Short Plantains Poems

Sweet potatoes baked

or plantains fried, 

take your pick.

Caribbean treats

delectable and sweet, 

one puts more weight 

on the thighs!...

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Jambalaya tastes so fine
With sweet plantains fried…
Serve this dish up nice and hot,
Sure to hit the spot…
Of course you’ll feel fine
Won’t you sit,
Dine!...

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when we met
you were still
wearing braces

when we kissed
i could still taste 
the plantains on

your lips licking
and wondering
honey what's 

cooking...

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I hold disdain for the dizain,
Prefer bananas to plantains,
The tail-rhyme over the quatrain,
The trivial to the inane,
And, frankly, like my ice cream plain.
Some folks prefer a chocolate sauce
But I am rather at a loss
To suggest one I’ve come across,
So keep the gold and skim the dross.
Vanilla bean, man, that’s the boss....

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San Juan
The flowering trees
The island breeze

San Juan

The raised cross walk
We faint – we balk
The narrow streets
The salsa beats
The swaying palm
The driver’s calm
The soft sand beach
The natives speech
The evening rains
The food – plantains
The fortress walls
The wild bird calls
The slower pace
The warm embrace

San Juan

The humid air
The sweat soaked hair
The hotel noise
The merchant’s ploys
The taxi cost
The getting lost

San Juan...

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Sapphire reflections of a time when life seemed all but simple. The smell of plantains and coconut steamed skin was yet another reminder of the summer before. I still remember the way Denim floated against waves so opulent with Artic hues. The memory of you that day burned into my retinas. Skin as dark as Royal, Steel eyes wrapped in Azure clothing with sweet Persian beneath your feet. Share with me your virtue as we navigate Periwinkle ripples....

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