Best Delicacies Poems
night market! a juggle of flavors
succulent and citrusy with
pears pumpkins peaches inflamed
and clothed in sweetened rinds like
watercolors of tangerine and mauve...
stems dipped in waters of tender sun
flesh touching flesh,
nectar glazing bronze on squirts turned into nectar,
into savory brine... then to wiggle
upon a harvest filling
quilted baskets sucked and chewed: beaded
globules, bulbs rippling in own honeyed pools,
tangy fruitage which bears the ripest of ovules
lacing the tongue ambrosial. tangy...
and ladies like rush home with flushed romance
in their heads
with piles of delicacies bending swirling
on their ample chests
to taste the liquid radiant syrup
of eve's craving for a night lovers' feast.
For Debbie Guzzi's Just A Little Bit Of Sugar
2/22/2017
...to Juvie
With airy tread your footfall makes no sound,
as crackl’d leaves bestrew the frozen ground.
The lightness of your voice floats on the breeze,
its delicacies set my soul at ease.
A white-flecked silence hovers o’er the croft
and echoes perish, silence settles soft.
Weightless and peripheral you flitter
‘twixt snowflakes, and the robin’s cheerful twitter.
The beauties of the world are ours to hold,
to cherish and to share as they unfold.
You pass, as gentle as a soft spring rain,
as I behold your beauty once again!
With airy tread your footfall makes no sound,
as crackl’d leaves bestrew the frozen ground.
The lightness of your voice floats on the breeze,
its delicacies set my soul at ease.
A white-flecked silence hovers o’er the croft
and echoes perish, silence settles soft.
Weightless and peripheral you flitter
‘twixt snowflakes, and the robin’s cheerful twitter.
The beauties of the world are ours to hold,
to cherish and to share as they unfold.
You pass, as gentle as a soft spring rain,
as I behold your beauty once again!
Outside my windowpane
Daylight dwindles
Sunshines sparsely
Further from the new dome skies
Ninety-three million miles away
Imbued in ripened colors
Nature’s mahogany, oak, and cherrywood trees
and Jogger’s grassy paths once lime greens,
Chanting to changing tones of richer reds
Clustered blue-jays adorn
Like shimmering rhinestones
Gayly sing above our heads
Shadows stretch out deep
Swaying weeping willows sweep
Smoke smells flow through the crisp air
Musky scent from stonefire oven pits
Spiced up dishes mouthwatering lit
Lavish and lustrous ambers crackle
Flaming orange leaves swirl around and prance
Seducing all to voyeur their performance
Golden crinkled copper leaves splayed
Reaching, rustling to the ground
Making shuffling sounds
Minty blues peak through scarlet rays
Fall cashmere shawls display!
Autumn gardens
Nights that linger lasting moments
Granting lover’s time
For making romance
Velvet kisses for your longing lips
Ample treats I've lined on curve of hips
Luscious berries, chocolate tipped for taste
Each to linger on, not one to waste
Negligee of lace neath satin robe
Tempting eyes to savor, hands to probe
Intimate the setting, soft the light
None but me in whom your eyes delight
Every loving touch brings tremor sweet
Doting on your needs, each one I meet
Entering my haven, heady scent
Love has granted you her own consent
Idle wanton fingers now explore
Caught in pleasure's need to taste some more
Ardent is this moment, passions rise
Conquest of the heights, we reach the prize
Isolated there, we two are one
Ecstasy of night gives way to sun
Sweetest Valentine, you are the one!
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Autumn Delicacies
Scruffy clouds scoot across a ragged autumn sky
Scattering bits of seasonal, savory, spice ~
Hues of paprika fly from orange tupelos
Then spin together in tumbleweeds of rusty umber oaks
And fluttering tinges of gold from ginger hued aspens ~
Aromatic sassafras, imbued by sable sycamores,
Stir up chestnut stars of wafting anise stars
Folded into swirling feasts of umber cinnamon beech
Twirling potpourris of equinox bouquet garni
As whirlwinds mix the delicacies of burgundy liquid amber ~
A banquet feast ~ a jubilee ~
Mixed and measured
By the hand of wind song rhapsodies
Strewn across autumn’s tongue ~
Taste testing fall.
10-13-21
Contest: Let’s Mix It Up
Sponsor: Constance La France
Lines 1-2 – Unrhymed couplet
Lines 3-9 Imagism
Lines 10-14 Tanka Unrhymed Lines
Hot pie crust rolled out practically paper-flat
Sprinkled lavishly with cinnamon and sugar,
Red Kool-aide made with real sugar,
So sweet your teeth can barely stand it,
More cool tasty French onion sour cream dip than chips,
A teensy sliver of a tiny dab of a hotdog in a giant bowl of ketchup that you lick with your finger.
Gobs of hot macaroni and cheese, fresh from a Kraft Boy-R-Dee box,
And peanut butter sandwiches oozing over the edge and onto the counter with grape jelly.
Nothing makes you salivate faster than your childhood delicacies.
With airy tread your footfall makes no sound,
as crackl’d leaves bestrew the frozen ground.
The lightness of your voice floats on the breeze,
its delicacies set my soul at ease.
A white-flecked silence hovers o’er the croft
and echoes perish, silence settles soft.
Weightless and peripheral you flitter
‘twixt snowflakes, and the robin’s cheerful twitter.
The beauties of the world are ours to hold,
to cherish and to share as they unfold.
You pass, as gentle as a soft spring rain,
as I behold your beauty once again!
tulips
roses
lilies
fragrances that entice and delight
enhancing the best of ourselves
uplifting us
elevating us to a higher power of ourselves
delicate, dainty, delightful kindnesses
empathy, compassion, sincerity
Decree a cause, define a thing;
Explore a way, expound a case;
Look beyond course, live a sure fling;
Indulge a play, inform a pace;
Choice works with grace, charm sets the norm;
Align fond mood, adjust fine theme;
Choose now to face, cheer hurls sure form;
Instill wise good, invest in dreams;
Express in kind, extend fond scope;
See faith fashion, sense peace within;
Heed what you find, hurl with pure hope;
Etch right action, etch things unseen;
Reach beyond reach, rest in good light;
Each follows each, expand insight.
Leon Enriquez
11 August 2014
Singapore
delightful delectable delicacy
warm cherry peach tart with raspberry tea
I am so glad I was invited to partake
uh-oh, lemon meringue pie and German chocolate cake
what kind of grandmother is this? I ask my ma.
The kind whose baking stole the heart of my sweet-loving pa.
Meringue on pie made my swallow glands salivate.
as a cook and a baker, my grandma truly is great.