(From my kitchen two years back, my only living pumpkin from the garden, the French Cinderella Pumpkin, the carriage.)
Over at Dversepoets tonight, Mish is hosting and giving a challenge of writing a Quadrille, with the theme “Spice”. For those who have never heard of a Quadrille, I’m one with you. Do know the dance term, but a Quadrille also can be a piece of writing exactly 44 words with title. And there should be action, too.
Lady Nyo
Spice Season
It now nears Halloween
Pumpkins galore!
Smells of cinnamon, ginger
Pour from cupboards-
I grow fat with the bounty.
Apples baking,
Covered with nutmeg
Convicts treasure
Nutmeg seeds
For the illusions it brings.
If I ever become a convict
Smuggle nutmeg-
And Forget the file.
—
Jane Kohut-Bartels
Copyrighted, 2017
Lady Nyo's Weblog 
September 25, 2017 at 4:48 pm
I enjoyed this poem. 🙂 This is my favorite time of year as well; Halloween/Samhain is my favorite celebration.
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September 25, 2017 at 7:04 pm
Ohhhhh! I love it. I have a poem about Samhain that I wrote a while ago. I want to post it, but I have been proclaimed a ‘witch’ by relatives. LOL! They know nothing, nothing at all about Celtic history and they want to remain in the dark. Thank you, Crystal, for reading and your very kind comment. It’s too hot here in Atlanta right now to even call it Autumn, but I’m holding out hope!
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September 25, 2017 at 7:34 pm
Oh yes… nutmeg would be great to have… and some saffron and cinnamon too… I would stay without a door if I had a prison of spices.
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September 25, 2017 at 7:43 pm
LOL! A prison of spices! What a delightful thought!~ Thanks, Bjorn. Later, Brother.
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September 25, 2017 at 7:57 pm
Careful with that Nutmeg…it’s spicy alright 😉
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September 25, 2017 at 8:02 pm
I love it, Paul. I put it in breads, soups, macaroni and cheese, just about everything but eggs!
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September 25, 2017 at 8:02 pm
So clever! Really enjoy this.
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September 25, 2017 at 8:03 pm
thank you, Jilly!~ It was fun…and different.
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September 25, 2017 at 8:33 pm
I wait all year for autumn, spicy pumpkin pie and apple crumble!
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September 25, 2017 at 10:45 pm
Me, too! I love apple cider, apple pie and pumpkin pie. haven’t tried the pumpkin latte spice yet, but I might~ It’s the most perfect season for color and vigor!
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September 25, 2017 at 11:18 pm
Love that last stanza!
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September 26, 2017 at 12:19 am
I didn’t know nutmeg brought illusions, but perhaps all spices allow one’s perspective the opportunity to shift a bit.
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September 26, 2017 at 12:47 am
I’ve never met anyone who loved nutmeg….til now!
A nice, spicy quadrille.
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September 26, 2017 at 12:56 am
Pumpkin and spice is my time of year. Love the baking and the eating. Thanks for the nutmeg mention. I put a pinch of it on sauteed spinach, and more in rice pudding!
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September 26, 2017 at 1:22 am
Enjoy the humor in this!
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September 26, 2017 at 2:20 am
Thannk you. Humor makes everything go down better. Thanks for reading.
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September 26, 2017 at 2:21 am
Yep…haven’t tried it in spinach, but will. Love it in rice pudding. I also add a scrape into fish stews, chowders.
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September 26, 2017 at 2:22 am
Love it! But I think it is an acquired taste for some…like kimchi. LOL!
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September 26, 2017 at 2:23 am
Whether it gets someone high or supplements what liquor does to an alcoholic, don’t know….but I’ve heard stories. Thanks, Frank. I’ll be over tomorrow morning.
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September 26, 2017 at 2:24 am
Thank you, Linda!
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September 26, 2017 at 7:51 am
Autumn is my favourite time of year, too, when eating is the best thing to do in preparation for a cold winter – especially with all the wonderful food at this time of year.It’s just gone breakfast time, I’m imagining the nutmeg-covered baking apples, and I’m ready for them! Your final lines made me smile, Jane!
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September 26, 2017 at 12:13 pm
Smiling I am….and oh yes…those autumn cooking smells. This is just a great write and you’re so right, your pumpkin does look like it should be pulled by mice for Cinderella! 🙂
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September 26, 2017 at 12:22 pm
I Kim.. Quadrilles are my bête noir. LOL! Thank you for reading…the sun is in my eyes so I can’t see the board. And I love the foods of fall….feel after the summer, we are allowed to EAT.
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September 26, 2017 at 12:34 pm
Thank you, Lillian. aIt’s still summer here by the heat not calendar but that will change.I’m ready for fall. and yes, some mice (not rats!) pulling that pumpkin would be nice! LOL!
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September 26, 2017 at 2:17 pm
🙂
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September 27, 2017 at 12:18 am
ooh, chowders good idea!
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