Love, Like the Arils In a Pomegranate

Love, like a pomegranate can be bitter sweet. 
Its tang lingers long after laughter swells. 
The soul puckers pleasantly with each bite.
A luscious love, precious and unique, thrives.  
Life’s enchantment surrounds sweet-tart living,
Likened to the whitest pulp around twirls of tasty arils.
The future surrounds a delicious serving of dreams.
Where seeds of friendship are consumed in sweetness.

The pomegranate willfully waits, wanting to be devoured.
Wildly proclaiming ecstasy since the butterflies’ first visit.
Fabulous fantasies frolic from first inklings to forever. 
Reality rushes its rivers of waters roaring through rapture.
And springs forth this rare exotic fruit, ripe, raw and savored.
Budding beautiful love, which sings songs and satisfies longings.
Lively and luscious, unconsumed love triumphs over lust.
Spiritual passions simmer in life’s sizzling heat.

Tasting, like believing in enchantment, brightens beginnings.
Waiting awakening, flavors life like spicy pomegranate seeds.
Delightful daydreams dance upon the redness of love’s peel.
And reality races to anticipation’s castle in the sky… imaginings ravishing. 
Faith hopes that happiness hovers where respect and honors hold.
Perfection placed where enchantment becomes reality and fears forget.
Love’s season is savored more deeply and sincerely as lovers learn.
That beneath the hard peelings in life, sweetness grows, everlastingly.

© August 22, 2010
Dane Smith-Johnsen
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Brown Avatar
September 9, 2010 at 11:06 AM
Congratulations Dane Ann on your win in Linda Marie's contest "Luscious Love Lingers"Alliteration. Love, Carol
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September 7, 2010 at 9:40 PM
Congratulations Dane Ann with your win in Linda's contest with this fabulous write.. Love Constance
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September 6, 2010 at 7:36 AM
Congrats Dane Ann on your big win in my LLL Alliteration contest... a wonderful write and a win to enjoy this holiday with luv..
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August 27, 2010 at 7:44 PM
thankxxx for supporting my contest dane Ann ..good luck with luv..
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August 26, 2010 at 7:15 PM
Sweetie, you took this contest to a new level with this awesome poem! Wowie! You can take a lemon and make lemonade. Such an impressive write, Dane Ann. And you're right, there is a spiritual quality that permeates your pomegranate poem. As you say, love can be both bitter and sweet. Awesome entry for the contest! Love, Carolyn
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August 24, 2010 at 9:37 AM
Good girl on the sweet potato I best go eat mine! marvelous write Dane! Light & Love
Brown Avatar
August 23, 2010 at 10:50 AM
Thank you for sharing your poetry today Dane Ann. It was a pleasure to read. Love, Carol
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August 22, 2010 at 7:10 PM
Nice expressions on love, Dane. Good luck in the contest
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August 22, 2010 at 10:01 AM
Very well said and written...enjoyed Michael
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