Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
I often take fruit to potluck gatherings so that I’ll have something healthy to eat (between cupcakes). I love the patterns of pineapples, both the outside and the inside, when I spiral cut them. This image makes me think of:
1) chainmail on a knight
2) a skyscraper built of pineapples
3) 1970s appliances (it’s that green!)
And here’s my?first draft. I decided to do an acrostic with just one word per line. I don’t do them that way very often!
Pineapple Sides
Patterned.
Inside, a
Nautilus.
External
Apparel=
Pointed.
Puckery
Lava
Eruption.
?-Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved
Now it’s your turn! Have fun and stick to 15 WORDS OR LESS!??(Title doesn’t count toward word count:>)??
234 Responses
Natures Cookie Jar
Art
golden
clay
spinning
on
a
will
blossom
hands
molding
green
piney
bolls
baked
in
sunshine
sugary
smile
treats
poem By Jessica Bigi
Laura I love the pic and your poem
Will should be wheel
Love that clay blossoming, Jessica. Gorgeous image!
Love “baked in sunshine”!
Jessica, I love the idea of clay spinning on a potter’s wheel with the final product becoming sugary treats.
I like “sugary smile” and your idea of it being formed on a potter’s wheel.
Natures Cookie Jar
Art
golden
clay
spinning
on
a
will
blossom
hands
molding
green
piney
bolls
baked
in
sunshine
sugary
smile
treats
poem By Jessica Bigi
Laura I love the pic and your poem
Will should be wheel
Love that clay blossoming, Jessica. Gorgeous image!
Love “baked in sunshine”!
Jessica, I love the idea of clay spinning on a potter’s wheel with the final product becoming sugary treats.
I like “sugary smile” and your idea of it being formed on a potter’s wheel.
My favorite fruit. Love your acrostic, especially nautilus.
Fractal
Hexagonal
Rough, prickly stars
Open up,
Shine a
Golden glow,
Juicy fruit,
Grandmother’s brunch.
–Margaret Simon
Oh, Margaret, just those first three lines are a gorgeous poem unto themselves. I was reading Barbara Juster Esbensen this morning, and those first three lines put me in mind of her. Unexpected words and comparisons, and so sensory!
Love that ending,Margaret. I saw stars, too! Also enjoyed the ‘fractal, hexagonal’!
I agree…love the opening lines!
The neat thing is that you went from a pretty mathematical, sterile, prickly beginning to a very comfy, cozy, sweet ending.
There are the stars again. Beautiful Margaret.
love the 3 line
Nice use of words for description.
Lovely!
My favorite fruit. Love your acrostic, especially nautilus.
Fractal
Hexagonal
Rough, prickly stars
Open up,
Shine a
Golden glow,
Juicy fruit,
Grandmother’s brunch.
–Margaret Simon
Oh, Margaret, just those first three lines are a gorgeous poem unto themselves. I was reading Barbara Juster Esbensen this morning, and those first three lines put me in mind of her. Unexpected words and comparisons, and so sensory!
Love that ending,Margaret. I saw stars, too! Also enjoyed the ‘fractal, hexagonal’!
I agree…love the opening lines!
The neat thing is that you went from a pretty mathematical, sterile, prickly beginning to a very comfy, cozy, sweet ending.
There are the stars again. Beautiful Margaret.
love the 3 line
Nice use of words for description.
Lovely!
Good morning Laura and all. Such a warm, welcoming picture on this frigid morning. The pineapple is a symbol of hospitality so that, plus your justification for cupcakes, prompts my take.
Fruit is Good
Golden
warm waffles
await
slathering with
bits of green apple
wallowing
in peanut butter.
My mouth is literally watering, Martha. I already had cereals, but now I want waffles. Sigh. I’m off to get an apple with PB2. Love your verb of slathering and wallowing. So decadent!
Love all the ‘other’ sweetness, and the title is a terrific ‘aside’.
The phrase “- — - — is Good” has a special sentimental meaning for one of my granddaughters. One can substitute anything in the blank. She became weary of waiting on a “crush” to ask her out so she asked him out for a beer after work. His only comment was “beer is good” and the wedding will take place later on this year.
Yum! I want to eat at your house! Anything wallowing in peanut butter works for me!
…“Fruit is Good”
and waffles better.
Love the first 3 lines & last 3 lines
Martha, did you write this before your breakfast? This would make anyone hungry.
Love it.
Good morning Laura and all. Such a warm, welcoming picture on this frigid morning. The pineapple is a symbol of hospitality so that, plus your justification for cupcakes, prompts my take.
Fruit is Good
Golden
warm waffles
await
slathering with
bits of green apple
wallowing
in peanut butter.
My mouth is literally watering, Martha. I already had cereals, but now I want waffles. Sigh. I’m off to get an apple with PB2. Love your verb of slathering and wallowing. So decadent!
Love all the ‘other’ sweetness, and the title is a terrific ‘aside’.
The phrase “- — - — is Good” has a special sentimental meaning for one of my granddaughters. One can substitute anything in the blank. She became weary of waiting on a “crush” to ask her out so she asked him out for a beer after work. His only comment was “beer is good” and the wedding will take place later on this year.
Yum! I want to eat at your house! Anything wallowing in peanut butter works for me!
…“Fruit is Good”
and waffles better.
Love the first 3 lines & last 3 lines
Martha, did you write this before your breakfast? This would make anyone hungry.
Love it.
Quite rude at first
But look closer
I’m really
something
sweet
Love the poems today 🙂
Lots of us have that rather prickly exterior, don’t we?
Nice medafor
You’ve shown what the pineapple feels like exactly, prickly thing, but beauty inside!
Pineapples and people…you never know what’s inside. Well, and Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates falls in that category, too 😉
They do have a rather “rude” exterior! Love that description.
Brings to mind the old adage “you can’t judge a book by its cover.” How appropriate.
Good description and comparison to a person.
Quite rude at first
But look closer
I’m really
something
sweet
Love the poems today 🙂
Lots of us have that rather prickly exterior, don’t we?
Nice medafor
You’ve shown what the pineapple feels like exactly, prickly thing, but beauty inside!
Pineapples and people…you never know what’s inside. Well, and Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates falls in that category, too 😉
They do have a rather “rude” exterior! Love that description.
Brings to mind the old adage “you can’t judge a book by its cover.” How appropriate.
Good description and comparison to a person.
I like that“inside, a nautilus”, Laura. Your picture is so juicy! I like the acrostic-works beautifully this time. They aren’t easy!
Night Magic
The pineapple pulls
stars from the sky,
wraps itself in a
taste of heaven.
Linda Baie ?All Rights Reserved
Woohoo, Linda–this is one of your best, I think! Oh. My.
Love those first two lines especially!
It does look like it pulls stars from the sky…nice painting.
Stars and heaven…love this. A heavenly poem 🙂
Linda, I can definitely see the stars on the outside of a pineapple. Taste of heaven is heaven!
I love the pulls stars from the sky and the ending
I like your phrase “taste of heaven.”
I like that“inside, a nautilus”, Laura. Your picture is so juicy! I like the acrostic-works beautifully this time. They aren’t easy!
Night Magic
The pineapple pulls
stars from the sky,
wraps itself in a
taste of heaven.
Linda Baie ?All Rights Reserved
Woohoo, Linda–this is one of your best, I think! Oh. My.
Love those first two lines especially!
It does look like it pulls stars from the sky…nice painting.
Stars and heaven…love this. A heavenly poem 🙂
Linda, I can definitely see the stars on the outside of a pineapple. Taste of heaven is heaven!
I love the pulls stars from the sky and the ending
I like your phrase “taste of heaven.”
Pineapple Vortex
With temperatures
below zero, wind
chill worse, an open
can of pineapple
substitutes for summer.
Diane Mayr, all rights reserved
Love your title, Diane. I am sitting here at my kitchen table, shivering. Going for hot tea instead of pineapple, but pineapple could be my mental substitute:>)
Thanks Diane. We began at 5, dropped to 4 and now at 7, actual temp. Thanks for a taste of summer.
Now I want pineapple! And a tropical beach, but can’t have everything.
Love the idea, Diane. It reminds me of Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine, that ‘substitute for summer’.
A perfect substitute for summer. It’s cold here today, too! Brrrr! Maybe I’ll go get some pineapple 🙂
You know, some nice warm pineapple upside-down cake would be pretty awesome right about now.
And a good substitute it is. Yum.
It sure does!
Pineapple Vortex
With temperatures
below zero, wind
chill worse, an open
can of pineapple
substitutes for summer.
Diane Mayr, all rights reserved
Love your title, Diane. I am sitting here at my kitchen table, shivering. Going for hot tea instead of pineapple, but pineapple could be my mental substitute:>)
Thanks Diane. We began at 5, dropped to 4 and now at 7, actual temp. Thanks for a taste of summer.
Now I want pineapple! And a tropical beach, but can’t have everything.
Love the idea, Diane. It reminds me of Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine, that ‘substitute for summer’.
A perfect substitute for summer. It’s cold here today, too! Brrrr! Maybe I’ll go get some pineapple 🙂
You know, some nice warm pineapple upside-down cake would be pretty awesome right about now.
And a good substitute it is. Yum.
It sure does!
Loved the acrostic!
I just kept seeing a couple here…
?You?re gorgeous in
that yellow gown!?
?And you in your tux,
let?s paint the town!?
And Linda B. — Here’s your OLW! Get set to PAINT the New Year!
Thank you, Donna, a new thought of painting… I like that you put the two–inside and outside–together.
So cute! A nice contrast.
What a fun approach! They do look like a couple about to make their grand entrance or something!
Is this the same couple in half of said couple was eaten? I saw a before and after image, but took another route.
I like the gown and tux
A different take on the picture. I like how people think of different things from these pictures.
Loved the acrostic!
I just kept seeing a couple here…
?You?re gorgeous in
that yellow gown!?
?And you in your tux,
let?s paint the town!?
And Linda B. — Here’s your OLW! Get set to PAINT the New Year!
Thank you, Donna, a new thought of painting… I like that you put the two–inside and outside–together.
So cute! A nice contrast.
What a fun approach! They do look like a couple about to make their grand entrance or something!
Is this the same couple in half of said couple was eaten? I saw a before and after image, but took another route.
I like the gown and tux
A different take on the picture. I like how people think of different things from these pictures.
When the sun
shines yellow
and the stars
shine yellow
I eat yellow-shine
pineapple.
?Kate Coombs
I’ve never seen a field of pineapples, but you’ve just described what I imagine they’d be: “yellow-shine”.
Love “yellow-shine”!
Now I want me some o’ that yellow-shine!
Love that Katie. I like how you described a ripened pineapple.
I love all the i sounds. This sounds so…content, somehow. I can see a girl saying this very matter-of-factly, a girl who sees the world as a poem.
Yellow-shine, then a smile of mine. Cute Kate.
I love the sun and stars and all the yellow
Perfect way to describe a pineapple — “yellow-shine.”
Creative!
When the sun
shines yellow
and the stars
shine yellow
I eat yellow-shine
pineapple.
?Kate Coombs
I’ve never seen a field of pineapples, but you’ve just described what I imagine they’d be: “yellow-shine”.
Love “yellow-shine”!
Now I want me some o’ that yellow-shine!
Love that Katie. I like how you described a ripened pineapple.
I love all the i sounds. This sounds so…content, somehow. I can see a girl saying this very matter-of-factly, a girl who sees the world as a poem.
Yellow-shine, then a smile of mine. Cute Kate.
I love the sun and stars and all the yellow
Perfect way to describe a pineapple — “yellow-shine.”
Creative!
I love the ‘baked in sunshine’-lovely image.
This comment is for Jessica!
I love the ‘baked in sunshine’-lovely image.
This comment is for Jessica!
Had to do one more in me:
Welcome Pineapple
Bad way to greet you…
Coat, please.
Nice to meet you!
Sorry to eat you!
Ha! That’s cute, Donna.
Haha–I love that second line. Hysterical!
Oh my! What a clever deception but I love the idea of removing the coat.
Thanks for the morning smile, Donna!
This is cute love the last 2 lines
Love it!
Funny! Great sense of humor, Donna.
Cute, Donna!
Had to do one more in me:
Welcome Pineapple
Bad way to greet you…
Coat, please.
Nice to meet you!
Sorry to eat you!
Ha! That’s cute, Donna.
Haha–I love that second line. Hysterical!
Oh my! What a clever deception but I love the idea of removing the coat.
Thanks for the morning smile, Donna!
This is cute love the last 2 lines
Love it!
Funny! Great sense of humor, Donna.
Cute, Donna!
Nice acrostic, Laura! Puckery is such a fun word!
Compound Personality
pine/apple
pine
spike-topped
prickly
pokey
off-putting
apple
juicy gem
toothsome trinket
palatable prize
sweetheart
Penny Parker Klostermann
A match made in heaven. Great interpretation Penny.
Toothsome trinket…reminds me of teaching first grade and loosing those baby teeth biting into an apple…and then getting the treasure chest from the school nurse to take that trinket home!
I love that you contrasted both fruits, “toothsome trinket” is great.
Reminds me of a few people I know, Penny–prickly outside, sweetheart inside. Love the contrasts!
This is wonderful as a hole or two poems
I really like this. What a neat idea — separating the compound word and comparing the two parts to personalities. Clever.
Brilliant, Penny! How can they live so close?
Nice acrostic, Laura! Puckery is such a fun word!
Compound Personality
pine/apple
pine
spike-topped
prickly
pokey
off-putting
apple
juicy gem
toothsome trinket
palatable prize
sweetheart
Penny Parker Klostermann
A match made in heaven. Great interpretation Penny.
Toothsome trinket…reminds me of teaching first grade and loosing those baby teeth biting into an apple…and then getting the treasure chest from the school nurse to take that trinket home!
I love that you contrasted both fruits, “toothsome trinket” is great.
Reminds me of a few people I know, Penny–prickly outside, sweetheart inside. Love the contrasts!
This is wonderful as a hole or two poems
I really like this. What a neat idea — separating the compound word and comparing the two parts to personalities. Clever.
Brilliant, Penny! How can they live so close?
I like your idea of an acrostic poem. I must try that sometime.
Today I am cutting up a pineapple, so this was a great image for me.
FRUIT
Apples, pears,
oranges, too,
all especially
good for you.
But pineapple bite
is luscious delight.
Fun one Pat. I can just see the pineapple juice dripping from your elbows!
Ha! I hope not, but cutting up a pineapple can be pretty messy.
Luscious is such a luscious word!
And it does taste luscious. 🙂
Fun reflection to that important fruit, & you always find the good rhythm, Pat!
Thank you, Linda. I have trouble writing serious things Words keep jingling and bouncing in my brain when I try to write. It’s probably from all those years I spent in the first grade classroom. Ha!
Great last line!
Thanks, Buffy.
You can almost sing your poem
Hm-m‑m. Hadn’t thought of that. Thanks for your comment.
I like your idea of an acrostic poem. I must try that sometime.
Today I am cutting up a pineapple, so this was a great image for me.
FRUIT
Apples, pears,
oranges, too,
all especially
good for you.
But pineapple bite
is luscious delight.
Fun one Pat. I can just see the pineapple juice dripping from your elbows!
Ha! I hope not, but cutting up a pineapple can be pretty messy.
Luscious is such a luscious word!
And it does taste luscious. 🙂
Fun reflection to that important fruit, & you always find the good rhythm, Pat!
Thank you, Linda. I have trouble writing serious things Words keep jingling and bouncing in my brain when I try to write. It’s probably from all those years I spent in the first grade classroom. Ha!
Great last line!
Thanks, Buffy.
You can almost sing your poem
Hm-m‑m. Hadn’t thought of that. Thanks for your comment.
Pottery perfection! And the shape of your poem makes me think of clay rising on a potter’s wheel.
Pottery perfection! And the shape of your poem makes me think of clay rising on a potter’s wheel.
Starfish scuttle
for a mossy hug
Points touch
whispers shared.
Wave crashes
sunlight revealed.
Jennifer, I love how the outer shell morphs into a delicious treat.
I love that you’ve told a full story here, ‘starfish scuttle’ is great.
I can see those starfish and their mossy hug now!
I like that you saw a starfish
I like your phrase “sunlight revealed,” just like the yellow insides of a pineapple.
Starfish scuttle
for a mossy hug
Points touch
whispers shared.
Wave crashes
sunlight revealed.
Jennifer, I love how the outer shell morphs into a delicious treat.
I love that you’ve told a full story here, ‘starfish scuttle’ is great.
I can see those starfish and their mossy hug now!
I like that you saw a starfish
I like your phrase “sunlight revealed,” just like the yellow insides of a pineapple.
Love the acrostic, Laura, and the way your words stack up like pineapple slices! Lots of great images to enjoy in this morning’s poems.
Forget the Kale
Strawberry,
blueberry,
pineapple,
ice.…
gooseberry?
blackberry?
cinnamon’s
nice.
Blend, sip, smile!
Your poem sounds wonderful and wish I had a glass of this
Ooh, a smoothie! Like it.
Yum! A real smoothie, drink and verse. Thanks Buffy.
Love those first parts, ah, the rhythm & the rhyme, & then the end-such fun! Nice, Buffy!
Fun!
Love the acrostic, Laura, and the way your words stack up like pineapple slices! Lots of great images to enjoy in this morning’s poems.
Forget the Kale
Strawberry,
blueberry,
pineapple,
ice.…
gooseberry?
blackberry?
cinnamon’s
nice.
Blend, sip, smile!
Your poem sounds wonderful and wish I had a glass of this
Ooh, a smoothie! Like it.
Yum! A real smoothie, drink and verse. Thanks Buffy.
Love those first parts, ah, the rhythm & the rhyme, & then the end-such fun! Nice, Buffy!
Fun!
She entered bristly,
sharp tongued and scared,
but sweetened up
when she realized we cared.
Yes, I can see the “sharp tongues.”
I like your comparison to a person.
Good personification Cindy. I like rhyming scared with cared.
I too like that personification, Cindy. “sweetened up” is terrific.
She entered bristly,
sharp tongued and scared,
but sweetened up
when she realized we cared.
Yes, I can see the “sharp tongues.”
I like your comparison to a person.
Good personification Cindy. I like rhyming scared with cared.
I too like that personification, Cindy. “sweetened up” is terrific.
Thick Skin
Prickly skin hides
Sweet inside
Like a spinster waiting for
Someone to unlock her smile
A different transition from a rough exterior to the jewel inside. Who knew a pineapple could trigger such a variety of thoughts. Good job Marian.
I like the way you started this — “prickly skin hides sweet inside.”
Nice.
Love this ‘bittersweet’ tale, your different look at the pineapple. I may never look at one the same again after today!
Great comparison. I would never have thought of that.
Thick Skin
Prickly skin hides
Sweet inside
Like a spinster waiting for
Someone to unlock her smile
A different transition from a rough exterior to the jewel inside. Who knew a pineapple could trigger such a variety of thoughts. Good job Marian.
I like the way you started this — “prickly skin hides sweet inside.”
Nice.
Love this ‘bittersweet’ tale, your different look at the pineapple. I may never look at one the same again after today!
Great comparison. I would never have thought of that.
Algae-slicked,
Sharp barbed with barnacle
The rusty hulk
Hulled,
Revealing
Gold.
Algae-slicked,
Sharp barbed with barnacle
The rusty hulk
Hulled,
Revealing
Gold.
Love your acrostic, Laura!
Fingers caress length and breadth
Braille treasure map
Entry denied without a fight.
Knife?
Love your acrostic, Laura!
Fingers caress length and breadth
Braille treasure map
Entry denied without a fight.
Knife?