Melons Poems - Poems about Melons

Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about summer, life, sun, sunshine, sunlight, melons, willows, rain, rivers, hats, shade, sad, sadness. Such coolness when shouldered: the summer’s first melon. —Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch A wicker basket shields the coolness of the first melon. —Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Morning dew: the muddy melon exudes coolness. —Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Early summer...

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CHINESE FEMALE POETS: ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS Creamy Melons by Chao Luan-Luan translation by Michael R. Burch Scented with talcum, moist with perspiration, like pegs of jade inlaid in a harp, aroused by desire, yet soft as cream, fertile amid a warm mist after my bath, as my lover perfumes them, cups them and plays with them, cool as melons and purple grapes. Life in the Palace by Lady...

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Melons Melons eat soap. ...

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*A very loose form of Limerick, but Mabel deserves lots of syllables. There once was a waitress with the name of Mabel Who used her bosom as a restaurant table Beneath her double chins Mabel flaunted her twins The one on the right, Cain and the left one, Abel The locals...

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Crisp nights, heavy dew, coming soon Smoke trail of swallows southward fly Fruit boughs droop under harvest moon Corn towers up to touch the sky Fall speckles in the trees on high Crisp nights, heavy dew, coming soon Fat melons ready for reaping nigh Chill spooks asylum of common loon Not one hundred by afternoon Imperceptibly shorter day Crisp nights, heavy dew, coming soon Ranchers...

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the watermelon those fresh, cold strawberries hides out of honeydew ~ in the honeydew so fresh, cold strawberries hides oh watermelon 8/11/20 written word by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020 ©...

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In a supermarket, phrases like “nice cans” or “nice melons” Sound innocent unless a well endowed philly nearby threatens Then head for the checkout Avoiding a crime scene headcount Run like a gazelle, she'll be on your cart in seconds...

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A young man flashed a big grin at me He said ‘phwarrr’ your melons look juicy I covered my tanned chest But the guy did attest Look - the one’s in your trolley, silly! Fun fiction write 06-20-17...

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Many melons on the table I will eat them if I'm able All at once, I cannot do Not until I take a poo And so, until my butt is stable they'll be sittin' on the table...

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I’ve got a couple of juicy melons They are dangling so temptingly Round with plump firm flesh Shame they aren’t ready for picking yet! Now now what were you thinking guys … It’s the first year I’ve grown them in my greenhouse! Jan Allison 14th August 2014...

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such a great tasting fruit, a ripe melon not sugary, just wonderfully succulent a sure way to beat the dry summer heat; so unlike the melon, the humble lemon you cannot eat it though it smells sweet but mixed with water it quenches thirst; the melon you eat, the lemon you do not the latter you smell, the...

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