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REMBERING PEACHES AND A VACATION

In the bigness of the Apple city

Walking down some street

Where fruit sellers are

I stop to purchase

Peaches


Seen them in the movies before

Read them in books before

And now here i am in NY city

Buying Peaches


Reaching indoors

I wash them 

And bite into a yummy hidden yellowness

My first taste of 

Peaches


I eat them every day

What's a vacation for

If not to eat

Peaches


When i return home where

Summer cyah done

There will be watermelons

Green variegated thick skins

And sweet crunchy red flesh

I will keep cool then, eating

Watermelon slices.

REMBERING PEACHES AND A VACATION © gillena cox 2021

# "Summer cyah done" - Line from a song by Kes


BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH

Prompt: Write a poem based on a memory that a fruit evokes

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30 comments:

  1. HelenSeptember 21, 2021 at 7:48 PM

    Gillena, you brought the experience to life for us! Loved your poem …

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  2. Gillena CoxSeptember 21, 2021 at 7:54 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Helen

    Much💖love

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    1. HelenSeptember 21, 2021 at 8:15 PM

      Now you’ve got me dancing in our kitchen ~~ preparing dinner!! Calypso!

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  3. Gillena CoxSeptember 21, 2021 at 8:35 PM

    Happy you dropped back in Helen

    Much💖love

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  4. Ken / rivrvlogrSeptember 21, 2021 at 8:46 PM

    I love peaches! Unfortunately, I can't eat them raw due to an allergic reaction, but they are in my favorite pie. I could taste them here.

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  5. kaykualaSeptember 21, 2021 at 9:15 PM

    Peaches at the Big Apple! How nice Gillena!Certainly a memorable vacation that will sustain for a long time. Hank used to get discounted tickets for Broadway at the World Trade Centre then. Enjoyed NYC! It has everything!

    Hank

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  6. Dwight L. RothSeptember 21, 2021 at 9:31 PM

    A great poem Gillena. You make me hungry for the delectable sweetness of fresh peaches. Watermelon is not too bad either! Yum.

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  7. Mrityunjay DixitSeptember 21, 2021 at 10:50 PM

    Never tasted peaches, they sound delicious here!

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  8. Gillena CoxSeptember 21, 2021 at 11:09 PM

    Happy you dropped by Mrityunjay

    Much💖love

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  9. Dr. Vandana SharmaSeptember 22, 2021 at 6:44 AM

    and oh! my the peaches are sweet, I relish them too!

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  10. Kim Whysall-Hammond aka The Cheesesellers WifeSeptember 22, 2021 at 7:14 AM

    You have evoked that experience so well. Well written!

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  11. MishSeptember 22, 2021 at 11:20 AM

    Lovely. Nice visual of peaches in the big apple. It made me appreciate the fruits of our area. I love making a peach and blueberry crisp when in season.

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  12. Gillena CoxSeptember 22, 2021 at 1:50 PM

    Glad you dropped by Mish

    Much💖love

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  13. indybevSeptember 22, 2021 at 2:03 PM

    Along with our annual trip to the apple orchard, we also had a day set aside to visit the peach orchard to buy a bushel or two for mother to can. Now I'm longing to peach pie!!!

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  14. brudbergSeptember 22, 2021 at 3:00 PM

    I love that despite the fact that we now send fruits all over the world, there is nothing like fruit not travelling far from where it is picked.

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  15. Gillena CoxSeptember 22, 2021 at 4:41 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Björn

    Much💖love

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  16. JennaSeptember 22, 2021 at 9:29 PM

    I enjoyed this, Gillena. :D

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  17. Gillena CoxSeptember 23, 2021 at 2:59 AM

    Thanks for dropping by Jenna

    Much💖love

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  18. David BogomolnySeptember 23, 2021 at 4:47 AM

    Gillena, this is my favorite poem of yours that I've read!

    -David [ben Alexander]

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  19. Gillena CoxSeptember 23, 2021 at 7:14 AM

    Thank you for your appreciiation David

    Much💖love

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  20. DoraSeptember 23, 2021 at 12:57 PM

    Gillena,
    Interesting how we associate food with places we've been, i guess because all our senses are at work adjusting to new sights and sensations. You bring all this to life with your words. Well done.
    pax,
    dora

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    1. Gillena CoxSeptember 24, 2021 at 6:04 AM

      Thank you for your appreciation Dora

      Much💖love

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  21. Sanaa RizviSeptember 23, 2021 at 2:30 PM

    This is incredibly evocative! I love peaches so I resonate with; "yummy hidden yellowness."💝💝

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  22. Gillena CoxSeptember 24, 2021 at 6:04 AM

    Thank you for your appreciation Sanaa

    Much💖love

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