The Friday Fling Toasts Toast!
Friday Fling #173 March 23rd 2012
We don’t know if you knew this, but every day of the year issome sort of a Food Day! That’s right, and Friday March 23rd is National Melba Toast Day!
You know we like to do timely topics here on the Friday Fling. It’s been as much of a trademark as challenging you to try new formats, the weekly Fickle Finger of Fate Award and the party atmosphere we try to create.
So this week we – the idea was Michelle’s – thought it would be a good time to poetically toast – toast! A breakfast fixture, and a lunch sandwich option absolutely necessary for that classic sandwich, the grilled cheese. Also used for canapes, hors d’oerves or however that is spelled, and various snacks.
How best to mount our toast toast? Well we just did the Triolet recently. But there is another format which alliterates. The Tetractys. ShadowPoetry.com notes:
Tetractys, a poetic form invented by Ray Stebbing, consists of at least 5 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 syllables (total of 20). Tetractys can be written with more than one verse, but must follow suit with an inverted syllable count. Tetractys can also be reversed and written 10, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Double Tetractys: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 10, 4, 3, 2, 1
Triple Tetractys: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 10, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 10
and so on.
“Euclid, the mathematician of classical times, considered the number series 1, 2, 3, 4 to have mystical significance because its sum is 10, so he dignified it with a name of its own – Tetractys. The tetractys could be Britain’s answer to the haiku. Its challenge is to express a complete thought, profound or comic, witty or wise, within the narrow compass of twenty syllables.” – Ray Stebbing
freedom
free
from you
your ego
your blaming me
i am a free spirit who has no past
Copyright © 2001 Terri Anthony
This week the Friday Fling Tetractyscally toasts toast!
Be sure to save time to read and comment terrifically on your fellow Pals’ Tetractyscal Toast. Then begin your weekend by toasting the wonders of your free time!
Fickle Finger of Fate Award for March 16th
Congratulations Mary Margaret!
Good evening everyone! Tonight I want to make a toast to our Host, (((Bob))) Scotorum for the great job he does at getting the Friday Fling ready each week! He might be late tonight or not be here until tomorrow and I will be filling in but he should be here sometime! 🙂 Let’s party and have some toast with our Tea or whatever you like drinking with your toast! :entertained: :love:
I gave it a whirl! 😆 :love: :love:
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TOASTY TOAST
Toast
Toasty oats
Frosty flakes toast
Frosty flakes toasty oat
Frosty flask toasty oat cereal
Written By: Bettie Davis ——————————– © March 22 , 2o12
Looks like fun. Congrats to Mary Margaret! Happy Friday from Southern California.
This is by Sonnet Diva…. thank you Lori! 🙂
Toast
Warm toast
Buttered toast
Peanut buttered
With enough protein to start your morning
Lunch a Turkey roasted Reuben sandwich
Bread toasted right
Cold coleslaw
Swiss cheese
Yum
Bread
Grilled right
Panini
Sandwich option
Rye, Wheat, and Multi grained all delightful
Today we celebrate all kinds of toast
Hors d”oeuvres
Melba Toast
sliced thin
Crisp
I told Bob that I would post his tonight just in case he might not make it until tomorrow! Here is his contribution!
Peanut butter and jelly,Slide down my throat to my belly.With smuckers or skippy I’m pleased,Spreading them both is a breeze. Peanut-butter and jam is like two friends they was meant to be together.
~Flossie~ :love:
LUNCH
Teasty
Strawberries
Melon grapes peachies
Lots of whip cream
Choclate gotta be sweet
All mix together yummy to tummy
Written By: Bettie Davis ———————————————— © March 23 , 2o12
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(c) barbara kausteklis 3-23-12
NO BETTER WAY
What
better
way to start
my day than with
toast and jam and a tall cup of heaven
shared with fam’ly and friends and those who care?
No better way,
I would say,
than that
way.
(c) barbara kausteklis 3-23-12
Enjoyed them all…now to go make some toast!
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this is a day late and a hangover short giggles I do hope you enjoy.. and love the blog guys and this was fun!! :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: Thanks again for the honorable award!!! I am so much appreciating it!!! :love: :love: