Spice Me Up

Pepper me a sun-ripened tomato,
from the hothouse where the best ones grow,
cut it in half, glistening red,
salt it and place it on a chunk of bread.
Don’t overdo it or I may sneeze.
And then pepper me with spicy kisses, please.

Kim M. Russell, 29th May 2023

Image by Bob van Aubel on Unsplash

Punam is our host for the Quadrille this Monday at the dVerse Poets Pub, and she asks us to pass the pepper, please, and add a bit of pepper to our verses.

Punam has shared a poem by Nancy Willard, in the form of a recipe, a poem in which pepper is a metaphor, another with an alliterative title, in which Pepper is a name, and a red pepper haiku.

The challenge is, as always, to write a verse of exactly 44 words (excluding the title) using pepper or any form of the word: noun, verb or adjective.

40 thoughts on “Spice Me Up”

  4. Hi Kim
    Thanks for dropping by my blog today. I have added an image for the scorpion pepper and a little info. Visit again

    Much💖love

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  11. Temptations painted by words, too hard to resist,
    Sun-ripened tomato, crimson heart, perfectly kissed,
    Crusty bread’s crunch, salt on tongues play,
    Last line dares, indulge in spicy heat’s sway.
    Essence of summer’s pleasure, love’s bold decree,
    Sweet surrender’s moments, hungry for more we be.

    Word count – 44
    👍👏👌😊

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  14. Kim, you started off with a bang. I like your use of the peppering as a verb. It’s quite common to do so but I hardly ever, none that I can remember, us the salting with anything but salt.
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