An Ode To Lemonade


This piece was the first poem I wrote this semester. The goal was to write a poem with only enjambed lines. I wanted to celebrate the lemonade and capture that sensation of dozing off with a cool drink in the Sun. Another thing I wanted to try was to come up with as many euphemisms I could for a lemonade without actually using the word “lemonade” in the poem. The poem starts with an alliteration and the internal rhymes give it a definitive rhythm. The goal for revision in this piece was to replace the cliched “chill down my spine” with something that evoked a similar sensation.

An Ode To Lemonade

Summer sipper, citrus spritz: Squeeze
a lemon please! The sun fruit on a
sunny day grant me
that citrus breeze, which
flies me to
winters gone, that cold
catching in my
chest, like holding a
baby for the
first time. Oh my
zesty cooler, tangy refresher: Give me
that summer release, treat me like the
baby and sing me to sleep.

An Ode To Lemonade

Summer sipper, citrus spritz: Squeeze
a lemon please! The sun fruit on a
sunny day grant me
that citrus breeze, which
flies me to
winters gone, that chill
running down my
spine, like holding a
baby for the
first time. Oh my
zesty cooler, tangy refresher: Give me
that summer release, treat me like the
baby and sing me to sleep.