SPICE

SPICE
seasons
simmering

saffron flowers steam
crimson  threads  libido
scents so sweet, bon appétit

“Rosemary perfumes August’s breeze”

memoryfree verse

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Duke Beaufort

Date: 8/20/2025 11:20:00 AM

Anaya, you have a sensual way of expressing the love of seasoning. It's pleasant to think about and it's nice you enjoy it. There's not much more. Take care.

I Am Anaya
Date: 8/20/2025 11:31:00 AM

There's the pyramid! Lol. Spice of life, many purposes. Fun fact: Native Indians used chili pepper in their moccasins to keep feet from freezing. There's much more...You too, dear Duke.

Paige Hind

Date: 8/19/2025 6:35:00 PM

Wow. I love this one. I like to cook, it sounds like you do too.

I Am Anaya
Date: 8/20/2025 10:53:00 AM

I trained to be a chef and yes I got the white chef coat. Venice, at the Rose Cafe` was taught the 5 mother sauces, etc... Interned at the VA in Westwood!

Daniel Henry Rodgers

Date: 8/19/2025 2:54:00 PM

Dear Anaya, so rich, so sultry, and so you. I love how you let the words simmer and bloom, like a slow-cooked memory steeped in scent and heat. You’ve turned flavor into feeling, and I’m totally here for it. Blessings, My Dear Anaya, Daniel

I Am Anaya
Date: 8/19/2025 3:18:00 PM

A memory in 1-8 syllables to form a pyramid. I chose spice altho herbs as well trigger recollections, ours was cilantro's delights--because their certain aromas tap into memory. Thank you for reading and reviewing its ingredients, so to say. August blessings Daniel, sweet poet.

CayCay Jennings

Date: 8/19/2025 2:19:00 PM

Oh, I like yours, it's sassy and alliteration loaded, so good and a talented write making it a joy to read. Mine sucks, you read it, a confession from my teenage self who as an adult realized (yesterday) all my good memory words have more than 1 syllable. I took the directions literally when I should have made something up. Should I erase it? I don't like it. Yeah? Good talk. I'll erase it and leave you with this: you went and done a good, non-suck one. Poetry hugs ... CayCay

I Am Anaya
Date: 8/19/2025 9:12:00 PM

Thanks glad you liked, CayCay! Memories are triggered by certain words, songs or spices even. Good luck in the contest. Great visit--xhugs

CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/19/2025 4:16:00 PM

Here I am again, I must love talking to you. My inquiring mind wants to know what this means, I am ignorant, "Ballet flokorico De Esteban Coronado". Sounds impressive and talent related.

CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/19/2025 4:13:00 PM

No, no, no - you did not misinterpret, it is funny! Once back in the states, the 16 yr old wrote me love letters for years and I wrote him. Decades after writing stopped, he sought and found me, but my husband didn't appreciate it. We share good history. PLS don't feel bad, again, it was a funny night, just not to our chaperon or my cousin who cleaned up when I got sick. Feel free to delete any part of this dialogue if you wish. I don't mind either way.

CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/19/2025 3:00:00 PM

I Didn'tDidn't so I deleted your comments (hope you didn't feel it). A good and true 1 syllable memory came to me and you may come back for something rated GP/PG? and much more sentimentally valuable. (I was just 13, him 16 and oh, you'd love the story, was actually Berlin (too many syllables, my 1st love and I'd never had a drink in my life, bartender tied me to a chair) Thanks for all Anaya feels and thoughts ... CayCay