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My name is Joy, and I love to write. Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground. Kiya's gift. I love it!
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#898900 added December 2, 2016 at 8:25pm
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Ode to a Watermelon
Prompt: Write an ode to your favorite fruit.

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Ode to a Watermelon

When it begins to grow on a healthy vine
I know everything about it will be benign

small size, hybrid, red flesh inside
so I smack my lips with gourmet’s pride.

Lo and behold, its globe is now in slices
forget about all other candies and ices

I’ve succumbed to its spell and lost my mind
then stabbed wide-eyed its dark green rind,

But my love is not contraband like money or ammunition
thus, its juice on my face doesn’t deserve admonition.

Next, I search with care and find one black seed, shiny
now I have to wait after planting without turning whiny.

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