Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Ode to a Tomato







Oh, tomato, how we love you so.
We plant and water you to make you grow.


Full of vitamins A, C,
And lycopene--how healthy we will be.

Count the ways we consume you:
Spaghetti sauce, salsa, ketchup, and soups.

Whether sliced, tossed, diced, and even fried,
We praise you for your juicy, fleshy side.

One thing I did not know
Is that YouTube celebrates you so.

I heard the Tomato song that was fun,
But then you are a scrub to protect us from the sun.

Cherry or beefsteak grade,
We love you, great tomato, whom God hath made.






8 comments:

  1. What a fun slice! I can just imagine you having fun as you crafted it, something I always love in writing.

    I noticed your comment on the slice about making banana bread but did not realize that you meant you wrote your ode to a tomato today. It is always fun to see connections between the slices.

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  2. I love it! Nothing says warm weather like a fresh tomato, sliced with some salt. Yum!

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  3. It's great fun. I try often to get my students to look at the poem "Write About A Radish" by Karla Kuskin. It tells to write about what you know, to dig deeper into any 'small' topic, but with fervor. And you did it for tomatoes! I love the line "We praise you for your juicy, fleshy side". It has such an undertone of seriousness!

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  4. Yay for tomatoes...those harbingers of summer!!!

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  5. Tam, this is so fun! I can just imagine you working on it, thinking of tomatoes and the many ways in which you appreciate them. :)

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  6. Tam, when I grow up, I want to be a poet like you! You craft words so deliciously. I must admit, when I saw your title, I thought of chocolate! Loved your post.

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  7. Love it! What a great way to honor the little things in life.

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  8. I say tomayto! In my top ten favorites of summer-home grown tomatoes from the lake! Nothing chases away winter blahs like the annual spring planting of the tomatoes-can't wait!!

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