Three Sisters Soup

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Mish

Corn

Beans

Squash

Native

Folklore

Upholding

Traditions

Spirituality

Haudenosaunee

Sustainability

This week at dVerse, Anna has us experimenting with 3 different approaches to poetry…Reduction, Oulipo and Surprising Conceit. I chose to attempt a very simple Oulipo, where each each line is a single word, and each successive word is one letter longer. You will find a few different recipes for this soup online. The photo above is my version….without beans.

http://www.motherearthliving.com/cooking-methods/soups-on-three-sisters-soup.aspx

16 Comments

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Grace | March 7, 2015 at 5:55 pm

Love that traditional soup ~ The single word per line worked so well ~
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- mishunderstood | March 9, 2015 at 3:39 am
  
  Thank you, Grace.
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Anna | March 7, 2015 at 7:09 pm

Yes, you chose a perfect subject for a snowball, well done! It looks delicious.
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- mishunderstood | March 9, 2015 at 3:42 am
  
  Thank you, Anna. It’s a tasty soup. I enjoyed your MTB at dVerse this week. 🙂
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SilverGardenia | March 7, 2015 at 7:57 pm

Wow, that’s absolutely perfect! It’s amazing how much can be said with just a few well chosen words. Thanks for sharing.
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- mishunderstood | March 9, 2015 at 3:42 am
  
  Thank you so much! 🙂
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brian miller | March 7, 2015 at 7:59 pm

iroquois…
i wish those traditions were more sustainable…
but i guess it comes to each family to pass along what they
have to the next….
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- mishunderstood | March 9, 2015 at 3:44 am
  
  So true, Brian. I am fortunate to be part of promoting these traditions in my job. It really is a shame that so much has been lost.
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) | March 7, 2015 at 9:03 pm

Sometimes the best way to really live is a bowl of simple soup, in the company of people.
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- mishunderstood | March 9, 2015 at 3:45 am
  
  Yes!! There is something about soup. It is like a work of art to me. 🙂
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Snakypoet (Rosemary Nissen-Wade) | March 8, 2015 at 12:25 am

That about sums it up! 🙂
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- mishunderstood | March 9, 2015 at 3:46 am
  
  🙂 Thanks for reading.
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Desmond, Anthony (@iamEPanthony) | March 8, 2015 at 3:24 am

that soup looks yummy… life boils down to the simplicities…
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- mishunderstood | March 9, 2015 at 3:49 am
  
  Thanks, Anthony. It is a good soup, for sure. Simple can be wonderful. 🙂
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scotthastiepoet | March 13, 2015 at 10:03 am

“Haudenosaunee” Wow! altogether lusciously written… With Best Wishes
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- mishunderstood | March 16, 2015 at 5:14 am
  
  Thank you so much. 🙂
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