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Anticipating Fall
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion 
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Anticipating Fall As this garden explodes in an uprising of wine, robin’s egg, and orange crème soda, wisteria waves seductively, new-found leaves shelter us in jade shade; we merely nod to poppies, cut blooming bearded irises, briefly admire oaks, but we dote on the pomegranate. © 2001 Corinne Bailey [This message has been edited by Corinne (edited 04-22-2001).] |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
hmmmm I love pomegranates beautiful write, Corinne *s ~Wynter "The worst prison would be a closed heart". |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Very beautifully done, Corinne! Delicious! |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Corinne~ Just lovely ! I enjoyed the pomegranate ~ a favorite of mine. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
you are something else - woo hoo - great poem |
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Amuse_mi Member
since 2001-04-22
Posts 110 |
Oh....I haven't had a pomegranate in years. Now I'm gonna crave 'em. Beautiful scene! A.M. [This message has been edited by Amuse_mi (edited 04-22-2001).] |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
I can see it spread before my eyes....... |
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Waseem Cheema Member
since 2001-03-16
Posts 369Pakistan |
Very nice .......so much tasty I love to nice poetry. |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
Autumn is my favorite season and spring a close second, I sure enjoyed this and thank heaven for laptops, I can rest in bed all day long and never be out of touch with anyone!!!!! |
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Parker Member Elite
since 2000-01-06
Posts 3129ON |
listen you.... don't be promoting fall summer is just arriving here and after the ton of snow we had I for one don't want to be thinking about it coming back...  Great piece though as always... Park |
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RMW Senior Member
since 2001-03-21
Posts 1424 |
Corinne....the pomegranate has always made me think of the Middle East....which then makes me think of "Palestine"....then "The Holy Land"...finally ending up knee deep in Scripture. But that's just me. A lovely poem. Bob |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Thank you, Naked Thoughts, Denise, Marge, Bill, Amuse-Mi, Deer, Wasseem, Kathleen, Park and Bob! Bob, you figured out the riddle! Some interesting history: Pomegranates have been cultivated since prehistoric times. Evidence shows that the modern species is native to Persia and adjacent countries. It grows wild in stony ground in Persia, Kurdistan and Baluchistan and south of the Caucasus. Westwards in Asia Minor, Greece and the Mediterranean basin the species appears to have become naturalized from cultivation and dispersal of seeds by birds'. In China the Pomegranate was introduced from Samarkhand by Chang-kien a century and a half before the Christian era. The Old Testament mentions Pomegranates several times under the name of rimmon whence comes the Arabic rumman. The Hebrews learned to appreciate it in Egyptian garends, and it was one of the fruit trees of the promised land. The flowers and fruits had a place in the religious rites of the Phoenicians. The Greeks were acquainted with it in the time of Homer and is is twice mentioned in the Odyssey as a tree in the gardens of Pheacia and Phrygia. On account of its profusion of seeds, the ancients connected it with procreation, increase and abundance, and believed the goddess Aphrodite, deity of love, had planted it on the isle of Cyprus. The fruit was raised in the gardens around ancient Carthage, and the name Punica is derived from Punic, the name of the Carthaginian language. An early name of the Pomegranate was Malum punicum or Apple of Carthage. Theophrastus describe Pomegranates 300 years before the Christian era. The Greek Homer mentions the tree as present in the gardens of Alcinous; and the Roman Pliny enumerates nine kinds of Pomegranates. In the United States, William Bartram observed it growing in the ruins of Frederica, Georgia about 1773; and it was mentioned as found in California by Father Baegert who lived 1751-69. The Spanish Padres are credited with bringing pomegranates to California missions some 200 years ago. However centuries before then, the fruit was mentioned in connection with Mediterranean civilization - both in the Bible and in the writings of Homer. Today, the San Joaquin Valley is the only concentration of commercially grown pomegranates in America. The word "pomegranate" is derived from Middle French pome garnete and literally means "seeded apple." It has been a symbol of fertility in many cultures and has been used medicinally by herbalists to treat inflammation, such as sore throats and rheumatism. "Pomegranate" literally means "apple with many seeds." The word "grenade," referring to a small explosive bomb scattering many pieces appears to have come from "granatum." Cor |
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