .
   Dennys Cambarau
   *
   birthday cake…
   mother’s hands
   smell of vanilla
   .
   torta di compleanno…
   profuma di vaniglia
   anche la mamma
   .
   Lucia Cardillo
   *
   orange peel
   they dry on the stove –
   childhood perfumes
   .
   bucce d’arancio
   seccano sulla stufa –
   i profumi d’infanzia
   .
   Angela Giordano
   *
   caldarroste:
   sottovoce il profumo di mamma
   .
   roasted chestnuts:
   whisper the scent of mum
   .
   Giuliana Ravaglia
   *

   1. What an apt observation!
      I agree with you Debbi, the fragrance from foreign lands in other languages are particularly arresting.

3. belch
   after
   of a picnic

   1. grennady,
      this can be for theme smell or hearing….depending on how close you are to the belcher.

4. And here’s another twist from Sari Grandstaff on the rank and file order on parade:
   *
   wafting
   from the barracks mess hall
   a rank odor
   *
   Sari Grandstaff

   1. Thank you John! Much appreciated.

5. my heart beats
   is my pesto
   pulsed like hers

   1. sounds like this is meant for next theme….”hearing”
      Pat Geyer…you might want to re-enter it in the place for next time above.

      also Hi Kathy j munro, / or Lori Zajkowski did you receive mine entered on wednesday? for hearing?

      1. as I mentioned to Ingrid below – both received this week, with thanks, kj

6. Dear kathy,
   Greetings. Delighted to see mine included here.
   Of so many culinary smells, this week’s choice is my favorite.

   mom’s kitchen
   asafoetida tempering
   picked from afar

   Vishnu Kapoor

7. Please see a concrete version of my haiku from this week – another dessert – at https://twitter.com/MarkgZero/status/1184585760638427136?s=20

   1. thanks so much for this one, too, Mark!

8. I particularly enjoyed the humour and the wordplay of Margaret Walker’s

   his snoring
   a bed
   of garlic

9. mom’s kitchen
   asafoetida tempering
   picked from afar

   Vishnu Kapoor

   when i lived in NY there was a Pakastani market i went to for bottles of asafoetida….i had read that this spice was equivalent to garlic powder(in taste and smell)…yet it had an additional function….in that it helped to curb gas.
   I appreciate this poem….and for Vishnu reminding me of it…as i forgot its name and i want to restore order back to my pantry…and living room shared with husband.

   1. Pakistani…mea culpa …my bad….my sorry!

      another note on this poem by Vishnu, and a few others…how one smell can be used to cover-up another:

      I am fortunate enough to live in an area where there is a gourmet cafe built into my hometown library….every year i look forward to the book sale….this year…i was quite eager to get first pickings and left without eating breakfast first….the cafe is directly near the front sliding doors….and the bacon quiches that were just one thing on the daily menu….was the first thing that hit me as i entered. And i found it increasingly difficult to concentrate on looking through piles of used books that went clearly up to the third story….where poetry/arts and various cooking books were for sale. I heard my stomach talking louder and louder….with each page i thumbed through…..and i was now speed reading to get back down to that cafe.

      bacon quiches
      at library book sale
      stomach talking

      wendy c. bialek

      the sense of Smell is a very powerful and moving experience…it can cover up another smell, it can bring us back to memories long forgotten….it can make us travel many miles to return to a restaurant in another country….it can lure us into seduction and promise to continue propagation and survival of a population.

10. Touched by

    laid to rest
    the scent of
    citrus fades

    Adam Arn

    homesick moment
    pulls me towards the border
    lemongrass tea

    Hifsa Ashraf

    1. Thank you! I’m glad my ku connected with you.

11. Hello Kathy,
    May I pop mine in here, please? It got left out thought it was sent well in time on Saturday from Macedonia.
    .
    green market
    the heady scent of herbs
    for my Persian omelet

    1. …though it was sent well in time…. : )

       1. yes, of course – thanks for this, Ingrid! I have received a submission from you this week (& from Wendy!) – did you do something differently this week?

          1. Hello again Kathy…my poems usually arrive, but I may have forgotten this time to wait for the receipt message after sending it.
             As it happens, Kath Abela Wilson and I write about the wonderful scents of Iranian cuisine… yummy. Café Naderi by any chance, Kath?
             .
             Tehran night garden
             scent of saffron and rose
             ice cream

             Kath Abela Wilson
             Pasadena, California (Visiting Iran)

             1. Ingrid thank you for noticing my night garden! The particular moment I am recalling was at an outdoor evening garden party setting at a math conference … I feel like I am standing over the dessert being served enveloped in the scent of the most luscious ice cream I have ever known!!

                Your herbs also…!! I imagine the scent and especially remember the first time we had a traditional lamb stew …koresh? And each person had a wonderful flat bread
                And pile of fresh herbs next to it including mint! Also very fragrant. We ate the stew with that. It was traditional restaurant with traditional music. We are so fortunate to have gone fo Iran 3 times for conferences. The food is incredible. And I must say the people most friendly in our travels. I am missing the scents and tastes! Oh and the markets we went to with herbs and spices!

12. Thank you Kathy! Here a couple of chestnuts that stood out for me:

    goodnight story
    children’s hair smells
    of roasted chestnuts

    Elisa Allo
    Switzerland

    in the smoke
    a chestnut flavor…
    autumn wind

    Francesco Palladino

    And this one captures that country fair issue of competing smells! I will think of it at the Sheep & Wool Festival this weekend:

    over the livestock smell
    the grilled onions
    of a county fair burger

    Debbie Scheving

    1. Thank you Sari. I enjoyed the double meaning in your ….”rank odor.”
       Enjoy your festival this weekend. Perhaps some sheep haiku will be forthcoming!

13. movie night
    the first kernel
    pops

    1. Oops sorry! Wrong spot! Never post before coffee!

14. First run through. This one brightened the day
    .
    trekking through France
    the smell of strong cheese
    from my feet

    John Hawkhead

    1. But is it gourmet?! ; )

    2. A nice comical twist, and I’d like to highlight another twist:
       .
       street beggar
       enjoying meal
       with his nose
       .
       SD Desai
       .
       (ps. _enjoying a meal_ is standard, and reads/recites better.)

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