The Connoisseurknows it all
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connoisseur reports
when judged by its taste alone
a bean is a bean
raving and ranting
epicurean he is
simple beauty missed
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Prompt word, Connoisseur, suggested by Amity at Dreams Are My Reality
Find more poems at One Single Impression using "Connoisseur" as prompt
Notes:
1. Pictured is a pan of baked beans. I thought it was neat to intersperse those large white lima beans, often called butter beans, with the rest. They were mostly taken as I was near the end of the food line.
2. (generally the second definition) Connoisseur: A person of informed and discriminating taste: a connoisseur of fine wines.
Yes Jim, first time I heard the word connoisseur was when I was in college in a literature subject, we discussed someone who makes the best wine as a connoisseur-an expert, but of late, it became a literal word which could also mean someone who excels or is best in what he does is a connoisseur!
ReplyDeleteI like your take, looks so yummy...and of course, the one who can tell the difference of a small n big beans and maybe how it taste is a connoisseur of food!
Nice one Jim, suddenly felt famished with the look of the pic that came with it..gotta go have lunch! :)
Yes, opinions of experts is a subject of mind. It is about analysis, comparisons, methods, styles etc.
ReplyDeleteHeart has its own way of looking at art.
What Amity means is someone who excels and not one who opinionates.
I like your words, "when judged only by its taste a bean is a bean", yeah, a connoisseur is a person can see through the surface and find something hide behind. Nice words, though I don't like to eat beans. :)
ReplyDeleteHave a nice week end.
I love that photo! Yummy!
ReplyDeletemusty scent of love
love that baked beans i think, makes me hungry Jim :) i take it Mrs Jim is the chef behind it?
ReplyDeletelovely haikus both :D
Love baked beans. Don't know whether I'm a connoisseur though - just an eater :-)
ReplyDeleteI love baked beans especially when they have lima beans in them.
ReplyDeleteI agree, sometimes the connoisseur misses the simple joy of things through all the analysis. Almost sounds like an engineer! Your picture is making me hungry Jim. When I was in the UK, we would have beans and toast for breakfast. Have a good day. Rob.
ReplyDeletea bean is a bean...so simple ...:)
ReplyDeleteYes!!!
ReplyDelete:D Baked beans on toast!
Humble things hold the delicacy of memories.
A delicious take on the prompt! When is a bean not a bean? :)
ReplyDeleteYum! Fun stuff.
ReplyDeleteMind can't taste.. it's a matter of heart.. oh, connoisseur misses beauty and gets lost in specifications.. well written, Jim..
ReplyDeletesorry that took my appetite away.
ReplyDeletewhat do they say about presentation???
yeah those beans needed some - lol
Great interpretation- I see a new blog in your future- pictures of food with a poem and a recipe...lol! I think we are all connoisseurs of what we love best... Have a great week, Jim!
ReplyDeleteyummy post.
ReplyDeletea bean is a bean
ReplyDeleteregardless its fate
every day, any way
grace on a plate
Hi Jim,
ReplyDeleteThis is another unique and humorous post. The judge is quite a character. I enjoyed the creative writing process here.