A delightful teachable summer activity is a BBL (brown bag lunch) with poetry. Feature the famous works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, Robert Burns, Henry David Thoreau or especially your own poetry. The brown bags can be decorated with poetry lines and inspiration. For a creative brown bag lunch selection, utilize a brioche bread bowl filled with delectable slices of cheese including Brie, Jarlsberg, smoked Cheddar, Camembert and Port Salut selections. Into the brown bag, add prosciutto wrapped around asparagus spears. Practice group speaking skills by standing while reading to those gathered. If a toast is made, remember that the person making the toasting glass should hold the glass in their left hand, nearest their heart. Those drinking to the toast should hold their glasses in their right hands. May your heart always be filled with poetic joy and inspiration! Here is one of my haiku poems:
Open arms to friends
who need to share concern
Trust always listens.
– Kelly McBride Loft ©