I’ve been busy writing about poetry for my doctoral studies, which means (a little ironically) I have missed the last two Poetry Fridays. So I was determined to post something today but couldn’t settle on a topic. So, I decided to scroll through my photos and choose one to write an impromptu poem.

The first photo that caught my eye was this one:

I took it early last year. It’s the first, perfect, cherry tomato from last year’s crop. I was so proud of that one tomato that I photographed it and shared here on my blog, and on Facebook and Twitter too.  But afterwards I ate it which is, after all, what one should do with a tomato. I remember very clearly that it was delicious – and left me wanting more, which of course I had to wait for, because the others weren’t ripe yet.

How to capture that in a poem? Here’s my effort.

Cherry Tomato

You looked

too perfect to eat

So instead I took a photo

shared you with the world.

through social media

collected likes

and comments.

 

Later though

I succumbed

to your wiles

and ate you in a single

sweet, tangy mouthful.

 

I don’t remember who commented

or how many likes you garnered

but I do remember

that delicious bite

that I couldn’t share

with anyone.

(Poem copyright Sally Murphy 2016).

 

Haven’t written a poem lately? Here’s a challenge: scroll through the photos in your social media account, or on your phone – then see if you can capture that moment in a few lines of poetry.

Have a great Poetry Friday. The roundup today is at Buffy’s Blog.