Thursday, June 18, 2015

Ode to ice-cream


Each scoop of you
is cream
lavished on bowl
puffy
as sugar castles
luscious
as thick maple syrup

I would barter
every candy
every nutty bar
so I can
swim
in your flavors
get lost
in your exploding
symphony of colors &
fruits

Here's the sun
melting you
soft as caramel  
sticky
no tissue can easily
wipe away
summer or not,
with pie, waffle or plain cone
let your milky
sheen 
cake
& darken
my lips
cool
sated 

as white swan
ribbed by blue-hushed lake 



Posted for D'verse Poets Pub - OpenLinkNight hosted by Mary- Another food poem, smiles ~ Thanks for the visit ~
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38 comments:

  1. Pat HattJune 18, 2015 at 1:28 PM

    Dairy is still scary, but you made it sound good lol

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  2. XJune 18, 2015 at 3:08 PM

    Very nice close on this, moving away from the food to the white swan. Makes it stick out. I also liked the sticky as caramel no tissue will take away. Ha.

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  3. ayalaJune 18, 2015 at 3:09 PM

    Sweet and lovely

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  4. Glenn ButtkusJune 18, 2015 at 3:10 PM

    I do scream for ice cream, & it is my nemesis. I would live on it if 300 pounds was not waiting for me at the scales; fund, tasty piece though, G, I liked the killer closure /& darken my lips, cool, sated/as white swan/ribbed by blue-hushed lake/. Ben & Jerry's look out, for I got a jones for thee.

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  5. brudbergJune 18, 2015 at 3:14 PM

    And also a great Neruda style Ode.. I still recall that prompt... the white swan is a great image.. :-)

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  6. GabriellaJune 18, 2015 at 3:31 PM

    I could live on ice cream too and try to refrain from it as much as I can. With the warmth settling in, it is getting harder and harder. I like how you used it metaphorically and can relate to a lot of your images.

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  7. UnknownJune 18, 2015 at 3:38 PM

    I know it's an ode to ice cream but that poem is hot :)

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  8. Sanaa RizviJune 18, 2015 at 3:41 PM

    This is so sweet!!

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  9. UnknownJune 18, 2015 at 3:41 PM

    Yeppers, poems about food are not always about food. Lucious and sensual, The closing lines are such a lovely visual contrast - the cool distant white swan vs. the salty caramel....oh my yes.

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  10. AnotherFearlessYear.netJune 18, 2015 at 3:47 PM

    This made me really sad for the fact that I'm allergic to dairy. Now I want an ice cream cone! I might have to stop and get some dairy-free coconut "ice cream" on my way home from work tonight. Peace, Linda

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  11. UnknownJune 18, 2015 at 3:51 PM

    imagery is absolutely delicious; the romance that seeps and hangs on each line is tasty as well... I'm a total sucker for ice cream... Seems like Glenn and I have the same problem: we'd live off it, but tipping toward 300lbs... hahah

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  12. MaryJune 18, 2015 at 4:19 PM

    There is nothing like ice cream in summer. I like 'exploding symphony of colors and fruits.'

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  13. BlogorattiJune 18, 2015 at 5:23 PM

    Nothing like a delicious ice cream that melts in your mouth. Nice imagery and lovely piece!

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  14. TamekaJune 18, 2015 at 5:37 PM

    Ice cream is bae and so is your poetic tribute. ;-)

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  15. kaykualaJune 18, 2015 at 5:48 PM

    Ice cream can be lavishly enjoyed and beautifully described. Your write takes it center stage to be accorded a main dish honor.

    Hank

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  16. WolfsrosebudJune 18, 2015 at 6:36 PM

    a wonderful sweetness to this... so many directions it could go

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  17. AnonymousJune 18, 2015 at 8:33 PM

    Love this:
    "let your milky
    sheen
    cake
    & darken
    my lips
    cool
    sated"

    I'm sure your sweetheart does too.

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  18. Sherry Blue SkyJune 18, 2015 at 9:10 PM

    Wonderful, especially the contrast of the hot sweet stickiness and the pristine white swan on the blue lake.

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  19. Gloria BakerJune 18, 2015 at 11:17 PM

    Lovely Grace!!
    I love ice cream every time of the year:)))

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  20. kelvin s.m.June 19, 2015 at 4:04 AM

    You have just flavoured my tongue well with your words, Grace. Your word gathering is so deliciously stunning.. ha.. now, pass on the waffles please. Smiles.

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  21. AnonymousJune 19, 2015 at 5:16 AM

    My immediate thought was, "I need some Spumoni!!"

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  22. Marcoantonio Arellano (Nene)June 19, 2015 at 6:35 AM

    interesting how many comments state their fear of dairy. i thought i was one of the few being lactose intollerant. sometimes i cringe and suffer and pay the price for a nice carmel swirl with almonds and cashews.

    you did a wonderful job enticing my cravings for ice cream. the last few linew were quite lovely...as white swan/ribbed by blue-hushed lake

    grace-fully written

    gracias mi amiga. have a wonderfully fulfilling weekend

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  23. the walking manJune 19, 2015 at 7:22 AM

    I love ice cream, more than that swan does its water. I love it, but my damned pancreas won't create enough insulin for me to indulge it often. Now you have me thinking if i let the sun melt it to liquid and i drink it, do i have to tell my dietician/doctor i had ice cream and that's why i hit 400 on X day?

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  24. Marina SofiaJune 19, 2015 at 8:05 AM

    I could live on icecream too in summer, especially when it melts just a little. Not so sure about the stickiness though...

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  25. humbirdJune 19, 2015 at 12:19 PM

    Ah, white swan - nice, graceful...ice cream - less allowed luxury :)

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  26. Lux G.June 19, 2015 at 1:49 PM

    Oh what a sweet ode to that thing that always makes us happy especially on a summer.

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  27. Vandana SharmaJune 19, 2015 at 1:53 PM

    Oh! wow feel like devouring the ice ream right now and see it melt in my mouth!!

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  28. Wendy BourkeJune 19, 2015 at 7:39 PM

    Ode to ice-cream - a very cool summer reverie. A fun and wonderfully worded piece.

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  29. C.C.June 19, 2015 at 11:02 PM

    Oooh.....this is delicious :-)

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  30. Katie Mia FrederickJune 19, 2015 at 11:15 PM

    Ooh.. mirrored lakes of cream churn away
    the skies of ice cream dreams.. a pleasure
    it is to melt away the long summer day
    with memes.. of living dessertStressed noway..:)

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  31. UnknownJune 20, 2015 at 2:11 AM

    Oh dear oh dear! There is a luscious taste of sensuality there one can really feel! Very effective poem indeed.

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  32. AnonymousJune 20, 2015 at 4:34 AM

    .... and now I'm craving ice cream very much ....!!!

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  33. AnonymousJune 20, 2015 at 11:52 AM

    romance is the dessert of life - love, ice-cream, love, ice-cream... such a choice.... :)

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  34. UnknownJune 20, 2015 at 2:08 PM

    "white swan and blue-hushed lake," lovely!

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  35. A Cuban In LondonJune 20, 2015 at 3:20 PM

    The only way I can describe your poem is as a "delicious" piece of art. Thanks, I enjoyed that.

    Greetings from London.

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  36. AnonymousJune 20, 2015 at 10:31 PM

    looks like Kanzen's prompt really resonated with you :-) Another food poem that is certainly not only about food!

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  37. grapelingJune 21, 2015 at 11:54 AM

    yum yum yum! ~

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  38. AnonymousJune 21, 2015 at 7:00 PM

    "Here's the sun melting you soft as caramel"...this particular line was just oooey gooey delicious. Very enjoyable read, Grace.

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