11/02/09 Patricia A. Hawkenson’s Reflections – Macaroni Necklace
Macaroni Necklace
Jars of individual colors,
olive,
peach,
wild strawberry,
lemon yellow,
so tempting and delicious,
blended into cocoa brown.
I did not give them the time
they needed to dry
as my tempera paints blurred
food into fashion.
Rushing
to grow up,
my childhood attempts
at gluttonous glamour,
when given time,
were so easily crushed.
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:43 pm
I like this poem. There is a breath of fresh air about the colors in the poem. I am a teacher of the blind and visually impaired. Lemon yellow must be fun to make, yet difficult to express. I put sugar on my lemons when I was young. The girl next door used salt.
ifsalt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored.
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