Poem: Ode to the Cook at Christmas

Gretchen Atkinson at the annual cookie baking party
Photo by Kim Atkinson

         Ode to the Cook at Christmas

   Thank heaven for friends with the gift of cuisine

   I’d love to drop by - if you know what I mean

   Hooray for the chefs and the bakers and such

   I’ve certainly tried but I don’t have the touch

   Let’s hear it for cookies, for brownies and pie

   Turkey with trimming, great salads – oh my!

   Hats off to the cookers … how you have flourished

   My wonderful pals that are keeping me nourished

   As we gather this season to nosh and to sup

   We’re thankful for those who whipped it all up

--Poem by Lake Forest Park resident Cynthia Sheridan