Tastes and Sounds (Haiku and Tanka)
Feverish hostess
serves chickpeas dropped on the floor—
a guest spills the beans.
*****
Sick party-goer
coughs and sneezes on buffet—
chilly reception.
*****
The corner bakeshop
seems a buttery temptress,
but smells can deceive.
Pastries seduce, disappoint—
buttery temptress no more.
*****
My first memory:
the sound and the vibration
of a freight train’s roar.
Budding logic says, “Can’t be.”
Sensed pre-birth within the womb?
*****
(My second haiku was inspired by Haiku Heights’ cold prompt. My first memory tanka was inspired by Free Write Fridays and Monday Memories.)
Tags: Bakery, Food Humor, Haiku & Senryu, Health & Medical Humor, Hostess Haiku, Illness Haiku, Memory, Party Humor, Pastries, Pre-Birth, Tanka, Trains
this is awesome! sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you. for some reason your reply to FWF was in my spam folder :( so happy i found it! i love the form, style, nostalgia and reverie. brilliant penning.
Nice collection !! loved each one of them :)
Thanks Kellie and nimue!
Great collection of poems. I must say that second one made me chuckle.
I am absolutely dumbstuck.. this is beautifully written.. Happy to be here.. I liked the last one a lot… it tells a lot.. and then buffet.. it pushed me away from itself..
That chilly reception made me smile and remember my Tummy Tango!! Luckily no one was spreading the virus there!! :)
oh my.. those party goers won’t be too pleased with the sick fella now, will they? :)
Leo @ I Rhyme Without Reason
Wonderful poems, some made me smile :-) We know that babies do respond to sound… voices, music, vibration… in the womb, so to me it is entirely plausible that you have a memory of a train. I wonder at what age/point in your life you connected the memory with the actual imagery of a train. Thank you for sharing this Tanka on Monday Memories!
Thanks so much to all of you for your lovely comments and kind words.
And JTS, here’s the answer to your question regarding my train memory. When I was six or so my family moved to a house seven blocks from a railroad station. You couldn’t hear the trains by day. But at night I could hear the train go by once an hour from my bedroom. Hearing that train brought back my prior memory of a much closer train going by.
As always I LOVE your writing. As to your train memory, we all know that as humans we only use a small portion of our brain. I believe it is distinctly possible you have recollections from the womb – most just don’t try to tap into that portion of their brain.
Back again to same post and i enjoyed it the same as before :D
Gosh Mad now I am hungry! loved them all your “cold” Haiku for HH was very witty!
Thanks so much Lisa, Nimue, and Amanda!