Gert W. Knop Poet Tanka

Kaffeeernte/ Coffee Harvest/ Cosecha De Café

An dünnen Zweigen
Aus dunklem Grün leuchtendes Rot
Zeit für die Ernte

Flinke Finger pflücken reife Kirschen
Schnell füllen sich die Bilums

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On thin branches 
Out of dark green a brilliantt red 
It's time for harvest 

Nimble fingers picking ripe cherries
The bilums are quickly filled


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En ramas delgadas
Del verde oscuro un rojo brillante
Tiempo para la cosecha

Ágiles dedos cogen cerezas maduras
Rápidamente se llenan las bilums



Note: In Papua New Guinea the ripe coffee cherries are collected in big bilums which are
string bags mainly made from natural fibers of certain lianas or knottet from artificial
material.

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Dr.Ram Mehta June 20, 2010 at 5:56 AM A nice write on the harvest time of ripe coffee cherries

Sara Kendrick June 20, 2010 at 5:10 AM Do the workers get caffeine in their body when handling the beans? People who work in tobacco get tobacco sickness when they first start to work in the fields so a friend of mine told me when she married a tobacco farmer...Interesting write..Keep the creative pen flowing..Sara