Seasonings of Scent

A Seasoning of Scent Each season wears the scent of its own seasoning A signature perfume – wafting spice that beckons Awakening When my memories come out of hiding shadows For misty autumn Sunday mornings when a bouquet Of frying bacon and brewing coffee play tag To rush up the stairs to look for dreamers missed by the dawn; Titillating the deep recesses of amnesia With a sachet of floral elegance Gathered up in spring days of sweet Daphne’s mood As apple blossom aromas drift on vernal billowing - A lilac scented ballet and spring rain on dry earth Or linen sheets dried on the line – Alluring incense of roasting turkey or simmering stewpots Rushing through icy nights of early twilight When falling leaves give up their essence - Aromatic balm, fanned by cinnamon and nutmeg, Flavoring ambrosial apples In teasing allure of fresh cut pine and fir – Bayberry candles drifting invitation To frolic through captivating potpourris Of holiday cookies from the oven Teasing from waiting anticipation The smell of new fallen snow Or bergamot’s balm on a winter afternoon When hot cocoa memories sashay through recollections Embossed in flashbacks of new mown grass For the boys of summer or watching clouds Bathed in tones of copper – wet dogs and towels Sending up a strong whiff of summer Fanned by salt spray remnants, barbecue grills And ozone’s thundering incense – The anamneses of dark chocolate to entice a lover’s heart Drawing me back into a sacred aura Elusive, unidentifiable, beckoning me with bouquet of grace From the eternal perfumery 3-25-21 Contest: Favorite Scents Sponsor Chantelle Anne Cooke