I am a Fruit Cake

Gold cherry
Poem of the week

By Jane Hyphen

Tue, 23 Mar 2021
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18 comments
 

 

I am 

a fruit cake.

I have 

good ideas

but I never 

act on them.

They dry out 

and are preserved

in a sweet 

syrup of optimism.

There are

always more,

indeed I am 

quite packed full

with wrinkled, 

infertile drupe.

Verily, I feel 

quite droopy.

 

And then 

there are the nuts;

they sink 

to the bottom

but their 

volatile potential

is alway 

palpable to me.

Though, mostly 

indetectable

to others who 

find me boring,

Dry and

rather dense.

They usually 

need a drink

to wash me down. 

 

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Comments

Submitted by drew_gummerson on

Quite brilliant. And I've learnt the word drupe. 
 

Baker's drupe, the equivalent of brewer's droop? 

 

Submitted by drew_gummerson on

Congratulations! This is our Facebook And Twitter Pick of the Day. Please retweet and share with a cup of tea. 
 

Don't worry, the picture's not Stollen it's from Pixabay. 

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Stollen, ha ha. This has cheered me up - thank you for cherries and pick of the day. 

 

Submitted by celticman on

I'm a fruitcake too. 

 

Submitted by drew_gummerson on

Yes you are.... it's a good thing to be. 
 

(I am one too.) 

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

It's a good solid cake, lasts well and will sustain you far longer than a lemon meringue pie (which I know you are not). 

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Brilliant! (and now I want some cake)

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Thanks Insert. I feel like I should have added a verse about marzipan, fascinating stuff as it is.

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

I like the belligerence of the first line :0)

I have been called this several times at work in the past :0) First time, I didn't realise it was not a compliment. Because fruit cake is wonderful (not mine though as it always sinks)

If your poems were a fruit cake,  there would be

bright cherries

deep flavoured raisins

brandy to lift the spirit

nuts to chew on like difficult thoughts confronted

altogether rich, comforting and sustaining.

If anyone disagrees they are sliced white and probably past their sell by. Don't let anyone put you down! You are brilliant

 

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Thank you Di_Hard. What I usually get is, 'Catherine, you're so weird'. Yes and I'm never going to be normal now. Thank you for the break down of ingredients into positive attributes, this has made my day.

 

Submitted by David Kirtley on

This is quite clever and a lot of fun! I enjoyed reading that. It does remind me of my Mr Muggins character/writer who often ends up describing history and geography with reference to biscuits, although I have not posted too much of that yet.

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Thanks David. I agree that biscuits are so diverse and full of texture that they can form a language all of their own.

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

Fruit cakes of the world unite! This is marvellous. It's wonderful to be told you're weird. Who wants to be not-weird?

Thank you for brightening my day.

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Hi airyfairy, thanks for your comment. I agree, not weird is just plain isn't it.

 

Submitted by marandina on

So creative, funny yet meaningful. Great work, Jane

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Thank you marandinasmiley

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

This is our Poem of the Week. Congratulations!

Submitted by drew_gummerson on

You can never have too much fruit cake. Congratulations.