SOLSTICE MEDITATION TRIPLE COCONUT CREAM PIE AND POEM (AND KAREN'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT)

 

SOLSTICE MEDITATION TRIPLE COCONUT CREAM PIE* AND POEM

(AND KAREN’S CHRISTMAS PRESENT)

IN HONOR OF THE MUSIC MINISTER BART RODERICK'S

HEAVENLY REQUEST FOR PIE,

THE RECIPE FOR THIS TRIPLE COCONUT CREAM PIE

COMES FROM THE DAHLIA BAKERY COOK BOOK

AND RESTAURANT IN SEATTLE AND HAS BEEN CALLED

A NATIONAL TREASURE BY FOOD CRITICS

CUT INTO EIGHT TRADITIONAL SLICES

RECOGNIZING THAT PIE LIKE POETRY AND MUSIC

MUST RESULT IN TRANSPORTATION IN ORDER TO BE VERIFIED AND SAVORED

THIS PIE PRESENTED TO THE COMBINED BELL AND FESTIVAL CHOIRS

NUMBERING MORE THAN TWENTY BELL RINGERS AND SINGERS

(REMEMBER THE PIE IS SLICED INTO EIGHT TRADITIONAL SLICES)

AT CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA)

AND PRESENTED DURING REHEARSAL PRIOR

TO THE CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE 2023, YAKIMA, WA

AND NOW THIS THE TITLE OF THE POEM YIELDS TO THE POEM

Karen is the beloved.

Karen is the daily treasure.

Jim Bodeen

Christmas 2023

*The crust was blind baked on Winter Solstice in a candle-lit kitchen