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VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2001-01-30 08:10 PM


Earthy Brown Confection
Virginia Salter

Truly, I must get to the kitchen
applesauce bars
just like Mama’s
filled with raisins
drenched in powdered sugar
nuts, luscious walnuts
spiced to perfection
in their earthy brown
confection.

What may have chased me
into this reverie?
A winter’s drive
‘neath a canopy of heavy gray
hanging low,
then, there in the distance,
the canopy rises
revealing
spicy hills
lumpy with walnut boulders
dusted in powdered sugar
snowflakes
looking scrumptious enough to eat.

Wanna meet me by the oven?
Wanna steam the raisins
and stir the sauce?
Wanna wait aloft
in the wafting aroma
for dreams worth tasting?


© January 30, 2001

© Copyright 2001 Virginia Salter - All Rights Reserved
insect
Senior Member
since 2000-04-22
Posts 1014

1 posted 2001-01-30 09:42 PM


A tasty poem indeed!
This peaked my hunger
Enjoyed the read

VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon
2 posted 2001-01-30 09:45 PM


Glad you liked it insect.  I haven't made the bars, though.  Not supposed to eat that kind of stuff, but I may succumb.  the only thing saving me...never have been able to make them like my mama.
Cerenity
Member Elite
since 2000-02-16
Posts 2637
Escondido-California
3 posted 2001-02-04 02:33 PM


Hi Vas,

This was wonderful, we never seem to forget Mama's cooking, and its funny what can bring our memories back to the present, very much enjoyed.

Love, Cerenity


"God doesn't have to be reminded that we exist.
We have to be reminded that He exist!"

(Writer Unknown)



Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song
4 posted 2001-02-04 04:33 PM


cheezzzzzzzz.......I can almost smell them from here and they smell delicious.  What a truely sweet and wonderful piece from you.

If you find yourself stranded in a storm
...then reach for my hand and we will play in the puddles together

VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon
5 posted 2001-02-04 06:01 PM


Thank you, both Mark and Serenity.  I've missed your comments, glad you stopped in again.
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