Mango
Polonius got that one right...
Ponderings to Keep
Reflections on my life as a teacher, reader, writer.
Polonius got that one right...
Polonius got that one right...
Polonius got that one right...
Blogging my way through the year
Polonius got that one right...
Polonius got that one right...
shouting my heart out for all who may listen
Polonius got that one right...
Lit On Fire!
"It would be nice if you could just ravel out into time."
Polonius got that one right...
Yet There is Method 
Please tell me you’ve read Eve Merriam’s “How to Eat a Poem?” This piece of work really connected me with that one.
Found an online reference here: https://readgoodpoetry.blogspot.com/2016/10/23-oct-how-to-eat-poem.html
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Lainie, thank you so much for bringing that poem back to me! It’s been a long time, and I’m so happy to have it back in “working memory.” I’m going to read it and smile about it all day–Thank you!
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You’re so welcome. It’s one of my absolute favorites.
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We should all be so lucky to have a weekly mango. Thank you for sharing and Happy National Poetry Month!
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A weekly mango is a habit I’m definitely considering! Thank you for your comments, and I hope you are having a wonderful NPM as well. I appreciated your post as well, today, on what is a vivid “watercolor morning” here in north Alabama!
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Oh my, I love the weekly mango. I’m not sure who said that a mango should be eaten in the bathtub, but that has always been my experience, too. Ruth, in Haiti where we have the best mangoes in the whole world, not that I’m biased or anything, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
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Eating a mango in the bathtub makes so much sense! I don’t doubt that Haiti has some fantastic mangoes, even though you probably are a bit biased!
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I just finished a new middle-grade book that included a thread about mangoes, and when we visit Florida, in addition to the sea, a daily pleasure is pulling fresh mangoes off the tree. We eat them on the beach, washing there, fighting off the gulls! I love your voice showing imagination running wild with one shared pic. That may be what’s happening today with our tech togetherness!
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Linda, when I was in the military I spent some time in Hawaii. Fresh fruit right off the tree was such a treat! I think you might be right about today’s “tech togetherness” helping imaginations run wild. Thanks for your comments!
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I was so tempted by the mangos at the market, but resisted. They seem so precious. Like gold. I hear a bit of snark in your poem. Is it intended or just my perception?
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Margaret, it’s funny that you mention snark. It wasn’t intended, but after I was able to let that one stew for a few days I sort of heard it too. That’s neat that you picked up on it too–maybe I’m not crazy!
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Yes, to the juice-dripping mango-eating experience.
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I don’t personally experience it often, but I love it when I do!
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Ah the weekly gift of a mango–treasure, indeed!
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Yes!
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WOW! I just bough a mango today! It won’t turn into a weekly mango, but what a coincidence!
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That is a neat coincidence! Maybe a weekly mango is a good idea for you? Maybe?
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Wonderful–that is how my daughter eats mangoes–with sheer delight.
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They’re a happy fruit!
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I love how you presented this. Now I want a mongo.
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Get two!
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Thanks for this sensory rich poem! I’d love to proclaim, like a queen… Let them eat mangoes!
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Let them eat mangoes, indeed, your highness!
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