Art’s going bananas well nigh--
Apple still of many an eye
And an object of art
Winning no mean a heart,
Why a banana taped for millions vie--
A fruit best in ape’s hand,
In lewd limerick’s land,
Is out today all logic to defy.
Food has long been an art,
Art as food my sense thwart,
Why I hear Ecuador’s desperate sigh.
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Happenings |18.11.2024|humour, art
Poet’s note: Banana has the art world in a tizzy. Maurizio Catalan’s work, Comedian (a single banana taped to wall) has sold for over six million dollars at Sotheby’s auction. The same thing, when put up at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2019, had left people in shock. But don’t we live in a topsy-turvy world? Ecuador is the biggest exporter of bananas in the world.
I grapple with an apple.
As they are hard to bite
A pear I can manage
If the pear is ripe
I reach for a peach
The juice makes me dribble
I don't eat ugli fruit
This statement's trivial
Bananas are soft
As soft as can be
It looks like the banana
Is the fruit for me
William Banana, the best of all the bunch
went into a restaurant to have a spot of lunch
he tucked into his consomme, fricasse and chips
along came the waiter and Billy licked his lips
"that was a lovely meal" he said "and now I'll have some tea,
oh have you got a toilet, I'm bursting for a pee"
the waiter said "I'm sorry son, there's only one for staff,
I'm afraid you'll have to go outside and piddle on the path.
banana bread
finger -licking
fruit glaze
4/4/2 Contemporary Haiku
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fresh cinnamon crumbs
on the path where we once shared
his banana bread
Traditinonal Haiku 5/7/5
Feeling lethargic,
Sue went on
a banana diet,
and started to feel
more energetic and alive,
walking past the
local playground,
she was going
to keep walking,
when she quickly
changed her mind...
Swinging round and round,
flipping upside down,
she couldn't believe
the bananas gave her
so much stamina,
one last go round,
she dismounted
landing perfectly
on the ground,
just like an
Olympic champion!
I got myself a suntanna.
Down at the local beach.
While watching three Santas.
In the Christmas Parade.
It was a nice Sun-shiny day.
In Southern Cal.Near LA..
But the only thing I wanted?
Was a beautiful gal!
While going bananas!
Get It?
Sun-Tanna!
While I witness three Santas..
Giving Christmas gifts.
Around Christmas time.
In the Christmas Parade.
Sun-Tannas.Three Santas.
A beautiful gal..
While going bananas!
Near LA..
Southern-Cal-Poem By Kim Robin Edwards
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