Just a hint of jaded ginger

Just a hint of jaded ginger,
a whisper of curry, maybe,
The smells of the pot simmering,
a mysterious blending
of scents to stir the imagination,
to set spirits alight…
 
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January 31, 2024
Just a hint of jaded ginger
 
 
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Poetry, cooking, smell,
 
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Butter Melting – v2

She marched into the kitchen

all purposeful and proud

step stool from the bathroom

in her four-year-old arms

“I’m going to watch the butter melt!”

she proclaimed to all the world,

or at least to me at the sink;.

Two sticks of butter in the clear glass bowl,

not yet ready for their joining with the other ingredients

for a planned batch of sugar cookies -

Sitting unmoved on the counter, defiantly not melting,

because Shanequa made that statement, I’m sure!

“What a wonderfully exciting life you have…”

I laughed to myself to her left

watching butter melt…

and then she said, “I can see it melting!”

I wonder if she really did,

if something in her child’s mind

could grasp the infinitesimal movement of the cells,

the molecules of the butter, the sticks,

in the bowl, on the counter;

waiting, maybe wanting,

to be something bigger than itself

to meld with the rest

to form our treats

To tickle her tongue,

after the making, the baking,

once the frosting, the sprinkles,

and the special “wham” from her older sister

sealed in their goodness

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edited March 8, 2018

Butter Melting – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/03/butter-melting-v2.html

after finding this poem in a list of my popular poems

on Literary Devices site about my poetry

https://literarydevices.net/raymond-a-foss/

May 17, 2006 6:47am

Butter Melting

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.jp/2006/05/butter-melting.html

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butter, melting, baking, anticipation, waiting, childhood, innocence, purpose, Shanequa, Shyanne, wonder, physics, heat, molecules, science, cooking, child, God, poem, poetry,

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Dance of the Bubbles – v2

A watched pot,

beginning to boil

growing bubbles in the dimples

the Teflon surface;

Called to the ball,

to dance, to merge, to join

with each other;

Twirl and whirl,

glide and slide

across the floor

to the syncopated tempo;

Frantic motion,

frenetic energy,

ready to rise

to swirl to the surface;

Explode free,

up into the air

into the ether

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edited October 30, 2016

Dance of the Bubbles – v2

March 17, 2007 10:42

Dance of the Bubbles

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/03/dance-of-bubbles.html

(Ray and Ruth – for the title)

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Dance of the Bubbles

A watched pot,
beginning to boil
growing bubbles in the dimples
the Teflon surface
called to the ball,
to dance, merge, join
with each other,
twirl and whirl,
glide and slide
across the floor
to the syncopated tempo,
frantic motion,
frenetic energy,
ready to rise
to swirl to the surface,
explode free,
up into the air

March 17, 2007 10:42

Dance of the Bubbles

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/03/dance-of-bubbles.html

(Ray and Ruth – for the title)

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 42,170+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Butter Melting

She marched into the kitchen
all purposeful and proud
stepstool from the bathroom
in her four-year old arms

“I’m going to watch the butter melt!”
she proclaimed to all the world,
or at least to me at the sink.
Two sticks of butter in the clear glass bowl,
not yet ready for their joining with the other ingredients
for a planned batch of cookies
sitting on the counter defiantly not melting,
since she made that statement, I’m sure

What a wonderfully exciting life you have…
I laughed to myself to her left
watching butter melt…
and then she said, “I can see it melting!”

I wonder if she really did,
if something in the child’s mind
could grasp the infinitesimal movement of the cells, the molecules
of the butter
in the bowl, on the counter
waiting, maybe wanting,
to be something bigger than itself
to meld with the rest

To tickle her tongue,
once the frosting, the sprinkles,
and the special “wham” from her older sister
sealed in the goodness

===============

edited March 8, 2018

Butter Melting – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/03/butter-melting-v2.html

May 17, 2006 6:47am

Butter Melting

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.jp/2006/05/butter-melting.html

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 46,460 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

butter, melting, baking, anticipation, waiting, childhood, innocence, purpose, Shanequa, Shyanne, wonder, physics, heat, molecules, science, cooking, child, God, poem, poetry,

#butter #melting #baking #anticipation #waiting #childhood #innocence #purpose #Shanequa #Shyanne #wonder #memory #physics #heat #molecules #science #cooking #child #creator #faithpoetry #frost #God #laugh #life #poem #poetry #PoetryWhereYouLive #praisepoems #praisepoetry #RaymondAFoss