Epsicle episode

All weekly contributors to Write Stuff¹ present a piece based on a photo prompt. My contribution is a poem titled: “Red Dye #40 Epsicle ice pop”. Comments include:

“tasting heatwaves. great description.”
–Divine

“There is something eerie about the little note of trivia at the end that I can’t put my finger on but I like it. I also like the clean, concise language as well.”
–Tammi

“Normally I’m not a fan of Haiku, but I like this a great deal.”
–d.challener

Thanks Divine.

Thanks Tammi. I love studying the origin of words and their meaning. Recently inspired by Ezra Pound’s poetry, specifically In a Station of the Metro, I attempted to do likewise but in my own voice.

Thanks D. Challener. I was more influenced by Pound than by haiku. However, knowing that haiku is often used, abused from its honorable beginning; I picked it up, dusted it off and attempted to “make it new.”

NOTES:
1) Write Stuff, accessed April 9, 2009, http://www.take2max.com/writing/ (page no longer available, web site deactivated. Write Stuff published blog posts from 2006 to 2008. Write Stuff moved Write Anything, https://writeanything.wordpress.com/)
2) Matthew Mulder, “Red Dye #40 Epsicle ice pop*,” June 4, 2006, Write Anything, accessed April 9, 2009, https://writeanything.wordpress.com/2006/06/04/red-dye-40-epsicle-ice-pop/