Carol Judkins

Rondo

Kodiak Island, 1953. Salmon fish are jumping upstream and Dads are ready with fishing poles. Moms are ready with ice chests for the always plentiful catch. Our Mom cleans the fish and places the overload into the freezer on the porch. Summer meals of salmon tax her imagination, but she ends up with clever recipes: grilled or baked salmon steaks, salmon salad sandwiches, croquettes and patties, salmon casserole, fish chowder, salmon pate with crackers. Smoked salmon, too, on bagels with red onions and capers.

campfire tunes
the kids sing
merrily, merrily ...

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About the Author

Carol Judkins lives in Carlsbad, California, where she can breathe the sea air. She had a career in public health nursing, eventually retiring as chief public health nurse. Her haiku, tanka, rengay, haibun and split sequences have appeared in many journals and anthologies. Her chapbook, at the water’s edge, was published in 2016.  She loves writing collaboratively with other poets.

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