An Ode To Salt
Ephemeral Value
Born of Huangdi legend, shaping the world from big bangs of
Unstable combustible metal and deadly poisonous gas
Symbol of wealth, loyalty, friendship, and love
Keeper of covenants crystalized in elaborate cellars of glass.
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Lot’s wife, turned pillar of salt, would soon face a double shame
Compared to a whole city, Taghaza, a work camp built of the same
But even this city of salt becomes eclipsed by the moon
Of majestical underground sites of salt chandeliers carved above a lagoon.
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Worth your own salt in words and phrases myriad as the colors you display
Morphing shape for enhancing taste, pickling, curing, and preserving
Controlled by church and state, keeping evil spirits at bay
Monopolized and democratized, of mighty praise you are deserving.
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Stephanie J. Bradberry
I have a passion for literature and anime. And I love everything involving academia, health, metaphysics and entrepreneurship.
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Recently, the pleasant surprise of placement on the Vocal Bonus Leaderboard sent me down a rabbit hole. Now, rabbit holes are a pretty common place for me to spend time, but I don't always feel the call to write about them. To be honest, the thought of sharing some of them mortifies me.
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Comments (47)
I missed this one when it was top story. This makes salt sound so beautiful which it really is. Great job and belated congrats on Top Story ❤️
Fabulous work Stephanie!
Amazing work. I really enjoyed being able to think and visualize each word you wrote. Congrats on the Top Story!!!
👏 An original and thematically encompassing ode! Terrific job Stephanie. Congrats on your top story as well! ☺️
Congratulations!
Congratulations on the Leader Board win Stephanie. Good to see the recognition.
Beautifully executed, Stephanie, your words are like scattered gems!
I love this! It's so creative!
This has been plagiarized by someone and that has been reported
it was too fascinating ma'am it is mesmerizing its surreal its out standing i'm speech less on this today
I applaud your rhyme schemes! Fun choice to see it change in the middle, but overall the rhythm the rhymes bring add a lot to this piece, and make me want to go back and read it over and over again. So well-crafted. I'm always so filled with admiration for your work, Stephanie! You bring a precision to everything you write, and such interesting history and facts too. So glad this got Top Story!
Fascinating 😊 There is more to common salt than meets the eye.
This is excellent!
A poetic ode to salt's multifaceted significance, from legends to practical uses, intertwined with history's captivating tales.
Congratulations on getting a Top Story! It makes me want *extra* salt on my supper (and I have already met my daily sodium limit. 🤷)
This made me salty! Good work!
OH this was great! 🥰🥰
You have shown us here, how many ways that salt has been used over time. But I think my favourite is this right here, as you have used it to make ART!! Excellent work, congrats on the Top Story.
Congratulations! This was a wonderful surprise. Very informative. 🎊🎊
sport my page
nice
This is spectacular work, I'm a fan! Congratulations on top story, very happy to see this here!
Good old sodium chloride! Really spectacular Elemental poetry, great work!
Wow! I read this just expecting salt as I know it to be used but you touched on so many uses and a whole history and an entire story of salt! That was awesome and so unexpected! And as always you did an excellent job writing this with such colorful language.
A worthy subject, eloquently honored. Congratulations, Stephanie!