An orange is a fruit.
Fruit it is with pips.
Pips, pips, pips and
Juicy orange flesh
It is full of vitamin C.
It is good for you.
Orange juice is an orange juiced, with no pips.
It is good for you, too.
A poem is not an orange.
No. No. We all know that.
But
A poem is the product of a juice: the creative juice.
It is an orange in reverse.
Ah.
Yes. It swirls in your heart and brain.
It swirls in juicy swirls.
It swirls in juicy rainbow colours.
It is good for you, too.
So let the colours flow.
Let them flow unhindered.
Orange, yellow, purple, blue and green.
Let them flow.
Let them flow, flow, flow and flow.
Catch them as they flow
On the go.
Catch them in a poem.
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I was trying to shuffle, but half way through describing an orange the idea about the creative juice occurred in my mind and this poem is what I ended up with.
Copyright © Irina Dimitric 2014
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This is such a fun poem to read! Your work is so worth reading!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it. My husband giggled when he read it. Thank you so much for the lovely compliment.
Yes, Irina, that’s the creative process! This is great!
Oh thanks, Doug. Your feedback means a lot to me.
Do the orange shuffle?
Yes, poetically speaking. 🙂
Juicy it might be, but you got the essence of an orange.
Yes, I think so, too. 🙂
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Thanks, Doug, for this lovely comment. Yes, stream-of-consciousness, that’s what I thought I was doing; it happens quite often to me.
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I love it… “A poem is an orange in reverse”. Congrats on this one, my friend.
Hugs from Aquileana 😀
Thanks a lot, my friend. Occasionally, an original thought pops up in my mind. 🙂
Cheers and hugs, Irina
Beautiful poem! I’m glad we’re now “connected” .. do you know that a famous French poet, Paul Eluard, has written a very famous metaphor: the Earth is blue like an orange… you poem reminded me of him! Kind regards, F.
I know of Paul Eluard but didn’t know about this metaphor. Thanks for reminding me of him, I’ll look him up on Google. Cheers 🙂 Irina
Hello mate nice ppost
Thank you very much .
Thanks, Mila, for reminding me of my WordPress blog. I haven’t posted anything here for such a long time. Must come back when I figure out the new format! Would like to follow you too. Cheers, Irina