Cooking with Fire

A night to remember

at the edge of summer

Chef Brendan’s choices

in all splendor of ways,

sunlit glasses toast, over voices

Land trusting our days

To dreams of natures abundance

here by shared vision

to gather in for conservation

Hyper locality of chopped wood fire

Fresh shellfish out of seas of desire

Strangers greet the welcome party

Sharing the bounty of dinner

Drawing into our bodies

Who calls therein a winner?

Life sustaining gifts abound

Forest, creek & stones of sound

Quietly pocketing memories

Having received more deeply than revelry

Nature lives in everything, everywhere

May we all cook with fire of divine reason

to preserve her through all seasons