Anise

these words are dedicated to my personal favourite restaurant on the planet currently celebrating its sixth consecutive month at #1 spot.. but maybe I'm just a little bit biased....

Anise

 

You are a little star

But you

Know that don’t you

You just don’t

Get it though

 

You are a

Temptress aint ya

A Mediterranean

Smile

A taste bud tease

 

You are a

Tiny terracotta swirl

Against a big blue sky

Far more than

Just a welcome breeze

 

You are

The epitome of

Sophisticated rusticity

But then you know that

Exquisite menu by the way

 

 

Reviews

[Lorry]

You can't fool me guvnor, it's a lady type thing person you're talking about, innit?
Those Mediterranean birds are bitchin 😀
There's a little Italian with delicious nibbles I quite like, but she's not that small. 5, 10 at least.
Ps. Apologies ladies. Didnt mean to call her a thing. I feel a hash tag in my future 😀

[Neville]

You know only too well sir that a gentleman never tells unless the prize exceeds all previous expectations.. now where were we.... Cheers mate # :)

[Lorry]

I'm me the gory details 😀

[Neville]

best part surely... or should that be surly

[Roland Petrov]

I have yet to describe a restaurant as the epitome of sophisticated rusticity, but I'll be keeping this one in my pocket until needed. Thanks!

[Neville]

then you never ate at my sons restaurant my friend.. rated number #1 for 11 consecutive months by tripadvisor for the local area and number 4 for the west country by WCL .. sadly now closed due to this virus and will not now re-open .... he does have the sophisticated rusticity copywrite.. so be careful... Neville

[lightsong]

How kind of You to write about it, now You make me wish to visit that obviously beautiful place, and if Neville is loving it that much, then I think I will love it too :) BTW very sweet and lovely words, I believe the Lady would wish it was written for her instead of the "restaurant" of course if we made an exception for the last line ;)

[Neville]

thank you G Girl.. of course an exception would be made for thee.. just let me know so I can make the reservation :)

[Robert Trakofler]

Some how I will have to come and see this place for myself I think I owe myself a vacation next year and I have been thinking a nice trip to Europe would be a lovely treat as i believe would be true of dining at your sons restaurant:) You are an awesome dad and poet Nev!

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

A short word for all. It's interesting reading a piece as this. This is not the matter of being bias. I think it's the matter of getting the best satisfaction. You feel the best where you get the best.

Well penned, Neville.

[Neville]

how very true..... I must remember that my friend..

[barleygirl]

I'm down on my knees, pushing waves of warm fragrant aromas toward you with my outstretched palms facing downwards . . . assuming the position of awe, that is! This is delightfully playful & evocative, as well as revealing a daddy's pumped-up pride in a delicious light! You are the world's best dad & this is one reason why I think so! (((SWIGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Neville]

Bless you Margie.. yes I am a very proud old man.. Thanks a bundle my friend and true (BUNS) fondly .... :)

[Chris Shaw]

A lovely dedication to your son's restaurant. Anise is a little star and your clever lines are filled with Mediterranean imagery. I could say more but brevity is useful at times.

Chris

[Neville]

Thank you Chris, you are very kind and I'm sure if ever you were passing, he would reserve a table for you and yours.

Neville

[Chris Shaw]

Well we pass through your neck of the woods often enough, so who knows, one day we may just do that. Thank you Neville.

[Einstein Noodle]

well ... my friend ... since you have written about it i had to delve deeper ..John Gerard in his Great Herball, a very old herb encyclopedia, that.... "The seed wasteth and consumeth winde, and is good against belchings and upbraidings of the stomacke, alaieth gripings of the belly, provoketh urine gently, maketh abundance of milke, and stirreth up bodily lust: it staieth the laske (diarrhea), and also the white flux (leukorrhea) in women.[31]" :)
not to emit fog over your wonderful elevation of an incredible herb and spice .. very triksy to use a woman to describe the herb rather than visa versa .. soon it will be time to tip me pint of the day but alas ... i will be pining away for some licorice whiskey ... i am sure there is such a thing somewhere .. your poem sends me to the deep Mediterranean .. for love of aniseed ... is Anise the name of your friends restaurant??
E.
ps. some very fine imagery, scent and personifications sir

[Neville]

Ha.. you are the master of reading between the lines sir.. and now it appears you have acquired a knowledge far superior to that of my own in respect of that crackin little star shaped seed of the Illicium verum tree... Yes 'Anise' is the name of my sons restaurant... I shall keep my eyes open for some licorice whiskey for thee and tip my glass with ya in an hour or so... :)))))

[Einstein Noodle]

perfect ... God bless your son and his restaurant .. you must be very proud!! as for the whiskey .. its a deal ... you may remember i live in Arkansas Ozarks where moonshining still exists .. i have been hatching the thought of attempting a batch .. it will have to have licorice in it .. Norma and i are pretty bad a*s .. we made some wine a while back and sent more than several bottles to my sister in NY .. the name of our two brands were "The Horse's A*s" and Bella's Drool" ... i don't know what the time is for bootlegging .. but we risked it damn it! ... and unless they are "watching" .. we got away with it :))))))))))))))))))

[Neville]

Good n ya Gene & Norma... we have a massive still in Bulgaria high up in the mountains, but then everyone in Bulgaria has at least one... We made almost 60 litres of rakia or Bulgarian whiskey a year or two back and 1,800 litres of our own red wine.. Unfortunately we lost much of the wine when the cellar flooded..... Cheers N :)

[Einstein Noodle]

oh noooo the cellar flooded?? i am so sad for you .. boy... at a mere case we are punk amateurs ... you are my hero Nev!! i wanna be just like you when i grow up :))))))))))))

[Neville]

It did my friend, our wine was being stored in Nikolai's cellar as we dont have one .. He and his wife look after the Villa NevaJilla when we are in the UK... The river or Rieka has now been sorted so maybe in the summer, we can have another bash.....cheers :)

[Einstein Noodle]

ohhhhhh i'm getting jealous now :)

[Neville]

........... No need.. wot's mine is thine...

[Einstein Noodle]

best be careful ... like gypsy families we may descend on ya! camp out for a while ... :))))))))))

[Neville]

you would be most welcome..

[Eilis]

The brightest stars are usually too busy shining to stop and think about their worth. That's why there are poets to shout that worth to the world, me thinks.

I would be chuffed to receive such a glowing review of my efforts and hard work. To know that it is all appreciated, especially by those who mean the most, would be a tribute worth keeping close in a locket. I imagine the walls and windows, among others, are basking the in the glow of such praise.

Lovely work, Neville.

[Neville]

I can't thank you enough for these kind words Eilis... many thanks indeed...

[Eilis]

Sure thing, Neville.

[Rhayne]

Okay. My first thought was my favorite restaurant------my mother's kitchen at Christmas------her Christmas ham was to die for. Like I said before, you paint wonderful mind pictures with words. The coupling of words can mean different things for different people. Interpretation may not always be the Author's intent.

[Neville]

You are pretty near spot on my friend.... in this case, my sons restaurant.. but your mothers kitchen sounds like something else too.... N

[Fay Slimm]

Ah - - this needs to be printed on every menu in that great eating place of stylish rusticity =- - they will give you a free meal methinks if you send this tribute Nev.......... love the tease used as imagery when unlike yours truly you've been there and done that. ........... Luverly read.

[Neville]

thank you Fay... and true... N