Oliver Mckeithan Poet Free verse

Night Tastes Like

Night Tastes Like

Night tastes like:

Hot, black coffee
freshly perked.

Dark pumpernickel bread
fresh out of the oven.

Sweet black licorice
stringy kind of course.

A thick slice of
Mississippi mud pie.

A piece of dark chocolate
slightly bitter.

Dark bottom shoefly pie
made with black strap molasses.

The sense of taste can
heighten our sense of
imagination.

*shoefly pie is Pennsylvania Dutch type of pie made with molasses*

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Daniel Henry Rodgers February 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM Hello Oliver, What a feast for the senses, evoking the depth and richness of night through taste. It’s a brilliant reminder of how something as simple as taste can transport us to a different realm of imagination. Well done! Winter Blessings, My Friend, Daniel Oliver Mckeithan February 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM Thank you Dan. It is amazing how our senses take us to a different place. Thanks.Best Oliver

Andrea Dietrich February 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM Love how you used dark colored foods and drinks here. Great creativity. I adore pure black licorice Oliver Mckeithan February 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM Black licorice is good. Thanks Andrea.

Ilene Bauer February 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM i can relate to most of this, oliver (and am glad to find a fellow black licorice lover!) but, like anne-lise, my hot perked coffee has to be in the morning. i know i've tasted shoefly pie, but it's not part of my usual treats. i love the way you've strung these delicious images together, though... Andrea Dietrich February 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM Oh wow. Another black licorice lover! Oliver Mckeithan February 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM Thanks for reading Ilene and glad you like this piece.

Sara Kendrick February 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM I think this describes night very well. I am not familiar with Mississippi Mud Pie. Never tasted pumpernickel bread nor molasses. All of which sound interesting. Sara K Sara Kendrick February 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM Oliver, black licorice if flavored with true licorice if eaten in a large quantity is poison. So, I would not eat much of that. Sara K Oliver Mckeithan February 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM Thanks Sara. Much of I cant eat any more because I have to be gluten free. All of it was good to me at one time though.

Lin Lane February 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM Black strap molasses... haven't heard that in a while. Sounds like a night in which all of those things are eaten, or you have and now so full that you can't sleep. lol Oliver, are you by chance a Southern guy? Oliver Mckeithan February 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM Thanks for reading Lin. Glad you liked this one. I was born in Tennessee and lived there a total of 8 yrs of my life with a lot of stops in between. Georgia, North Carolina, Florida--mostly PA though. In fact live there now. Was introduced to shoefly pie in the 60's in Lancaster area of PA by the PA Dutch.

Anne-Lise Andresen February 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM - My morning smells like this, Oliver :) - Lovely written :) - hugs Oliver Mckeithan February 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM Wonderful Anne-Lise. Thats the nice part of this is that one can sub. whatever part of the day that means that to them. Thanks for reading