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Editors’ Note: Edward DeZurko was born in New York City in 1913, the son of Edward DeZurko Sr. from Hungary, and Hattie Lehman, born in the United States. Now ninety-four, Ed had a successful and varied career that included professional architecture, illustration, and teaching art at all levels, but he believes that his “flesh and soul” are in his poetry, which he took up late in life. From the vantage point of his apartment at the Maple Downs Retirement Community in Fayetteville, New York, he writes poetry that focuses on how crises affect people and their lives. References to his parents and childhood are central in many of his poems. This poem is reprinted from his collection, Through Cracks in the Wall, published by Rutledge Books in 2002, copyright © Edward DeZurko. A Recipe from Grandmother’s Diary Feed them … and lift them up forever. Psalms 28:9 Gather your basics early when the grains still have a touch of the sweet color, green. Then they are at their best                                    for blending. Have things ready. Do not hurry the mixing. Add salt, flavor, and spice According to good taste                                    and common sense. Add leavening, but do not ferment into excess activity or become frothy. Stir gently into the milk of human kindness some                                    refined sugaring. When ready, do not overcook or store in the freezer. Use judgment about allowing substance to stand on its own                                    while ripening. Some sediment may form but Usually can be skimmed off. This recipe should serve for public and family consumption and not                                    only for company.                                    —Edward DeZurko

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