Balancing broccoli in a basin
Bought by a beneficent buccaneer
bunches of broccoli
bound through the air
into a basin of boiling water.
They balanced the content of Vitamin B
in the body of the buccaneer’s
burgeoning daughter.
Alix Phelan ©, 2016
- Submitted in response to Poetry Prompt #29
Alix said: I thought this was a bit of a challenge. At first look, the four “b” words had nothing in common. I decided to look up what vitamins are associated with broccoli, and discovered that Vitamin B was one. Very convenient.Apart from being convenient with regard to the poem, as far as I understand, Vitamin B helps nerve cells and DNA to grow, and so, it was quite appropriate to use with “burgeoning daughter”.
Good one Alix.
Great poem, Alix. Bonus points for use of burgeoning!