The Workshop Tomato
The Workshop Tomato belongs to the following groups:
All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Freedom In Words & Art, Up & Coming Writers and WMGThe famous unknown poet
Conducting the workshop
Commanded imperiously,
“Write a poem about a tomato.”
The housewife on the front row—
Who used tomatoes sparingly in cooking
But never in poetry—might have written:
“I’ve got your tomato right here!
Drippingly ripe, cradled lovingly
In my hand, soon to be launched
Towards the rhino-hide
Denseness of the skull that hosts
What little remains of your brain,
Now shrunken by excesses
Of recreational pharmaceuticals
And the unwarranted fawning of coeds
Enchanted with your arcane verse
And your endearing narcissism.
See, here it is—
I send it to you now.”
Good thing he didn’t ask for
A poem about a cucumber.
Astoreth
;-)) good thing…..wonder where the cucumber would have gone….
Skip Ward replied
Thanks for reading this. All fun and foolishness.
ArcadiaTempest
Ahh..Skip this is so glib at the end it caused a wry smile to sneek on my face. The guts of the tomato sure got cut up and diced before I got there!! :>D
Skip Ward replied
Thanks. It’s fun once in a while to do a poem just for the fun of it.
MayaStorm
brilliant – i love this one
Skip Ward replied
Thank for the read!