Every summer we have a family reunion. We eat hubby’s famous “King Daddy Grill Brisket” and have a romping good time with all of our kids, grand kids, nieces, nephews, and great-nephews.

Here’s my poem about the reunion that appeared in the Texas Poetry Assignment: Texas Eats Issue, a project that raises funds for Feeding Texas.

family reunion
~d. ellis phelps

make the beds           bake a sheet cake
sweep the house        buy fresh flowers
fire up the brisket that’ll smoke for hours

everybody comes carrying loads:
chips and queso    cases of coke          
smores for late night campfire smoke

we celebrate birthdays      dads and grads
tease all the cousins as we tell & retell
family stories we remember well

kids swim and play volleyball 
splash in the pool     holler & wrestle
laugh out loud          bounce in a castle

after a while we’re all played out
bellies full of brisket & homemade bread
no doubt about it:  this family’s been fed

~

Finish reading family reunion on TPA here.

Do you have an annual family reunion? Maybe you’ll write about that. Or, write for TPA to the Texas Eats prompt. Here’s that link. Let me know if you do!

Namaste,

d