On Food/Bannock

Francine Cunningham

baked, square or round globes formed from the rims of used pickle jars
i don't have milk, use water
i don't have eggs, that's okay, only some people use them anyways
i only have a bit of sugar, that's okay, throw it in
don't knead it too much or you'll have flat bannock bums
jam vs honey vs peanut butter vs butter vs melted cheese vs fully loaded

Francine Cunningham

Francine Cunningham is an award-winning writer, artist and educator who spends her summer days writing on the prairie’s and her winter months…

Grade levels

7-9 / Sec. 1-3

10-12 / Sec. 4 & 5 / CEGEP 1

Tags

Moods

Common Poetic Terms and Forms

Sensory Language

Contest Criteria

Bibliographical info

Cunningham, Francine. "On Food/Bannock", "on/me", Caitlin Press, 2019.

Wilfred Owen

The Last Laugh

‘O Jesus Christ! I’m hit,’ he said; and died.

Whether he vainly cursed, or prayed indeed,

The Bullets chirped — In vain! vain! vain!

Leanne Dunic

From One and Half of You

Price depends on how the cheongsam

was made, the fabric used.

Gasp. Lift breasts with one hand.

Stuff your body inside.

If you wear this print of peonies

John Keats

Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art

Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art —

Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night

And watching, with eternal lids apart,

Russell Atkins

Coffee