Tuesday, November 17, 2015

The Melon Comments

Rating: ★4.0

There was a melon fresh from the garden
So ripe the knife slurped
As it cut it into six slices.
The children were going back to school.
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Charles Simic
cut school
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Arya A 01 August 2018

I can taste the melon. Simic masterfully contrasts the levity of childhood with the darkness of our mortal reality. Beautiful poem.

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Shakil Ahmed 17 November 2015

you have expressed your feelings well in the poem, thanks for sharing.

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