Napowrimo Day 5

Today's prompt was to write a poem inspired by the oddly interesting names of heirloom vegetables. I have worked the names of a few into a completely unrelated free verse poem.

like a Sunrise full of Bumblebees

at the beginning of an Early Golden Summer

when you Crook your Neck because the sun is so bright,

sometimes I have a Tongue of Fire

and speak my mind freely with no filter

but really I am like a Clemson, Spineless

I always regret those hasty words and wish my tongue was tame

my words are sometimes too big for me to stand behind

and I feel as though they my tongue taunts me, yelling “Fooled You!”

and I wish to retire to a Turkish Striped Monastery

where the monks have taken a vow of silence

so that my words may never betray me again

The heirlooms I incorporated are as follows (not in the order they are in the poem):

Fooled You Hybrid Pepper

Turkish Striped Monastery Tomato

Sunrise Bumblebee Tomato

Clemson Spineless Okra

Early Golden Summer Crookneck Summer Squash

Tongue of Fire Bean

 

Happy Heirloom Inspired Writing!

Sharon