Premiere Contest WinnerPOEM INGREDIENTS

Many ingredients bake writing inspiration. This recipe combines a stirring sensation: Heaps of desires never realized as marinated in teary sore eyes; Quantities of wide open spaces caramelized by nature’s appeal; Ageless genuine emotional traces sifted thru heart rendered graces; Equal parts family and romantic love as roasted within, without and above; Measured creamed ideals of peace with blanched pain and battle grease; Diced wishes braised with thrill bearing aromas of tangy heat or chill; Slices of awe from a glorious tree breaded with traits strong and free; I do not forget sour spices of greed dusted with mankind’s violent seed; A mix of fears dredged in anxiety with stress jelled in complexity; and, lastly, faith garnished spirit grown in a soul conscious thicket. If able, I mix love with ingredients above before sampling my recipe once warmed up. I enjoy serving it in a poetry cup.
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Rodrigues Avatar
June 10, 2026 at 7:43 AM
A lovely write with great emotion! Congrats!
Daniel Avatar
June 8, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Hi CayCay, i love how you've mixed all sorts of emotions, even negative, like greed and violent seed, congratulations on trophy win:)
Anaya Avatar
June 3, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Congratulations on your trophy win, Caycay! I like this line most "Equal parts family and romantic love as roasted within, without and above" a toasty, tasty treat. With care delivered & taken. Blessings
Kauffman Avatar
June 1, 2026 at 11:31 AM
So delicious and delightful, CayCay! Great recipe as you mix and measure the elements of poetry. Congratulations on your win! Blessings! When's dinner?
Godwin Avatar
June 1, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Hi, Sam. Thank you, I think this is one of my personal favorites by my pen. Since I've written for decades there are many, but we don't love all our poems (or anyone's) equally, right? I'm glad it got some more airtime and that you read it. Thank you. CayCay
Drowley Avatar
June 1, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Congratulations on your win! Your recipe is an excellent blend of words.
Godwin Avatar
June 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Hi, David. I'm so glad you enjoyed the recipe blend and shared same with me. I do appreciate it, very much ... CayCay
George Avatar
May 31, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Wonderful recipe for a yummy Poetry dish. Congratulations Cay Cay on your trophy win.
Godwin Avatar
June 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Thank you, Valsa. I'm delighted you read the poem, truly. CayCay
Crandall Avatar
May 31, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Congratulations - "slices of awe from a glorious tree" - my favorite
Godwin Avatar
May 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
It's good to see you! I feel blessed to gain a trophy, it was exciting because I didn't realize a trophy was involved, the best kind, doesn't need dusting. I'm delighted you came by and read this one. I'll 'see you' soon. Be well, CayCay
Toney Avatar
February 3, 2019 at 7:50 PM
CayCay, this is so creative, and your word choice is brilliant! A Fav for me :) Congratulations on your win on Mile 15 of my 2019 Poetry Marathon Contest! Thank you so much for supporting my contests. By continuing to place in the contests you are accumulating points toward the final. ~Mark
Dietrich Avatar
February 3, 2019 at 7:37 PM
Caycay, I am so happy to see this brilliant poem of yours made the grade, and from a former comment i made on it, it seems that it's one that got screwed in the past, but now it is getting its just desserts! Way to go, sweetie! Congratulations.
Dietrich Avatar
February 20, 2017 at 8:08 PM
caycay, this was REALLY nice. I loved the way you used cooked terms in almost every line. That made it stand out as unique and clever. Too bad nobody is doing the Screwed kind of contests any more. This would make a great entry!! Also the last line was awesome!
Godwin Avatar
February 20, 2017 at 8:43 PM
Strange, isn't it? Thanks for reading and validating my 'recipe'! Hugs ... CayCay (hey, hugs is an H word)
Pigeon Tart Avatar
February 16, 2017 at 9:37 PM
What a treat! You nailed it. *7* xomo!
Bennett Avatar
February 15, 2017 at 6:22 AM
Beautiful and deliciously delightful--LOVE IT Cay Cay !! xoxo
Johnson-Saunders Avatar
February 11, 2017 at 12:08 AM
Wow, Cay Cay! A marvelous and most creative write...love it! :)) Hugs, Rhonda
Vinson Avatar
February 2, 2017 at 8:16 AM
Truths both hard and beautiful - choked me up and made me smile and laugh all at the same time. : ) So well done, CayCay!
Breedt Avatar
January 29, 2017 at 1:40 PM
Amazing focus and the ability to twist themes into a dish . Superb. Im hungry now hugs Jannie
Yvonne Avatar
January 23, 2017 at 4:44 AM
I agree with Nicola. A Fav!
Rycroft Avatar
January 21, 2017 at 3:41 PM
Great food on the menu well put together food for thought x nice poem x
Marcum Wong Avatar
January 21, 2017 at 12:45 PM
Wow CayCay if this doesn't deserve a number one spot, there is no fairness! Outstanding! I could never come up with something this creative my friend! 7+ ; )
Turner Avatar
January 21, 2017 at 8:33 AM
Not big into spices. Charming recipe. Blue plate special?
Daniel Avatar
January 20, 2017 at 10:54 PM
Wow! CayCay, I enjoyed your soup to the most:) a 10 from me:)
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