I grew up with a bunch of others,
Just me with my sisters and brothers.
When I was younger, I was green and tough,
But as I grew older, I discovered life could be rough.
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Elena, i'm swiping this for my/our March showcase. i'm assuming your copyright note does not apply to my usage. if i am wrong, i shall alert my MANY attorneys! ! please let me know if you object to me putting this into the showcase; i would then remove it ASAP. i did leave a comment long ago. i still love this, of course! i'll also put your Poet's Notes into the showcase, under your poem. Thanks, bri :)
You never know the day you might cart away or get eaten just like a bunch of banana! Very funny!
A masterful metaphor that is loaded with lessons for living! Well done and congrats!
This is a magnificent poem...so lyrical, and that extended metaphor holds so much truth. Congratulations on Poem of the Day!
A Beautiful poem with in depth meaning, Elena. One day a fruit will ripe and had its last fall. So many seasonal changes the fruit has to undergo before it lasts, finally it become so soft, as soft as infant. This is the meaning of life too. Congrats for the well deserved poem of the day.
A delightful poem. Wonderfully written. Another to add to my favorites list, after which I'm going to go eat one of those ripe bananas sitting on my counter. (At least they were sitting when I left them, but when they hear me coming they may be standing up ready to run.)
its as sweet as a banana itself. Worth munching one, for what ever one feels. Enjoyed.
Wow, it's a lovely poem and certainly deserves to be poem of the day today.
When the time is ripe Our lives shall sweeten Which like the banana Must then be sadly eaten..... Good poem and I invite all to my page too......
So funny. I shall share this with a few friends. Thank you.
i see i already commented on this one over six months ago. for you food-lovers (especially of bananas) here are two poems i wrote which you are welcome to nibble at. hi elena! :) bri Stepping Out Of The Box....... [food fantasy; HUMOR; MEDIUM; immigration troubles] We've Gone Bananas This Week......[Fruit; Groceries; Personal]
To understand a banana you have to be a banan and here you realy took the form of a banana, splend work here
elena, i've had a craving for just such a poem today! thanks for satisfying me. to MyPoemList it goes! today a ph friend informed me that he is quitting the site due to lack of comments (good or bad) on his poems. it made me a little nervous, and that is one reason i have looked at one of yours now. but i guess you don't lack for comments, so i'll move to another poet who may be more needy! thanks for sharing. (could i watch when you are peeled? ; it is bound to happen some day!) tee hee bri :) AND can you do a banana split? ? ? i'd better watch myself. i feel i'm approaching a slippery slope.
Hi Elena, Your 'Banana' Is a wonderful write, A matter of delight! Gets 10/10 alright.
Hi Elena, Your 'Banana' Is a wonderful write, A matter of delight! Gets 10/10 alright.
Ha ha ha this is so funny - love it. Yet another of your poems to add to my list of favourites. Now I feel sorry for the family of bananas in my fruit bowl...perhaps I should buy them a plane ticket to return home...