Welcome to my April 2026 Great and Powerful Blogging from A to Z Challenge!

I’ve revealed my theme (A poem a day…maybe even with pictures), and of course, I am unashamedly blogging my theme letters on the fly.  So, here goes nothing!

So, without further ado, V is for … Very close to the end…

Nature’s “Candy”

You, you shriveled
face of elder grapes,
bruised skin
of rotted purple.

You, you shrunken sugary,
pitted mummified
fruit, gritting sand
on my tongue.

You, you leather
pips, poor
excuses for the nature’s
candy they claim you are

at Hallowe’en. You,
you shameful chocolate
chip in disguise, ruining
cookies in your wake.

You, you who hide
in folds of cinnamon
buns, a foul joke
with our morning coffee.

Thanks for visiting my 2026 A to Z Challenge – Letter V.