Best Seasonings Poems
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
*Image of Twilight New Moon by Novocom.
AUDIO: Soundtrack from the film, 'The Evening Star' with Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson
Seasonings
Summer twilight dawns an evening crown
surfers lounged alongside boards, lain atop cooling sands
chatter swapped to suggestive feeble snores, true lifers naught workers
cresting ripples o'er sandy shore molded whimsy sandcastles to mounds
Trivial zephyr abroad builds, tapping cliffs
sweeping inland indulging effortlessly till slighted by few existing shanties
heeding opened windows lissome brushes, tonal effects quietude to life
September morn declares its golden hues to arrest savoring eyes
yellow accents twirling oranges respite alongside crumpled reds
vibrant picturesque displays an artisans portrait
Mobility afoot, gathering sorts of the anticipating talented, fervid hunch
transitions a time as creation spurs onward whilst we embellish
capturing the day as it occasions
our pleasure, we fail ... pleasing Him, our reward.
2021 August 04
*1st Place*
A BRIAN STRAND 1096
~~Brian Strand: Judged 2022 March 26
*2nd Place*
Writing Prompt - Fragmented Spaces
~~Constance La France: Judged 2021 August 13
seasonings for some
the spice of life ~ just pass me
the salt of the earth
M A R C H
F L O O D
T I D E S
S A L T S
M A R S H
Maybe it the Night
the way the moonlight
shines in your eye's
your hair your smile.....
i HAVE NEVER BEEN IN LOVE LIKE
i'M IN LOVE WITH YOU
IF IT SOUNDS CRAZY
THEN i'M CRAZY IN LOVE
WITH YOU
THE FATE OF OUR DATES
AND FROM ANY TYPE OF MENTIONS
IT'S YOUR DESCION
i'LL PUT IT ALL ON YOU
I'm in love
so in love
what their for me to do
I'm in love with you
it aint that easy to say
cause you could be in a rejective
stage
full of frustration and deranged
but i can't deny the truth
A wanting and longing feeling
comprimes and dealing
what ah man to do
Darling I'm in love with you
it aint so frustrintal
sorta sentimental
whats a man to do
see I'm in love with you
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My Number Won Woman
from the forthcoming Album
Frustration by
Sum-Won-you-Love
orcastrated by Lovers
you want perfection
you need direction
love unites us
love keeps us
in love we...we.. we ooh!
Exotic Shorthair and Birman
performed on hydrogen freeze
and Kiss Slur
Beachy Phat bottom guitar solo
and strang arrangemnts
and orcstra leader
"Groovin Yeah"
used with permission by
Bach Sho Meanie and the Lovelights
"groovin Yeah" and No Mo' grooves"
mixed by Say-so and the Struting Gypsies
of Big stone music
a McM Music Company
Beef tougne and Taco's