SWEET SCOOP: A POEM ABOUT ICE CREAM

Project Synergy writer, editor, and columnist Marian Hawit Rosmo shares a sweet poem inspired by her love of ice cream. Indulge in the poem below.

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Those who love ice cream know

The comfort of that first lick

Or bite, if you’re weird

Creamy and cool

I’ve been mocked for my ice cream of choice

Mint chocolate chip

Tastes like toothpaste, some say

Can’t argue with fools

Set out to write an article

Made a poll to show the results

I figure a poem is better

Moves faster

Sounds romantic-er

Asked people’s favorite

I got 

Hazelnut

Raspberry

Cookies and cream

Cookie dough

Salted caramel and

Pistachio

I figure a sweet scoop of ice cream is

Or should be

A collective human experience

Just like

A bad breakup

A stain on your white T-shirt

A warm summer day

Or wisdom teeth removal

A little bit of sweetness to mend the sour

Then I think—

Isn’t ice cream already the

Common denominator? 

In a bad breakup

A stain on your white T-shirt

A warm summer day

And wisdom teeth removal

Eat it in a cone

What does that say about you?

Eat it in a cup

Now what does that say about you?

Reminds me of being a kid

Neapolitan ice cream, please

Pink and brown and white

Why is it called that anyway?

Image retrieved from Domestic Gothess, 2018.

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About the Author. Marian Hawit Rosmo (@emehache__) is a Honduran writer, editor, and columnist at Project Synergy.