Florida Oranges



Groves,
parallel patterned rows
(hardly higher than bushes),
dot and stretch up the hillsides,
looking, from a distance,
much like corn rows
on the tight tan scalps
of hip young New York
subway riders.
Luscious fruit,
at closer range,
incarnates setting suns
boldly drawn in crayon.
Object embodies essence,
names its own color.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

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L. Larry Amadore

A word lover who enjoys beautiful poetry of all genres and responds with admiration to fresh and felicitous phrases. [Retired manufacturing/production control mgr./marketing manager/financial analyst. USAF veteran; lived in US, Mexico, Germany, Turkey.] more…

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