{"id":6262,"date":"2012-02-10T06:43:23","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T11:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/?p=6262"},"modified":"2012-02-10T06:43:23","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T11:43:23","slug":"address-to-my-blog-readers-about-our-two-successful-burns-suppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/?p=6262","title":{"rendered":"Address to My Blog Readers About Our Two Successful Burns Suppers"},"content":{"rendered":"

My dear Life Literary Reader
\nOn lofty precipice I now teeter
\nAs I attempt the noble meter
\nOf “To a Mouse<\/a>,”
\nTo tell you ’bout our two Burns Feeders
\nI am no louse.<\/p>\n

The first, we held in highland far
\nA drive, three hours or so by car
\nTo Jack and Carolyn’s, friends they are
\nWith Nancy and Larry.
\nWe ate some haggis: food bizarre
\nAnd a little scary.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Scottish Centerpiece<\/p><\/div>\n

We read some poems by dear Bobbie
\nIt\u00a0was our joy, it is my hobby.
\nAte broccoli but not kohlrabi
\nEnjoyed the scene.
\nThough morning after, felt so blobby
\nAnd a little green.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Tipsy Laird, our just desserts<\/p><\/div>\n

The second Supper in College Park,
\nFourth\u00a0annual with John, oh what a lark,
\nThrough epic poem we embarked
\nRead Tam o’ Shanter,
\nAnd learned: Avoid the cutty sark.
\nEnjoyed the banter.<\/p>\n

We ate a scrumptious cut of beef,
\nGood food, good drink: the night’s motif,
\nScotch eggs and whiskey our aperitif
\nBurns would approve.
\nMore people should do these, is my belief
\nGet in the groove.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Color Coded Tam o' Shanter for our group reading<\/p><\/div>\n

At both the meals had tatties and neeps
\nOur enjoyment grew by bounds and leaps,
\nAte soup we made from bird that peeps,
\nCalled Cock-a-leekie,
\nShared food and fun in piles and heaps,
\nWere we too cheeky?<\/p>\n

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Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, great Chieftan o' the puddin' race!<\/p><\/div>\n

You too could host a Supper Burns
\nOr with your friends you could take turns
\nA little prep with great returns
\nFood, poems and drink,
\nAsk me your questions, share concerns,
\nI’ll tell you what I think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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