Saturday, January 19, 2013

Winter Tomatos

I'm joining Mizz Jenny today for Saturday Centus, we can use up to 100 words and any style of writing. I had to laugh when I saw the picture prompt, I did literally just get back from the supermarket, so this one was easy!

Winter Tomatoes
I bought a tomato at the store,
kinda pale, and pink and dry...
I let my mind go back in time,
and long for the ones in July.

No ripe tomatoes in Philly today,
as snow falls from the sky. 
I nod and smile instead of fret,
For we all know how time does fly!

Have a happy day:@)

20 comments:

  1. Cute poem, you have snow? Sunny bright and supposed to warm up a bit to the 40's this weekend. Yes, winter tomatoes just don't cut it. xo

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  2. Nice job on the poem. Arizona tomatoes are just awful, no matter what time of year it is. One of the many things I miss about Indiana.

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  3. Cute and so true about winter tomatoes! Waiting for summer ones again too.

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  4. Don't we all just cringe - buying those winter tomatoes! Cute poem Lynn!

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  5. Hey you are a poet there girl - I liked it. Have a good weekend.

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  6. Boy can I ever relate to this one. I love my tomatoes, and they are singularly unimpressive just now...

    Good job!

    =)

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  7. I like your wit and poetry, Lynn. A homegrown tomato sure does sound good right now.

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  8. Ah yes. Nothing like summer tomatoes. I am glad I can get local hydroponic tomatoes in the winter here - but they are still no substitute for my garden ones.

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  9. Loved it. I had a salad at a bistro yesterday and the potatoes were barely pink. I didn't worry about it either--just moved them to the side and enjoyed the rest of the salad.

    The soup below looks delicious. My husband loves soups.

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  10. So Sweet! I wish we could be having some of that July weather right now!!!

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  11. Love it and so true! But then again slow roasted oven tomatoes are very tasty, even from the store-bought winter tomatoes!

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  12. No flavor in store tomatoes either. Love your prose
    Blessings

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  13. That is a cute poem and I love your piggy theme. :)

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  14. What a cute ode to the tomato, Lynn! It's so true how time flies by. It'll be summer before we know it. For me :( and for you :).

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  15. So clever Lynn! Winter tomatoes are an oxymoron :)

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