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Ice Cream

Ice Cream


    Lover of the shade,

    Chilled fruit of the high summer.

     Soft petalled flower,

     Edible varieties

     Budding from a cone shaped stem.


      Barry Stebbings
       05/30/18

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Jean Bush Date: 8/30/2018 1:27:00 PM Lovely. All summer in a poem. God, you're prolific! I envy your imagination. Login to Reply Barry Stebbings Date: 8/30/2018 1:29:00 PM Thank you very much, Jean. // Barry

Kim Rodrigues Date: 7/5/2018 1:48:00 PM Gorgeous tanks! Login to Reply Barry Stebbings Date: 7/7/2018 4:47:00 AM Thank you, Kim. // Barry

Andrea Dietrich Date: 6/19/2018 6:06:00 PM Now THIS is good tanka (and I do not say that lightly) You rocked it, Barry. Login to Reply Barry Stebbings Date: 6/20/2018 10:17:00 AM Thank you, Andrea. I much appreciate your comment. // Barry

Eve Roper Date: 5/31/2018 4:29:00 PM interesting imagery... ice cream was my dessert for lunch.. :) Login to Reply Barry Stebbings Date: 6/2/2018 4:22:00 AM Thank you Eve, I thought it would be interesting to represent ice cream as an edible summer fruit. // Barry

Tom Cunningham Date: 5/30/2018 12:27:00 PM Lovely Barry, that took me back to my childhood, the excitement when we used to hear the music playing from his van, Happy days. Tom. Login to Reply Barry Stebbings Date: 5/31/2018 12:49:00 PM Thank you, Tom. // Barry

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 5/30/2018 9:46:00 AM Lovely yummy poetry! Login to Reply Barry Stebbings Date: 5/30/2018 10:16:00 AM Thank you, Maureen. // Barry Barry Stebbings Date: 5/30/2018 10:16:00 AM Thank you, Maureen. // Barry