Sunday, February 16, 2020

eating an orange

anyone wants leftover mandarin oranges from the lunar new year? 😁


Image by MichaelGaida on Pixabay



eating an orange



ORANGE
RANGE
RANG
RAN
AN
A

pip

spit
it out
among
wet soil
and grass
of the trail
will it be a big
tree when i am

gone?



25/02/2019
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Food waste accounts for about 10% of the total waste generated in Singapore. [source : National Environment Agency]


Shared on Writers' Pantry #7 at Poets and Storytellers United.





© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2020

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15 Comments:

Blogger ashok said...

Interesting art!

17 February, 2020 00:40  
Blogger indybev said...


A most unusual poem. It did however, make me want an orange!!

17 February, 2020 01:35  
Blogger C. Sandlin said...

Love this, from the image through the disappearing orange to the hope of a tree. This is the season (here in coastal Texas) for pine trees sprouting from the sidewalks, along the paths, in the herb garden...seeing the teeny tops of what could be such tall trees makes me smile.

17 February, 2020 01:52  
Anonymous Anthony North said...

Clever. I like that.

17 February, 2020 01:59  
Blogger Sanaa Rizvi said...

Sadly, there is wastage of food everywhere in the world .. some areas more than the others.

17 February, 2020 02:54  
Blogger Rosemary Nissen-Wade said...

Very clever! But I don't see that as waste, exactly.

17 February, 2020 05:43  
Blogger dsnake1 said...

Ashok,

thank you! :)


indybev,

oranges are good. :)


Chrissa,

yes, to see those teeny tops grow into majestic trees.. :)

17 February, 2020 12:11  
Blogger dsnake1 said...

Anthony,

Thank you! :)


Sanaa,

that's true, especially in developed countries, like ours.. :(


Rosemary,

no, this poem is not exactly about waste, but i was thinking about the amount of stuff our people throw away after the lunar new year. pussy willows (festive occasion over), potted plants (wilted, really those are not meant to be potted), mandarin oranges (rotten, over bought). and so on. :(

17 February, 2020 12:25  
Blogger Old Egg said...

Humans really are so stupid when greed and waste are our cornerstones now. Sadly those that will suffer with be our childrena and grandchildren who may not think of us kindly!

17 February, 2020 14:34  
Blogger hyperCRYPTICal said...

Sadly we do waste food.
If only I could grow an orange tree in my garden...
Anna :o]

17 February, 2020 21:26  
Blogger dsnake1 said...

Robin,

food will be a big issue in the future. :(


Anna,

we do. :(
try other fruits?

18 February, 2020 00:12  
Blogger Susie Clevenger said...

Scary to realize how much we waste..

18 February, 2020 06:23  
Blogger dsnake1 said...

Indeed! i think the main culprits are the supermarkets and restaurants. :(

18 February, 2020 18:11  
Blogger Priscilla King said...

Many supermarket fruits and vegetables are hybrids (if not GMO) and don't produce viable seeds, but you never know...I feel my next "poem" coming on. Thank you for the idea.

09 September, 2022 06:06  
Blogger dsnake1 said...

Priscilla,

Thank you!
Our country depends a lot on imports, so yeah, i guess we have no choice, but we have a very good food inspectorate that checks every food coming into the country, whether fresh or packed.

I went to read your 'Ogden Nash' poem, and it's not actually bad. :)

10 September, 2022 00:23  

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