heated atmosphere
blazing temperatures so boils
100 degrees old
~
shirtless Bomb Pop man
delivering popsicles
they melt now Kool-Aid
~
bodies wet like rain
all they're doing is sweating
glad when it's cool --gain
7/6/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2021
Categories:
popsicles, adventure, allusion, environment, food,
Form: Haiku
She was a bookworm of the most finicky kind
reading every day with a book always in reach
at the thrifty store the books were all consigned
she rebuffed discriminately with slow impeach
and rebuked all books that weren't a food find
She ravaged books about cakes & pate de foie gras
buttered tarts, angel hair, and little canape things
books about how to bake fish and how to fry bass
like a true galloping gourmet she would bring
the recipes home, then make them sing...
When winter came she'd sit like a chow hound
and copy recipes into her little red book
feeling lucky for the precious books she found
Pillaging the remnants with eyes sharp as a rook
she made the kitchen her haven, and fair ground
Her recipe for lava chocolate soufflé had charm
and her English toffee lollies were never fickle
she bought her eggs fresh from the dairy farm
and when she made cucumber and gin popsicles,
you could lick to hearts content they do no harm .
March 12, 2019
Contest Name: The Book Worm
Sponsor: Kai Michael Neumann
Categories:
popsicles, food,
Form: Rhyme
Popsicles for sun
Drops on chin...excess oozes
Slow boat to the sea
Inspiration from Raul's picture
Categories:
popsicles, nature, sea, seasons
Form: Haiku
Love was standing
On a street corner
Near this
News paper stand
Eating a
Cherry Popsicle
Categories:
popsicles, imagination
Form: Free verse
Temperature falls
Sunshine looses the battle
Oranges encased in ice
Categories:
popsicles, nature
Form: Haiku