Not a carnation, or burnished dove
I offer you, paramour, a garlic clove
It’s a new moon that shines at night.
Battling splinter cuts, and common
cold.
It will soothe as though seraphic fire
as shimmering aspen’s foliage sleeps
It’ll make ground beef a scrumptious
meal.
Not candied floss, or a chocolate box.
I offer you my paramour, garlic clove
Its pungent taste will remain on your
lips, unchanging and resolute.
Here. Like love it’s a growing garland
looks beautiful even when it’s broken
and crushed. Its scent, will stay upon
your breath, remind you of adherence
sweet.
Even as you plod amid snow and sleet.
Photo credits: Pinterest
(For my debut prompt)
Posted for Poems in April @ Real Toads
34 Responses
Lovely – a gift both practical and exotic!
Thank you so much, Rosemary 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
In good times and bad times , Yes the love should remain resolute. Absolutely gorgeous
write Sanaa
And thanks for a lovely prompt today too
much love…
Thank you so much, Gillena 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Like love it’s a growing garland
looks beautiful even when it’s broken
and crushed. Its scent, will stay upon
your breath, remind you of adherence
sweet.
That on its own is a pungent poem, Sanaa!
Thank you so much, Kim 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
You are channeling Duffy in this piece, and beautifully so.
Thank you so much, De 😀 so good to see you ❤️
Battling splinter cuts, and common
cold.
If love could do this.. it might be worth the heartache.
🙂
Loved your prompt and this excellent response to Duffy’s poetic style.
Thank you so much, Kerry 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
(also thank you for the lovely opportunity 🙂 )
So many wonderful lines, Sanaa. I particular like the comparison between the lingering pangs of gone loves and garlic breath. Resistance is futile.
Thank you so much, Magaly 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
An unusual and practical gift… Such a beautiful and creative take on your prompt.
Thank you so much, Susie 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
My husband and I are both garlic fiends, which is quite lucky for us as we don’t mind each other’s breath at all when we indulge. I can certainly see the romance in the pungent bulb.
Thank you so much, Rommy 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
Thank you for today’s prompt! Great job. Your poem is beautiful. I love the way you use garlic cloves taste and aroma to surround memories of love. The ending is great…also love the ending as garlic is good to chase away winter’s ills.
Thank you so much, Rasz 🙂 so glad you liked it. (and thank you for participating) ❤️
This is such an interesting, creative and quirky sort of idea. Thanks, Sanaa. k.
Thank you so much, Karin ? so glad you liked it ❤
near where I grew up is a town called Gilroy, naming itself the garlic capital of the world. each year a giant festival boasts such delights as garlic ice cream!
your paramour would fit right in ~
Thank you so much, Michael ? so glad you liked it ❤
Oh, the adulterous sweetheart! Love this line “Its pungent taste will remain on your lips, unchanging and resolute.” Delightful piece with vivid images of your paramour.
Thank you so much, Khaya ? so good to see you ❤
I like to read what the prompt writer has to write. You did well. I thought Carol Ann’s onion was far out, the garlic clove is bit farther. But it worked well with your poem.
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Thank you so much, Jim ? so good to see you ❤
Great reflection of Duffy’s piece here. Thanks for the prompt Sanaa. Struggling to keep up with comments this month. Crazy April!!
Thank you so much, Paul 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
This is something real and most telling of loving for a person. To be intimate with the aroma of garlic cloves can be very enticing, yes!
Hank
Thank you so much, Hank 😀 so good to see you ❤️
Hmmm…love garlic but it must be cooked. Raw garlic breath maybe not so conducive to love me thinks 🙂
Thank you so much, Cressida 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
This is gorgeous! …..loved it Sanaa…!
Thank you so much, Sreeja 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️