RECIPE

METAPHOR
POEMS
Inspired by A Loaf of Poetry

INSPIRATION: A LOAF OF POETRY

BY NAOSHI KORIYAMA
you mix
the dough
of experience
with
the yeast
of inspiration
and knead it well
with love
and pound it
with all your might
and then
leave it
until
it puffs out big
with its own inner force
and then
knead it again
and
shape it
into a round form
and bake it
in the oven
of your heart

WHATS IT ALL MEAN?

Dough=

Experience

Yeast=

Inspiration

Kneading=

Love

Oven=

Heart

Baking a loaf of
bread=
Writing

Cheesecake Cupcakes
Ingredients
3
1
5
1

8
1
1

(8 ounce) packages cream cheese

cup white sugar
eggs
.
teaspoon vanilla extract
ounces sour cream
cup white sugar
teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line cupcake pans with paper cupcake liners.
2.In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and 1 cup of sugar. Stir in the eggs one at a time,
then mix in the vanilla. Spoon into cupcake pans to fill about 2/3 to 3/4 full.
3.Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 to
10 minutes.
4.To make the sour cream topping, whisk together the sour cream, 1 cup sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
Spoon into the well on the top of each cupcake.
5.Return to the oven and bake for an additional 5 to 7 minutes, until set. Set cupcake pans on racks to cool,
do not remove cupcakes from the pan until they are completely cool. For a finishing touch, you can add a
dollop of your favorite pie filling on top.
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1Think of a title for your recipe poem.Make it a

symbolic recipe title. Some examples are: a friendship, a

pleasant evening, a happy marriage, a victorious team,
success in school, a peaceful heart, suspension from
school, a miserable afternoon, a nightmare, and a failing
grade.

An emotional experience from any time or

season (Recipe for a Relaxing Afternoon)
Family recipes (Recipe for a Little
Brother)
Advice recipes (A Recipe for Being a True
Friend)
Holiday recipes (A Recipe for a Great ---)
Recipe for a Better World

2Add a list of materials or ingredients.Name what is

necessary for the recipe, and how much you'll need of it.

For small amounts of ingredients,

along with teaspoon or pinch, you
could use measurements like inch,
instant, moment, or heartbeat.
For medium-size amounts of
ingredients, along with ounce or cup,
you could use measurements like
pocketful, backpack, slice, or carton.
For large amounts of ingredients,
along with gallon or container, you
could use measurements like heap,
mound, galaxy, eternity, ocean, lifetime,
truckload, or mountain.

3Add directions.List what you are supposed to do with

each ingredient, when, and for how long.

Some kitchen verbs:

baste boil
broil
chill
drain flavor
melt
mince mix
saut season slice
steam stir
toast
whip
whisk

4Be creative!Have fun with it!

you mix
the dough
Recipe Poem rules:
of experience
You must have a title.
with
You must have both a list of ingredients and a set of directions.
the yeast
of inspiration
You must have at least five ingredients in your recipe.
and knead it well
You must include all of your ingredients in your directions.
with love
You must have at least three steps in your directions.
and pound it
The more interesting and detailed you can make your
with all your might
ingredients and directions, the better!
and then
leave it
until
Five Senses Rules:
it puffs out big
Line 1. Tell what color an emotion or idea is. with its own inner
force
Line 2. Tell what the emotion or idea tastes like.
and then
knead it again
SIMILE
and
Line 3. Tell what the emotion or idea sounds shape it
into a round form
like. SIMILE
and bake it
Line 4. Tell what emotion or idea smells like. in the oven
of your heart

SIMILE