Saturday, January 10, 2009

Organic for Sunday Scribblings

I’m not looking
for a corn-on-the-cob
type of love
that is only sweet
once a year.

And you can keep
your radish
and carrot
and rutabaga
endearments

in the dark ground
where they belong.
Green bean songs
and broccoli flowers
won’t win my heart,

organic or not.
No, I’m holding
out for buttercup
squash love,
as bright as a sunset,

as soft as your smile.
It fills us up
year round
and never
lets us down.

17 comments:

  1. Not descriptions one normally thinks of as related to love, but they work very well. BJ

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  2. "I'm holding out for buttercup squash love"...I love it! What a cleverly written post. :~)

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  3. That's definitely the best kind of love.
    Excellent.

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  4. An organic love poem! Wonderful images! Well done, Linda!

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  5. you just made me love vegetables ;)

    hey, I have a give away. interested?

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  6. Organic squash! How cool's that?
    Wonderful words.

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  7. aww just too sweet~
    reminded me of Ralph Kramdon...
    Old buttercup! :))

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  8. Wow, this was very creative! I enjoyed it very much..I'll never look at buttercup squash the same again :)

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  9. buttercup squash love..hmm makes me wonder how that would be

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  10. I love this! And about holding out for that buttercup squash love... me too!

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  11. This is an absolute delight!

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  12. Oh, wonderful! Clever use of prompt and full of tasty images.

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  13. wooow! Beautiful. I loved this poem.

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