Thoughts of a Calabash Tree
...I was loving the sun,
Not consciously doing anything
My gourds hanging sweetly,
Too big to move much
Dancing with internal mirth
Because I was being picked today
It is always a relief to a ca...
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Categories:
calabash tree, tree,
Form: Personification
Cowards
...I once met a drunken man there
Under the shade of the calabash tree
With a gourd of wine downed to the lees.
He said to me when I came up:
See, see my friend, I tell you
From that yonder villa...
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Categories:
calabash tree, character, courage, crazy, judgement,
Form: Blank verse
I Had a Dream When I Was Young
...I had a glistening dream when I was young
Bright as an orange on October tree
Near as the horizon on the rim of the sea
Sweet as mango sweating in the grass
Clear as the crystal of the hour glass...
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Categories:
calabash tree, imagination, philosophy, dream, longing,
Form: Free verse