Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHEF PERNOLLET, by BERTON BRALEY Poet's Biography First Line: Some bards may prate of warriors great Last Line: On pernollet of belley! Subject(s): Cooking & Cooks; Food & Eating; Cookery | ||||||||
(The greatest cook in the world is said to be Pernollet of the town of Belley, France) Some bards may prate of warriors great, Or statesmen mighty in debate Who sit amid the halls of state, Discussing many questions; But I aspire to touch my lyre And sing with fervor and with fire Of him whose one and sole desire Is pleasing our digestions; Thus I a wreath eternal lay, A laurel ever vernal lay Beneath the Gallic kelly, And on the head of Pernollet, Chef Pernollet of Belley! Well-named the town of such renown, Where monarch, merchant, prince or clown, With gustatory bliss gulp down Roasts, ices, entrées, salads; To come across the special sauce Of Pernollet, makes words a loss, And makes the versifiers toss A sheaf of noble ballads; Such cooking might well earn a lay From poets who could turn a lay As well as Keats or Shelley, To celebrate Chef Pernollet Chef Pernollet of Belley! Oh, gluttony may justly be Viewed as a sin of low degree, But Pernollet's great cookery Entirely justifies it; And gourmets come to fill their tum With food that leaves them wholly dumb Except to say "Um, yum, yum, yum!" To show how much they prize it. So, all good livers, learn a lay That sings the fame of Pernollet, His soups, his meats, his jelly; As I a wreath eternal lay On Pernollet of Belley! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#47) by MARVIN BELL THE COMPOSER'S WINTER DREAM by NORMAN DUBIE THE EBONY CHICKERING by DORIANNE LAUX MY UNCLE'S FAVORITE COFFEE SHOP by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE SHORT-ORDER COOK by JIM DANIELS CURIOSITY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR TROUBLE IN DE KITCHEN by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR |
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