Freshly cut, sun-warm
White coated cookies
crunchy with each bite
Rice cakes stirred brown with
molasses, sticky treat
Purple yam, yoked with milk
drizzled with young coconut
Goat cheese on fresh buns,
fried bananas on bamboo stick
Guavas and star apples,
cooling the afternoon heat
But always, smell of sugar
piping tropical air
Brings me back, running small
under banana trees
Posted for D'verse Poets Pub - Empire of Scents - This is our last Poetics before we take our summer break from July 1-17, 2016.
See you all when the pub opens again on July 18!! Thanks for the visit.
I knew you would put those perfect images of scent... the sugar of youth.. there is something so perfect in that sap.
ReplyDeleteYour post is magical and your pic looks delicious. Something I've never had. So much can trigger so many moments past.
ReplyDeleteOh, yum! How delicious - none of these are familiar to me from my childhood, but I could certainly bite into any of them now!
ReplyDeleteI love these sweet smells of sweets from your childhood and the image of a small you running under banana trees. I haven't had these as a child but when the Filipino community has festivals, I have tried and enjoyed many of them. Now I can equate them with a childhood. You've opened my world.
ReplyDeleteI've just eaten my dinner, and now you've made me hunger for something sweet. Such a rich cornucopia (and I adore molasses).
ReplyDeleteSweet and wonderful! There's a certain magic to this. My mouth is truly watering . . . :)
ReplyDeleteSuch a wonderful water-color painting of the tropics!
ReplyDeleteYummy--quite a contrast to Bjorn's outhouse poem that I just read. You've shared delicious scent-laden memories and now I want a Napoleon!Thanks for the delightful prompt.
ReplyDeleteLovely poem... It's interesting how a certain smell or sound instantly bring your mind back to the innocent time of your life.... (Hot fresh caramel popcorn does that to me.. :)
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Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful memories of a golden (and very sweet!) childhood!
ReplyDeleteNow I'm hungry for one of these sweet treats!
ReplyDeleteNow I'm hungry for one of these sweet treats!
ReplyDeleteVivid memories Grace, recalled with such affection..
ReplyDeleteOh my, my mouth is watering and my tummy is rumbling....these scents sound absolutely divine :-)
ReplyDeleteTHIS POST MADE ME THINK OF MY FAVORITE MEAL, GOATS CHEESE,PURE HONEY, EGG WHITES AND TOAST. THANK YOU
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Sweet, friend Grace ... let's dance ... https://www.youtube.com/embed/eNak_HkPupo?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0 ... Love, cat.
ReplyDeleteScents sure can bring memories back with each smell
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely gorgeous writing, Grace :D I feel as though transported into your memories. Beautifully executed.
ReplyDeleteLots of love,
Sanaa
You must miss the smells of your childhood...Canada certainly doesn't have those smells of the tropics.
ReplyDeleteAwwee this brings back a lot of memories. Guavas, star apples, banana cues... and is that champorado? This is wonderful, Grace! Smiles :)
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful memories, wonderful work. I enjoyed being able to be transported to that time, that place in the sun with all those delectable scents.
ReplyDeleteMore pleasant scents, I'm sure. I wouldn't know; have no sense of smell. But these words play beautifully with each other, Grace!
ReplyDeleteSuch vivid scents.
ReplyDeleteVivid, but somewhat unfamiliar scents. Your poetics make my lack of familiarity insignificant. They came through in a real way.
ReplyDeleteI don't have the sense to remember the scent of my childhood--other than blood, I remember bleeding a lot until I came to be 6' 250 pounds. i haven't done much bleeding since then--by then though unfortunately my olfactory pipe had been knocked scentless.
ReplyDeleteMost of them sound familiar though the names might differ among countries. Certainly Grace,it brings back loads of memories!
ReplyDeleteHank
Ahhh, your growing-up smells lovely!
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Love this Grace and the napoleones look really delicious!! Love the picture!!
ReplyDeleteI wanted to taste every bite of this. Just bought a purple yam the other day and haven't tried it yet. This was a scrumptious write, bringing smells and tastes alive.
ReplyDeleteThere have been times I've picked up a scent that returns me to where I once was.
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DeleteMmm..this makes my mouth water!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful poem. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from London.
Oh, sweetness.
ReplyDeleteVERY late reading :( But loving these wonderful scents and images of the sources, while sipping my aromatic coffee this morn!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet way to end. Thanks for sharing your talents. Have a beautiful break.
ReplyDeleteThis actually brings back some memories for me as well, and has me remembering some of the influential scents of my youth...
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