As someone who was a manager of a French/Italian restaurant, and a huge fan of the food, I was often fascinated by various meals and deserts that required burning off the spirits.
Also, "burning off the spirits" holds an almost basic human urge not just for fire, but to ward off evil spirits and dark beasts of the night.
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woodfire
flickering in the silence
corralled horses
Alan Summers
Publications credits: Modern Haiku vol. xxvi no. 3 (1995)
Very nicely done, jim
burning off the spirits the bright blue flame
—Jim Kacian
As someone who was a manager of a French/Italian restaurant, and a huge fan of the food, I was often fascinated by various meals and deserts that required burning off the spirits.
Also, "burning off the spirits" holds an almost basic human urge not just for fire, but to ward off evil spirits and dark beasts of the night.
.
woodfire
flickering in the silence
corralled horses
Alan Summers
Publications credits: Modern Haiku vol. xxvi no. 3 (1995)
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vase of snapdragons
a log in the fireplace
flares
Jan Dobb
(The Heron's Nest XV:1, March 2013)
I like it – made me think of voodoo!
marion
Nice. Some rock and roll here from the king.
burning off the spirits the dense grey ash