Poetry Friday: Poetry Postcard 29

Greetings, poets and postcards lovers. It's Poetry Friday. Today, Linda Baie is hosting the blog roll at Teacher Dance. Linda has been a huge supporter of my poetry postcard project, even donating the lovely vintage Valentine postcard you see at the top of this post.

Not my Valentine. But he is here for a reason. Read on.

I have a new postcard poem today (#29 in the 44 Postcard Project) and a craft!

I am taking a poetry road trip this weekend, but not with a Yeti.

Last March, three poets from North Carolina visited us here in Maryland. We had readings, a workshop, and one fabulous meal at a Greek restaurant. (You can the NC poets' work on my blog: Richard Krawiec, Debra Kaufman and Stephanie Levin.)

Now, it's our turn to travel south. Poet Fred Foote and fiction authors Danuta Hinc and Jen Grow -- all Little Patuxent Review staffers -- are joining me in the mommy van known to my kids as The Mars Rover.

We leave around lunchtime, so please forgive any delays posting your comments. We'll be leading some workshops and an evening reading (details here). If you're near Cary, NC on Saturday, I hope you'll drop by.

We'll be stopping for at least one meal along the way, I  hope it's not here:

Bit of Sweden, 9051 Sunset Blvd.
Hollywood, Cal.

"The World's Most Unique Restaurant"

World's most unique restaurant,  you say? I can only guess what's on the menu.

The World’s Most Unique Restaurant

Starters

Fingernails of white lipped snails
baked in their tangy goo.

Underwater salad dressed

with phytoplankton stew.

Main Course

Fractal cauliflower over
gojiberry mash.

Yeti-hair spaghetti with
green pollen – just a dash.

            Desserts

Rubber bark and lemon shark,
our chef’s signature pie.

Layer cake with scale of snake

frosted with phorid fly.

            From the Owner

Come brave our culinary treats,

from gorsebush wine to pickled meats!

We are unique down to our seats.
It is our joy to serve you.

Laura Shovan

Did you spot the Yeti?

Imagining what is served at the world's most unique restaurant was too delicious a challenge to turn down.

Try the prompt with your students. What do they think might be served at the world's most unique restaurant? I promise, they will never forget the definition of "unique" after trying this prompt.

On to the craft. What to do with all of those Valentine cards you received yesterday? After a grace period -- we don't want to break any loving hearts -- we can make postcards from them.

This is a great project for recyclers. Take an old card,

Here's an interesting card I've been saving.

I can always save the note inside.

 cut off the front, the part with the picture.

Now I have two pieces.

Use a postcard you already have to help you trim the front of the card to postcard size.

I used a standard postcard as a guide.

Voila! Postcard. Add it to your collection or send to a friend. Remember, postcards stamps just went up to thirty-three cents.

Poetry Postcard #29 Information:

Back:

Bit of Sweden

9051 Sunset Blvd.

Hollywood, Cal.

Phone: Bradshaw 2-2800

The World’s Most Unique Restaurant Featuring the largest Smorgasboard, fine foods and liqueurs.

A “Colourpicture” Publication, Boston 15, Mass., L.S. Office 2143 So. Alsace