Frie-dom

This poem is dedicated to my friend Frieda Pickle. Thanks for your inspiration!

she breathes word upon page

these verbs and nouns

adjectively take on

a monstrous life,

sitting within the

Writers Cafe.

as we drink cappuccino

and tea at neighboring tables,

I tentatively eye her

handwritten words

scrawled in gray pencil,

and ask to partake.

she invites me to sample

the brilliant and

seductive concoction,

the recipes untasted

in her spellbook,

and I accept,

breathing the aromas of sound,

chocolate metaphors

and hazelnut similes

that mystify, and

satiate my taste

for art...

I can only hope

to return the favor,

with the ingredients

yet unmade

in my 

hands.

Reviews

[KeeD]

Frieda was one of the first poets I met on this site that encouraged me to continue writing, when I started I was way worse than I am today and I wrote about irrelevant things, but today thanks to Frieda I've cultured myself as some sort of a decent poet. She has been more than just an online friend to me, she's been my pillar of strength and motivation and I adore her. I love the flavor and style of words you add to your poetry, your thought process is delicious Eric. You cook up a great tribute for a Poetic Goddess, the grand chef of words Miss Frieda P.

[Eric Pudalov]

Thank you Asylum!! Yes, she is quite wonderful. As for the "flavor" of my poetry, I don't fully understand the thought process myself, but it just seems to come naturally. But Frieda is an influence on me as well, and we are becoming friends too. I feel blessed to know her.

[Temerity]

You use some really witty worldplay here, and the poem has a unique sense of rhythm to it that works very well; it gives it a certain coherence that can be hard to find in the absence of rhyme scheme. Your second stanza is a little weak, mostly due to your flowery word choice, but it is a small and nitpicky complaint on my part. There's something pleasant about the imagery of this poem. Reading it is really, truly refreshing.

Keep writing, and best wishes. xxx

[Eric Pudalov]

Thanks for your review, Temerity (including the constructive criticism)! Yes, I agree that the second stanza is a little weak. As a matter of fact, I wrote this poem in under 5 minutes, so it could go through some revisions! I'll look it over again and see what I can come up with - and I'll check out some of your work as well.

[Robbie~xoxo~]

and THAT is why I call her "Friedalicious"....she is delicious, in all her poetic glory!

Your tribute to her is magnificent, Eric!...she will love this!

High marks, buddy! ;)

Nicely done!~xoxo~:)

[Eric Pudalov]

Thanks again, Robbie! I certainly hope she does. I might edit it just a little bit, though. How have you been? Well I hope. I'm working on some more poetry too, of course!!