Two poems by Finola Scott: ‘Garlic’ and ‘Rhubarb’
(Image: Olga Oginskaya) In the iron-dark shop piled with companions it’s functional mottled white on white waiting contained wrapped in disguise Beneath gauze veils folded in parchment it parcels itself cloaks taste holds secrets a cupped palm’s width of flavour home on my worktop it casts wing-thin skins & explodes Finola […]
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Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Filed under: stories and poems, Sweet or sharp summer stories and poems, writers
Onion by Leela Soma – vegetable inspired poetry
Onion A perfect bulb of crystalline beauty growing in the darkness of the earth petal by petal, gentle stalks of green showing up in the sun, a promise of a taste to enhance cuisines around the world. A humble root vegetable makes us tear up with no hurt, reveals no core, layer upon layer peeled […]
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Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | Filed under: Leela Soma writing and blogging, Seasonal Stories and Poems by Glasgow Writers, Sweet or sharp summer stories and poems, Writing
Mum’s Favourite Flowers by Mussie Abbasi Harrison
Mother’s Favourite Flowers It’s the season of roses Their sweet smell lingers in your memory, Mum Beautiful, fragrant, red roses bringing love, happiness and peace. White blossoms – fresh, cool and pure And yellow roses their joyful fragrance spreading sunshine Roses bring a smile to my face…Mum’s favourite flowers Mussie Abbasi Harrison
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Monday, April 29, 2019 | Filed under: Sweet or sharp summer stories and poems
Flowers – poems by Leela Soma
Jewels of summer A glance from the car at the traffic light My eyes widen at the jewel strewn scene Purple and white crocus, narcissi bright Like amethysts and diamonds that shine. Green grass with moist sun-touched dew Like glitter sparkling, under the bare tree. A north wind whips gusts strong The infant buds defiant, […]
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019 | Filed under: Leela Soma writing and blogging, stories and poems, Sweet or sharp summer stories and poems, Writing
Soporific Summers and Antonia Seaward
The fragrance of hazy heat that wrapped us in a warm fuzz as we walked down my street Roses at their fullest bloom in every garden infusing the air with botanical incense Memories of jam jars on my kitchen windowsill filled with petals and home made perfume Gifts for my […]
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Saturday, April 8, 2017 | Filed under: Sweet or sharp summer stories and poems, Writing
Mango – a poem by Leela Soma
It’s Mango Season in India (April, May and June.) Asians in Glasgow also look forward to special baskets of fruit from the sub -continent, sold in Asian shops. You can find different flavours and types quite unlike thos you find all year round in supermarkets. Mango Tiny green mango, picked from on high, Bit hard, […]
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Friday, April 7, 2017 | Filed under: Sweet or sharp summer stories and poems
