Every pepper is not like every other pepper,
you know.
All peppers were not created equal.
There is a scale for intensity of heat,
or we can always arrange them by color,
which is not the same thing.
All peppers grow where a flower used to be.
That might be enough similarity.
A dVerse Poets Pub prompt based on a photo of an arrangement of peppers by Emily Blincoe.
Marilyn Rauch Cavicchia 
This line is just awesome:
“All peppers grow where a flower used to be.”
Perhaps a good metaphor for life…sweet and spicy go together, for sure. 😉
Thanks so much, De. Maybe I should embroider that line on a pillow. 😉
I love that you chose the peppers and I especially enjoyed that line:
‘All peppers grow where a flower used to be’..
Thank you, Kim!
Peter Piper new wat to do with peppers; spicy ones are a boon to my appetite, but the family of green/red/yellow sweet peppers gives me indigestion.
🙂 I can deal with the red ones but don’t much care for the green or yellow.
I do like your poem! And it is true. We can arrange them by color but the Scovil scale would be the best way to arrange them. I love using peppers to cook with or to pickle. I am soooo pleased you did not choose the eggs!
Thanks, Toni (right?). The eggs were very pretty, but I went in a different direction. I wonder if anyone chose the toothbrushes?
I don’t think anyone did choose the toothbrushes. I just let the general organization of the pictured arrangements lead me to mise en place. And yes! Toni is right! Thank you.
Different peppers, different scale of intensity ~ Looks like you are a cook too to know this by experience, smiles ~ Thanks for joining us Marilyn ~
🙂
‘All peppers grow where a flower used to be’
I adore this line 💖 such fiery depth in your verse Marilyn 😀
Thank you so much, Sanaa!
So much meaning that might be hidden under… The colors and the heat, I do love the red and yellow ones… And once they all were bloom, much like ourselves.
That final couplet is so lovely. It reminds me of Robert Frost – simplicity and depth.
That’s a flattering comparison, to be sure. Thanks, Sarah!
….I like the habaneras!
🙂
So simple, all about peppers, and yet each line could also be said about people.
Thanks so much, Annell!
Hear here: (I like the line that reads:) All peppers were not created equal.
Randy
Thanks, Randy!
I almost chose the peppers but so glad you did! This is a perfect metaphor for life and humanity.
Thanks so much, Mish!
i love those those last two lines.
it’s a simple truth, but it reads very well. 🙂
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Thank you, Stacie! Will visit you now (belatedly).
Oh, the beauty and flavor in diversity!
Thank you, Lynn!