Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.
This image makes me think of several things:
- Raspberry Beret, by Prince
- picking berries in the Smoky Mountains on vacation as a kid
- pomegranate’s cousin
And here’s my first draft.
It’s your turn! Have fun and stick to 15 WORDS OR LESS! (Title doesn’t count toward word count.)
15 Responses
Oh yes, holding fingers up to sisters face with “scary” blood. Ha!
I have a “skinny”
Raspberries
Precious
rubies
of
June
editable
Rubies
shared
with
birds
rubies
raspberries
Rubies of June…perfect!
I love the contrasts in your poem, Laura!
Royal Wrath
The Princess resisted
her going to bed.
King father was furious-
face livid red!
Hehehe, I am now picturing a crown on top of that tiny perfect raspberry!
with one taste
memories will burst
as
sweet and tart
as the raspberry
This is lovely, Bekah, and so true.
I love yours, Laura! A great tiny story!
I really like the fun surprise in your second line, Laura!
diminutive in size
until I realize
“big things come
in small packages”
bursting with delicious
Sometimes a little bit is just right–like a brief poem:>)
(Running in fear from that raspberry blood, Laura! )
Berry Picking
scarlet juice
drips, spills, lingers–
summer stamps
lips, paws, fingers
So concise and neat. Fun to say!
Haiku by Dianne Moritz
fresh picked raspberries
smothered with sugar and cream
Gramma’s summer treat
Yum!
Dripping with deliciousness,
Dipped into the cream,
Nature’s candy is revealed,
Sweetness like a dream.
I love the echo of all the short /i/ sounds in the first two lines, Sue.