Pumpkin Seed Day meets Random Acts of Poetry Day

The First Wednesday in October is here! I know, not a normal thing to be excited about, but when I realized that there are so many things to celebrate today, I decided to combine two.

I now present my random poem about pumpkin seeds…

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A bright orange squash

Sits before me

My knife glides in

What do I see?

The pumpkin seeds

Encrusted in flesh

Surrounded by strings

Such a mess

My spoon goes in

Scraping all around

I pull up a scoop

And plop it right down

Over and over

Until the cavity is clear

Why do I do this

Year after year?

Pumpkin seeds

On a sheet of foil

Roasted to perfection

With salt and oil

Why do I continue?

How am I not bored?

The toasty goodness

From the guts of a gourd

~Sandy

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When you carve your jack-o'-lantern, what do you do with the pumpkin seeds? Toss? Roast? Plant? In a week or so I’ll be roasting them, but today they inspire a random poem.

What you can do today:

• Write a poem or share your favorite peom
• Visit your local pumpkin patch
• Roast some pumpkin seeds (or just buy some)
• Forget about both and just shout “hump day!”

Whatever you do, enjoy it! There's always something to celebrate.