Oh SIBISIB this is amazingggg...
I love the word tomato but I dont like to have it a lot, but you seem like..well as if you love tomatoes :P however that's not the point.

I loved how you worded this piece, the title is very catchy, I thought you were to talk about something else but I was surprised that it really went aabout the tomato itself, lol .

Now you definitely know what's my favorite part, don't you ? Ill give you a hint " lit through with a day's long sunshine."

:) well what can I say, even tomatoes love me..

however this also was my favorite expression, I found it very very creative :

giving that deep note of the garden
to all the warmest meals.

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WELL done :)
loved it, 5/5

I had to read this just to find out how one could write about a tomato and make it interesting *bam * tomato's are now a very enjoyable read lol
So cool
Connie

Nice poem. :)

'I'm the sweet orb of August,'

is the best line in the poem and fitting for it being the opener, really (excuse the pun) ripe choices of wording here.

What I think you could've done better though is really think about

'firm and plump and glowing orange and red,
lit through with a day's long sunshine.'

It's too easy to describe a tomato as orange, glowing and red. I won't go as far as saying it isn't poetry and I'm already fully aware that you didn't write it to change nation's minds about the humble tomato haha, but it's too ordinary this part.

I have no problems with the second stanza though I'd like a bit more personality given to the tomato, not personifying it but there's not much here that really feels like the tomato should have a poem written about it.

You might want to take a look at Neruda's ode to tomatoes and how he's crafted it in order to give personality and acute passion in the choice of words and form.

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/pablo_neruda/poems/15736

'flushed like the cheeks of toddlers.'

is cliche, and unneeded. But I enjoyed the simple ending. 'warm note' could've failed but it didn't here.

I did enjoy this poem but I feel it's too pedestrian to warrant a few re-reads at the moment. You're still one of the best poets on the site, mind.

Beautiful, lovely, heart warming poem:)

Wow!!! Your wording and the flow of the poem was perfect!!! Loved it. I feel like eating tomatoes now. You reminded me of a book I was reading, it said tomatoes were called "love apples" before and people thought they were the fruit of satin. Your poem gave me that feeling... that tomatoes are sinful fruits because they're sooo good.

You know I love tomatoes! But I found it interesting how you wrote a poem all about tomatoes. I loved the odd title, and how you personified tomatoes throughout the poem... It was a sweet read. Congrats on the win :)

I think this is a beautiful ode to a tomato, and I enjoyed it more than Neruda's long, rambling write.

Very well done and congrats on the win.