This act of love, makes to swell
Sky's with Earth, what's sweet
With kissing rains initiated.
Through lewd steamy heat.
two young cousins upright in the back of a pick-up truck
enjoying their watermelon moon, name of Teddy and Chuck
their daddies are down by the pond catching fish and such
They don’t care at all, loving this tasty fruit, very much
With my succulence, I can quench your thirst
hydrating well-being midst calmness-bliss
offering nutritious benefits
toward functional zest of vibrant mirth...
Yes, enjoy my refreshing presence
midst wondrous fellowship with loved ones
along rejuvenating laughter spree
ending in prayer, thanking God*... then have slurps of me.
Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
November 4, 2025
3rd place, "PERSONALLY SPEAKING" Personification Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Nette Onclaud; judged on 11/5/2025
PERSONALLY SPEAKING Poetry Contest
Nette Onclaud
11/3/25
This watermelon rolled its eyes
Taking a deep breath
At the altar of his life
Please, shoppers, go for the grapes
I'm rotten and sour
For all my life, I sat on death row
Oh, pardon me, mister
But the grapes are on sale today
As ostrich egg, I'm oval
Favourite to every pal
Place me well or else I'll roll
Seem like a sumo wrestler
And beat the heat in summer
Spray pepper to make spicy
Mouth watering blood red bites
Can't stop with one...lol
I picked you up
like a grateful mother handling her child.
You mature by the time we reach home.
Your honeydew face has gone dark
Now my concentration slips past surface
into your ruby heart
gushing sweet water and pearls of black oil,
endeavoring to please me.
I sit here in the hot day's sun,
water droplets running off my skin.
As I grow bigger I get sweeter,
one day soon I will be picked.
Off to market I will go,
then taken home to be enjoyed.
Oh watermelon is my name,
sweet and juicy sink your pearly teeth in.
wet watermelon
sticky with ugly black seeds
delicious to eat
.
yes i did
mine eyne follow'd that drip
down hern
naykid length
yess
naykid
in thuh buff
thuh sun loving her canvas
that drip's glister
amplified
az down it
slid slowly
ride’n her
pink
drip
just for fun....
OH! WATERMELON!
Oh watermelon, you’re a sweet, juicy summertime delight
inviting us all to take a refreshing bite.
Your juice drips down, a sugary, sticky stream.
You’re the taste of summer, delightful but not clean.
Your rind cracks with a satisfying sound.
Your dark seeds we gladly spit out on the ground.
Your seeds are a snack for birds on a warm summer night
who feast on them underneath the silvery moonlight.
Oh watermelon, you’re a cooling treat,
an invigorating escape from sun's sizzling heat.
so pretty birdy
watermelon chest cool bird
green pink and purple
summer refreshment
delicious watermelon -
antioxidants
Watermelon is a hard word
to try and find a rhyme
And I thought that I could
If I would take the time
So, I've travel far and wide
From Mount Dora to Saint Helens
But couldn't find a word
That rhymed with
watermelon
I have asked Honest Men
all the way , Down to a Felon
I've whispered pretty please
Other times simply yellin'
Searching every corner of the earth just like Magellan
And I still can't find a rhyming word for
watermelon
I've pondered over books
From real trash to Best Sellin'
Worked out every rhyme scheme
Till my brain started swellin'
If Mister Webster knows, he for sure ain't tellin'
About a word that just might rhyme with
watermelon
Where shall I go?
They ask of us what I cannot sacrifice,
So help.
You, scared of the void of dice,
Do not fear what you know has result,
Let their greed grind to a halt,
Their evangelism is disguised with the veneer of a mission,
As they push us back in this revolting schism,
Help us.
Retrieve our right to humanity,
Relieve the wound that has lasted eternity,
We are not dispensable.
We are amorous and intense with emotion.
Please just give your devotion.
Devote like us to this cause where we stand
Stop letting them take over with the wave of a hand.
Liberate us.
Please.
My love like steel and silk
cuts through you
splutters your blood
watermelon juice down a throat
Wipes it with yellow silken ribbon
for you to suck afresh
that you may find your
Godly seed within
My love like dragonflies and bees
silently landing on stamen or pistils
alchemising nectar into patterned
dust upon transparent wings
Earth rewards my love with morning glory
steel severs sunflower stems
silkworms crawl into a wet rose centre
pollen stolen in sparkling dew
My steely silken love refreshed
from your flowered stickiness
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