Strange Fruit

Another amazing nature poem, with a hidden tone of a love poem, that needs another "master" in this art to craft. The strange oblong fruit, my best guess is the purple core passion fruit, native to New Zealand. It is indeed "fuzzy" with a "purple" belly, as against the yellow bellies of its Hawaiian cousin. What makes this poem stand out is the personification and symbolism given to the "fruit" with purple insides:

a beating heart at your core
I heard it thump once
and the rest of nature fell into the soft repose
of Winter (repose = peaceful, calm, tranquil.....so wonderfully used here with "Winter"!)

and then the equally beautiful choice of words that follow in its flow, enticing it to leave its "limping stem"/ mother branch, to be caught in another's loving hands to explore love, is so heart-melting and emotive:

but you cling on to that half limp stem
as though it held a map of every possible dream
in the palm of its branch

Let go, dear, feel the uncertainty of air
just fall,
for my love has so many hands
and I won't let you bruise, darling

In my opinion it is a winner. Perhaps, the poem belongs more appropriately in the "nature" section than "miscellaneous". It is indeed a tender, touching piece of art written with a loving symbolism given to an otherwise odd looking fruit, which will touch the heart of any passion fruit grower or lover.

(Judging comment 1-1-12)

I've always been fond of writing my thoughts down but never really had time,

But as the years have past its matured strangely, now all being expressed in rhyme,

So I decided to join a club and practise my skills, one of like minded poets,

But after reading your piece I'm way out of my league but before I would never have known it,

You sent me into a world afar, leading my subconscious into a different state of alert.

I'm eager now to enrole with this group and express my feelings amidst this poetic concert. =)

An adorable nature poem on the kiwi brand of passion fruit, with a purple heart (insides). Can I get a prize please (a shipment) for solving this riddler?

One of the best pieces of yours, Mel. I always enjoy reading your stuff!

How unique,
I love personification in poems, This gave it much originality and metaphors that spoke volumes.

What a gentle piece in it's nature, sweet and funny, And it had awesome flow, smooth and transitional.
loved it

xxxxx