Jerri Lynn Sparks
Canning Day
“Tough times don’t last, tough people do. Remember?” – Gregory Peck The big, black basin was filled almost to the rim with water. Ma had...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
- Mar 28, 2021
- 1 min
A Nice And Juicy Black Plum
A little lusty poem to consider on this rainy day... (Photo Credit: Jerri Lynn Sparks) It’s 2 a.m. and I’ve just bitten into a nice and...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
- Mar 27, 2021
- 1 min
She Didn't Waste A Single Thing
She didn’t waste a single thing saved the bacon grease from her heavy cast iron skillet and stored it in a jar beside the old stove to...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
- Mar 27, 2021
- 4 min
How To Find A Good Melon
(Or Why I Learned To Love Solitude And Gave Up Dating) There we sat on the front steps, my mother, my little sister and me, gazing across...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
- Mar 27, 2021
- 6 min
Ooooh...pie!
My neighbor growing up baked pies, which she’d let cool on the windowsill that faced the garden between our houses and the little patch...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
- Jan 28, 2021
- 6 min
Red-Eye Gravy And The Food That Built Me
It’s 4AM and I can’t sleep. Last night I resorted to comfort food to soothe my frustration: mac and cheese with a breadcrumb topping and...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
- Jan 28, 2021
- 2 min
Fatback
A poem about my Cherokee grandmother What I remember most is the sizzle of fatback as it hit the cast iron skillet The scent of bacon...
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