Geriatric Millennial

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  2026 Poetry Challenge - Corporate - Culinary - Eating and Drinking - Ethnographical - Food Tourism - Generational - Geriatric Millennial - Homage - Lineage - Maryland - Material Culture - Nostalgia - Of Cooking - Of Place - Poems - Recipe-ish - Recipes for Life - STEM

  Emulsion

  October 20, 2026 - By Diana Ludwick

  “Emulsion,” an homage to hypercapable women cycling between the chaos of global politics and socioeconomic pressures and the hope and pride the comes from the achievements we bring to this planet. written Tuesday, October 20, 2026 poem 293 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026.…

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  2026 Poetry Challenge - Culinary - Generational - Generational - Geriatric Millennial - Humor - Nostalgia - Of Cooking - Of Place - Poems - Recipes for Life

  Velvet

  October 13, 2026 - By Diana Ludwick

  “Velvet," the tantalizing wait for a perfect bite, and the tango of baker and dough to get there. Taffy dough, airborne flour, the thrill of slicing marshmallowy dough with sharp objects, Written Monday, October 12, 2026 poem 285 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026.…

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  2026 Poetry Challenge - Culinary - Eating and Drinking - Ethnographical - Generational - Geriatric Millennial - Maryland - Material Culture - Nostalgia - Of Cooking - Of Place - Poems - Recipes for Life - Reminiscing

  Wax

  October 13, 2026 - By Diana Ludwick

  “Wax,” on adding another candle to the birthday cake and watching the passage of time take its toll on those around the table, written Tuesday, October 13, 2026 poem 286 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "Four Candles," by Diana Ludwick © 2026.

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  2026 Poetry Challenge - Culinary - Geriatric Millennial - Humor - Insufferable - Long form musings - Loosely Hinged - Loosely Hinged - Maryland - Of Cooking - Of Place - Poems - Rants - Recipes for Life

  Crumbs

  September 20, 2026 - By Diana Ludwick

  “Crumbs,” a melt-down captured, when a certain someone's homemade bagels were accidentally baked too hot, too long, and burnt to a crisp, written Sunday, September 20, 2026 poem 263 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "Twisted fibers," a macro image of a Kazak…

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  2026 Poetry Challenge - Ethnographical - Generational - Geriatric Millennial - Long form musings - Material Culture - Of Place - Poems

  Twenty-Five

  September 11, 2026 - By Diana Ludwick

  "Twenty-Five,” a long remembrance of the many Whens of that day, written Friday, September 11, 2026 poem 254 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "9/11 Void: Never Forget," by Diana Ludwick © 2026.

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  2026 Poetry Challenge - Generational - Geriatric Millennial - Hormonal - Teenage variant - Humor - Loosely Hinged - Nostalgia - Perimenopause - Poems

  Inseams

  July 29, 2026 - By Diana Ludwick

  “Inseams,” a generational review of cut-off jeans, written Wednesday, July 29, 2026 poem 210 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "Shortie, a Study on Inseams" by Diana Ludwick © 2026.

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  2026 Poetry Challenge - Culinary - Current Events - Generational - Geriatric Millennial - Hormonal - Teenage variant - Humor - Insufferable - Loosely Hinged - Of Cooking - Perimenopause - Poems - Snarky - Unserious

  Pop Off

  July 27, 2026 - By Diana Ludwick

  “Pop Off,” a Mother-Daughter Monday Mania, written Monday, July 27, 2026 poem 208 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "Charcoal is Served," by Diana Ludwick © 2026.

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  2026 Poetry Challenge - Culinary - Generational - Geriatric Millennial - Humor - Insufferable - Long form musings - Loosely Hinged - Loosely Hinged - Nostalgia - Of Cooking - Poems - Pun-y / Tongue-in-Cheek - Recipe-ish - Snarky - Television - Unserious

  Spice Up

  July 26, 2026 - By Diana Ludwick

  “Spice Up,” a barely-hinged and self-aggrandizing ode to the power of spice, written Sunday, July 26, 2026 poem 207 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "Spice Up Your Life!" by Diana Ludwick © 2026

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  2026 Poetry Challenge - Geriatric Millennial - Homage - Humor - Loosely Hinged - Poems - Pun-y / Tongue-in-Cheek - Unserious

  Spongeworthy

  July 25, 2026 - By Diana Ludwick

  “Spongeworthy,” a zesty accounting of what it takes to get on the short list of eligible recipients for my hand-wrought sourdough gluten-free bagels, written Saturday, July 25, 2026 poem 206 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo by Diana Ludwick © 2026.

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  2026 Poetry Challenge - Generational - Geriatric Millennial - Humor - Long form musings - Nostalgia - Of Place - Poems - Reminiscing - Uncategorized - Unserious

  She Will Buy the Flowers Herself

  July 11, 2026 - By Diana Ludwick

  "She Will Buy the Flowers Herself," an observational poem on opportunistic fate of line order on one's luck procuring perishables, and an homage to Virginia Woolf, while acknowledging changing tides of clientele demographics, written Saturday, July 11, poem 192 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in…