IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE PLAY ON (THE BARD)—AND IF POETRY BE LOVE OF FOOD, AS POETS PLAY ON—DO YOU STOP AT HEAVEN ON EARTH?

THE POETRY SLOW DOWNKRXA 540AMDr. Barbara MossbergProduced by Sara HughesJanuary 26, 2014© Barbara Mossberg 2014IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE PLAY ON (THE BARD)—AND IF POETRY BE LOVE OF FOOD, AS POETS PLAY ON—DO YOU STOP AT HEAVEN ON EARTH?: I PROMISHED YOU A SHOW TO WARM YOU UP, A MENU FOR MID WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT, JUST WHAT WE'RE HUNGRY FOR, SO SIT. FEAST ON YOUR LIFE (DEREK WALCOTT)Dished Up Delicious DishesRelish for the Feast of Your Life, Derek Walcott ("Love After Love")Confession of a Sloppy Eater, Eating Poetry by Mark Strand, RumiMary Lamb BreakfastShakespeare Cakes and AleCereal with Billy Collins ("Cheerios" and "Portrait of a Reader with a Bowl of Cereal")Baudelaire WineElizabeth Bishop FishGertrude Stein Roast BeefPablo Neruda Onions and TomatoesVegetables with Mary OliverVirgil SaladLisa Martin-Demoor Durum WheatW.S. Merwin BreadSophia Mossberg Sweet PotatoesWilliam Carlos Williams Plum Pudding ("this is just to say")Gerald Stern Grapefruit SaladLi-Young Lee Persimmons and PeachesWallace Stevens Ice CreamWhat Is Eaten Is In the Mind of the Beholder, Rumi, Emerson, Emily DickinsonOn Passing Heaven on Earth for Possible Greater Reward, yours truly (what do you expect from the author of "Poor Barbara! Can't Eat!")And other menu choices, from A.A. Milne, Robert Heinlein, as we slow down, "Sit. Feast on your own life."Thank you for listening, sincerely, your line chef, Professor Barbara Mossberg© Barbara Mossberg 201