SEVEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT AN ORANGE
by Rich Accetta-Evans
1
“One orange Section
Standing for the whole.
2
Two of them
their thin wet skins
adhering gently.
3
A long white string of pulp
pulled
from the mouth
of the naked orange.
4
The translucent orange body
holds
opaque and pointed seeds.
5
The setting sun
is hotter
And drier than an orange.
6
The orange peel is gone,
a soft white coat remains.
7
Orange peel and eggshell
Among the coffe grounds.”
September 14, 1994
I really do like this poem, although I don’t like poetry. The poem shows different ways to look at an orange, but it may make you have different ways to see the world.