For Haiku Heights: Paradox
three golden pears
unwashed, untouched, unpared dessert;
she wanted apples
For Real Toads: Sevenling (Pears)
in the fading light, he clings to her image:
autumn leaves falling on hair,
ripe pear cheeks and laughing eyes
in the kitchen, she slices the fruits,
soaking them with spiced red wine and sugar
concoction, and drizzling cinnamon dust
beside the homecoming dish, she waits for the call
Posted for Haiku Heights and Real Toads ~ Thanks for the visit ~
Wow ... a good treat of apples and pears !!!
ReplyDeleteOh, nice. The last line really captured my imagination, Grace. And did the call ever come, I wonder...
ReplyDeleteThe form calls for a bit of a mystery,hence the ending line ~ Thanks Patti ~
DeleteClose your eyes and imagine when reality disappoints. Joy may follow.
ReplyDeleteGreat paradox apples instead of pears. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteBoth of these are lovely, Heaven. I couldn't pick between them, but the sevenling especially seems to say a lot to me, about how hard and also how wistful separation can be.
ReplyDeleteYou got it Hedge, separation is difficult specially if you don't know if you will be reunited ~
DeleteThat is a triumph: so much and yet not enough for our curiosity, in so few lines. The perfect balance I would have thought.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful haiku...love the sevenling...she prepares dessert not knowing if the call will come in time to serve it.
ReplyDeletelove pears and love haiku and lovr Grace when you make haikus about food :)
ReplyDeleteI have been using food pictures for my haiku ~
DeleteHere is the link for this recipe:
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/2282/spiced+red+wine+poached+pears
Your pears/apple haiku communicates sadness and frustration, and maybe resignation too, to me - a very good one!
ReplyDeletefoodie haiku - cool idea.....guess she'll have to settle for pears or nothing for dessert....
ReplyDeleteGrace, you have treated us to the fruits of good poetry here!
ReplyDeletenice...really cool sevenling...makes me think of soldiers or someone that is at risk...grew up with a pear tree in the back yard...have eaten a many...
ReplyDeleteLove your sevenlings, especially the paradox.
ReplyDeleteWell if the pears are golden I want them at my zoo, then I can trade them for cash, I'll even share with you haha
ReplyDeleteThis is life - when we have pears, we want apples instead! I enjoy reading your sevenling too.
ReplyDeleteThe haiku made me laugh out loud! Love it!
ReplyDeleteYour paradox sounds like life with a three year old to me!! Well done, Grace
ReplyDeleteBoth are lovely poems. k.
ReplyDeleteLove them both, so well done. If I were to pick a favourite it would be your haiku. I always enjoy the work that you share with us.
ReplyDeleteWhat a contrast in poems! The first one made me laugh, the second one is poignant with longing and waiting...
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful, Grace. The first one says, to me, how shameful we must feel when everything lovely is within our reach and instead of appreciating, we wait for more. Sevenling looks like an interesting form, yours is vivid and full-flavored. I love the leaves and the cinnamon and dust, I hope that he calls.
ReplyDeleteIt is a mystery, is he or is he not going to call? Lovely
ReplyDeleteOne sharply cutting and the other heart-wrenching! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteA fine take on the prompt
ReplyDeleteThe last line of the sevenling quite wrenches the heart, and leaves me wondering if her lover will return, or has the love expressed in the first stanza faded?
ReplyDeleteOf course she did
ReplyDeleteThat's how it works
Nice offering, grace
~rick
Lovely haiku Grace :)
ReplyDeletePowerful imagery created in so few, Grace, also the fact that you nearly created a story line in this sevenling is amazing. Nicely written!
ReplyDeleteI like both poems. Well done.
ReplyDeleteGreat haiku, and lush sevenling! I think they both are artfully done.
ReplyDeleteThese are both nice. I love the irony in the haiku.
ReplyDeleteLoving the paradox haiku. So ironic! Fantastic
ReplyDeleteApples are so not pears... Humans love contrasts.
ReplyDeleteParadox! If I were a pear, I would be sad.
ReplyDeleteSevenling! Gosh, a little bit of her in the sweet homecoming dish--I hope the wait is short--though indeed she should be enough. (Should "it" be "them"?)