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Teaching Bubba Poetry
by Johanna May
How would you describe an apple?
It's red, it glows, it's sweet.
I feel happy at each noisy bite.
This is a mostly funny exercise
of noticing everyday things
in its literal garb.
Smile inducing similes,
simple and obvious.
Time will take him farther away
from the fruit
the longer he is human.
He learns farming methods,
ecological equations,
political implications.
History, the metaphor of Eden.
He makes a poem about an apple
As an earthling does,
as its representative poet does.
He perhaps creates a sestina.
or a Sonata.
of stunning pathos
and glib wit.
One day no longer called a day,
In an appleless future.
Historians research what an Apple is,
And only poems of the children
makes the cut.
07/15/2019 Posted on 07/15/2019
Copyright © 2024 Johanna May
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 07/15/19 at 12:03 PM Impressive poetic apple, Johanna. One of my favorite fruit (especially juice and pie) put to verse. Thanks for posting! |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 07/19/19 at 08:38 PM "Time will take him farther away
from the fruit
the longer he is human." Great lines. I like how you ably take us into the future as you lay out the apple's destiny. A very smart poem. I enjoyed "literal garb" and especially "glib wit". |
| Posted by Richard Vince on 08/24/21 at 10:17 PM like Kristina, i also loved "Time will take him farther away / from the fruit / the longer he is human", and history being the metaphor of Eden. (i hope that time will not do the same to him with poetry.) i think that what differentiates humans from the rest of the animal kingdom is our propensity to make things more complicated for ourselves. thank you for reminding me of the value of looking past all that by remembering how to be a child. :) |
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