tangerine
genoveva del orbe 1965 (santo domingo)
Tangerine
Still and silent,
I imagined her soft voice
in silence she
poked me with an intense gaze
from its orange roundness
do not delay in touching its soft and rough skin
in the act of a magician I touched it
release in fruitful trance its flavor
sweet, magical, sacred
amber energy ran through my being
still and silent
you no longer poked me with your eyes.
I ate your sweet silence.
About this poem
a fruit and me
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Written on May 31, 2022
Submitted by genovevadelorbe11 on May 30, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AbcdbefghiAjk |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 391 |
Words | 76 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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