Tomato Plants

I can just picture it. I like growing tomatoes and eating them straight from the bush. And yes, such a distinctive scent.

Great poem TUH, strange how a smell can conjure up images of times gone by. Great read.

certainly is LW. I always thought that they tasted different too, when picked straight from the bush. This is my first attempt at growing my own tomatoes and I'm really enjoying it - my girlfriend has named the plant 'Golden Boy' :D

thanks jolono. It's crazy isn't it, how a smell can instantly transport you. I find it's one of the most beautiful experiences - almost as if your mind just needs a little nudge to be able to bring back the smallest details of a place or person, that maybe had seemed long gone, never to return. Just realised talking about this, that about a year ago I wrote a similar poem when my boss walked into work wearing the exact same perfume that my school sweetheart used to wear - (titled 'Clinique Happy Revised' I think). Thanks for reading.

I liked "those school holidays that stretched
and ran as far as the impossible blue sky" and
"the excitement in the morning
the quiet in the afternoon
the swallows crying over the back lane before bed"
– evocative of the memories of youth's summers.
Rhiannon

I love the smell of tomato plants and tomatoes on the vine. You captured your childhood through their smell I think that's great. For some reason Bread pudding does it for me.
BTW, don't forget to pinch out the fifth set ;)

sorry posted it twice

thanks Rhiannon, kind of you to pick out those lines. It was a really uplifting feeling writing out this poem, trying to capture as best as possible what those summers were all about. It's always great to recieve positive feedback, appreciate it.

thanks bexley. It's a great smell isn't it! Bread pudding... mmm, never went for that but my brothers did. I have no idea what the 'fifth set' is but I'm assuming it's a gardening tip... might have to do a google search or pester someone with green fingers :)

Wonderful poem, tuh...as evocative as those tomato plants...not to mention bread-pudding. Those certainly were the days;-)

Tina

The fifth set of flowers, I think bexley means - an outdoor tomato should only be required to produce 4 trusses of fruit.

There are some beautiful lines here. As you say old scents nudge the memory more than any other.

Particularly enjoyed:

as the impossible blue sky
the light
creeping through the curtains
sidestepping sleep
covers pushed back.

Wonderful! A deserved cherry.

Enchanting. PS Did you snog your boss?

cheers Tina! :D

ok got-ya, thanks Luly... 'trusses' that's a nice word. I'll have to get squeezing then.

Hey hoalarg1 - thank you very much, that's really kind of you to say. Glad you enjoyed reading it :) ...cherries and tomatoes... 'citing!

appreciated magicdarer! ahh, no. Really the perfume was the only thing the two of them shared... which in some cases could have been enough but... nah ;)

Something special methinks, sweet peas do it for me.

nice one shoe... weet peas eh? nice choice :)

*sweet

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Nice D. I always think of my grandad in Leeds with his greenhouse at the bottom of the garden and his wood and brass watering thing (ok, I don't listen to Gardeners' Question Time). Well done on cherries and FB POTD.