After church there’s usually a ham lunch but this year we’re changing things up. Instead of ham we will have kielbasa with sides of macaroni salad, potato salad and baked beans. This afternoon I plan to take a plate of summer sausage, plate of kielbasa and two boxes of chocolates to the veteran’s club where I’m a member. They’re having an Easter lunch for those who have no place to go for the holiday. It’s a nice thing they do for holidays such as Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Even though I do not generally eat there, I try to take something to put out on the food table. Those who come for the meal are appreciative to have someplace to go to enjoy the day.
A few years ago I wrote the piece
“Hyacinths”. It is funny as after I wrote today’s poem I looked back and saw the piece “Hyacinths” back in 2012. I guess it’s something I find funny how I repeat some things. I guess too I love having a hyacinth or two in the house even though they trigger my allergies. It’s one time of year I don’t care my allergies are bothering me.
Enjoy your Easter.
“HYACINTHS”
© Scottie-ann Murphy
Pink, purple and white blossoms
will soon bloom
A sweet scent will the house
with a lovely fragrance
They are yet to open their lovely
buds.... but I patiently wait
Perhaps tomorrow I will awake to
an aroma that is not coffee
“EASTER FRAGRANCE”
© Scottie-ann Murphy
(2019)
The scent of hyacinths filters through the
air
A sweet perfume greets me as I awake
The coffee aroma not present today
Their fragrance overpowering the frying of
bacon....the baking of cinnamon rolls
My husband prepares a hearty Easter
morning breakfast
The hyacinths full bloom now....
causing watery eyes....a stuffy nose
my allergies triggered by the lovely plant
Happens every year.....but I can
never resist this flower on Easter Sunday
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