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However, one of the finalists put me in mind of some foodily nonsense I experimented with years ago....so I share them with you now, with thoughts of the growing seasons ahead!
The Produce Cinquains
Kiwi:
alien green
inside, alien fuzz
outside—fruit that will never look
dewy.
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Raisin:
shrinking darkly,
the grape adds its juices
to the cloud of vapor on the ho-
rizon.
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Oranges:
thick skins heavy
with Florida sunshine,
so round that they resist being
arranged.
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Mango:
no matter how
you slice it, the flesh around
its deceptively large stone gets
mangled.
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Wax bean:
the name alone
is unappetizing—
not to mention how it looks fake,
lacks green.
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Peaches:
all of August’s
sweet heat accumulates
until the fruit dips within our
reaches.
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Carrot:
how can a thing
that grows in the dark be
as bright as the feathers of a
parrot?
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Cabbage:
once a month
I buy one, thinking coleslaw;
three weeks later it goes in the
garbage.
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Very yummy post, Heidi - thanks! (& isn't "The Popcorn Astronauts" a brilliant title?)
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your poetic snacks as well - the carrot is my favorite, I think. :0)
Delicious poems--I am a fan of Deborah Ruddell! Have some cabbage recipes: http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20684235,00.html
ReplyDeleteLove all of these delectable poems, Heidi! Now I'm craving a peach filled with "August's/sweet heat." Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love your cinquains, especially the cabbage one!
ReplyDeleteI'm in awe of your first and last lines in these cinquains! I want to show these to my students and ask them, "What do you notice?"
ReplyDeleteThe Popcorn Astronauts is such a fun, imaginative book! And your cinquains are so skillfully written... I admit a particular fondness for the cabbage one. (there *might* have been part of a cabbage in my garbage before.) :) Thank you, Heidi!
ReplyDeleteI've never thought of parrot and carrot together! Your cinquains are making me hungry, but I'll confess I much prefer gingerbread to whole wheat toast (unless it's slathered in butter!) Thanks for the fun post, Heidi, and your amazing poem The Saurus on Robyn's blog! I LOVE IT!
ReplyDeleteWonderful! ... and comforting. I thought I was the only one who mangles mangoes and keeps the fridge stocked with wilting cabbages.
ReplyDeleteHi there Heidi! I'm a round two judge myself for cybils (fiction picturebook category) - I am sure your deliberations are going very well. Love the mango poem here. :)
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