I learned from my mother
Who learned from her mother
Who presumably learned from her mother
How to make gravy
The finishing touch to a homemade family dinner
On the Starship Enterprise
The crew got their food from a replicator
They could order anything they wanted
It came out piping hot or cold, cooked to perfection
3-D printed nourishment
But
Replicated gravy
Made without love
Won’t taste
Right
This is my response to W3 Challenge. Here are the rule which I sort of bent.
Write one three-line stanza poem that brings together a cultural tradition and modern technology.
Your poem can be playful, thoughtful, imaginative, or personal. Each line stanza may contain any number of syllables, so feel free to follow your own natural rhythm.
Structure
LineStanza 1: Mention something traditional from your culture, such as a craft, art form, festival, song, food, or dance.LineStanza 2: Connect that tradition with technology, such as AI, an app, a digital tool, a virtual space, or a smart device.LineStanza 3: Show how the tradition and technology can work together, inspire one another, or create something new.
Most importantly, enjoy exploring how the past and the future can meet in just three lines stanzas.
Hot Dogs and Marmalade 
The “bent” rules are just a matter of punctuation!
The three concepts match the challenge precisely.
And so well.
Well done
Hahaha! Poets following rules is like herding cats! I had considered writing about making noodles but couldn’t condense it to 3 lines…. I’m such a rule follower that it never occurred to me to break the rules!
Great poem, Sally! Love is always the special ingredient that makes a difference.
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
Love – Love – Love this Sally – almost as much as I love homemade gravy 🤩
Warm and memorable. Family gravy tradition contrasted with futuristic food replication. The ending beautifully emphasizes the human element.
Sally, your gravy carries generations of love that no perfect replicator could ever reproduce.
~David
hi, Sally❣️
Just wanna let you know that this week’s W3, hosted by our beloved Selma Martin, is live until Monday, July 27:
Much love,
David