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Flicker II – for dVerse

Posted on July 17, 2017 by sarahsouthwest

Six flames
flickered on
the birthday cake-

pink icing
with white roses,

or green bubbling
frosting

or bright sunshine
buttercream
churned with
love

and words

so many words

stuffed between
cloudy layers
of sweet cake,

coiled dark, like
cherries,

words spilling
over the plate.

It’s dVerse’s 6th birthday, so there should be cake.

19 thoughts on “Flicker II – for dVerse”

Henrietta Watson on July 17, 2017 at 9:45 pm said:

A very good poem. Thanks for sharing!

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Aurora on July 17, 2017 at 10:11 pm said:

That sounds delicious. I’m so glad you wrote this. 🙂

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Victoria Young on July 17, 2017 at 11:41 pm said:

A most delicious stanza:

or bright sunshine
buttercream
churned with
love

make my mouth water! Deliciously lovely!

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Grace on July 18, 2017 at 12:05 am said:

Love the birthday cake Sarah !!!! Let the words spill over the plates and bar stools, smiles.

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Waltermarks on July 18, 2017 at 12:21 am said:

Thank you so much for providing cake for the occasion. It’s delicious! Think I’ll go back for seconds unless my hand gets slapped

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Victoria C. Slotto on July 18, 2017 at 12:48 am said:

I just love that you made a cake for our celebrations, and crafted it with such care. Yum.

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revivedwriter on July 18, 2017 at 3:10 am said:

I like this! I agree, there should be cake. 🙂

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- sarahsouthwest on July 18, 2017 at 5:56 am said:
  
  There should always be cake!
  
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frankhubeny on July 18, 2017 at 3:58 am said:

Nice birthday cake for dVerse.

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Sanaa Rizvi (@rizvi_sanaa) on July 18, 2017 at 9:07 am said:

Ooooh this is delicious!❤️ More please 😀

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Sumana Roy on July 18, 2017 at 9:16 am said:

A lovely celebration!

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Jane Dougherty on July 18, 2017 at 9:49 am said:

Thanks for the cake, Sarah! I do love butter icing 🙂

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lillian on July 18, 2017 at 2:53 pm said:

PERFECT Anniversary poem! LOVE it! Most especially these words:
“or bright sunshine
buttercream
churned with
love”

And I’ve been nibbling at these celebratory words all morning…enjoying every taste…with word (crumbs) spilling over the plate! 🙂

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Janice on July 18, 2017 at 5:27 pm said:

I love the image of words ‘stuffed between cloudy layers of sweet cake.’

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Charley on July 18, 2017 at 5:31 pm said:

Okay, I read this poem differently. “…so many words / …coiled dark, / like cherries, / words spilling
/ over the plate.” To me, this rang of an emotionally dark undertow. And I’m usually a cheery guy!

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- sarahsouthwest on July 18, 2017 at 5:32 pm said:
  
  Well, maybe I have darker depths than people notice at first…
  
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  - Charley on July 18, 2017 at 5:43 pm said:
    
    Could be! 🙂
    
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Laura Bloomsbury on July 18, 2017 at 8:11 pm said:

I read sensuous in the dark cherry beneath the sweetness. Lovely idea for an anniversary poem and so well written – “and words

so many words

stuffed between
cloudy layers”

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lynn__ on July 18, 2017 at 9:50 pm said:

I’d like a slice, please…thank you for this delicious celebratory poem!

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