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RED GLADIOLA

Fiction & Poetry Journal of T. Wong

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Different Fruit

Sunset

a lovely sunset

perhaps a ripe peach
or orange
or mandarin
or pomelo

and to some of us
not fruit at all

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Author redgladiolaPosted on November 16, 2014Categories Food, Nature, Poetry, WritingTags food, fruit, nature, poetry, point of view, sunset, writing14 Comments on Different Fruit

Lemons on the Counter

Lemons

The lemons have fallen from the bowl
in two neat schoolchildren rows
Is this coincidence or the inscrutable hand of fate?
A mischievous god or a child with a taste
for fun and games and mind games galore
But perhaps, I’m fashioning over-complicated lore
for a few simple fruit I bought from the store

Author redgladiolaPosted on October 21, 2014Categories Food, Poetry, WritingTags food, fruit, humor, lemons, poetry, writing13 Comments on Lemons on the Counter

Not Yet, Pumpkins

Apples

Gold-faced or rosy-cheeked
Some last ripening apples
For the season’s late pickers

Author redgladiolaPosted on October 19, 2014Categories It Really Happened, Nature, Poetry, WritingTags apples, autumn, fall, fruit, harvest, nature, poetry, writing4 Comments on Not Yet, Pumpkins

Cavendish

Bananas

Giant anthers of yellow
Honeybees recumbent
Banana pollen

Author redgladiolaPosted on May 27, 2014Categories Food, Poetry, WritingTags bananas, bees, food, fruit, haiku, honeybees, poetry, writing2 Comments on Cavendish

Lemons and Limes

Lemons and Limes

Lemon’s a wonderful spice
And lime’s a great addition —
I’ll fill my basket home
And cache them in my kitchen.

Author redgladiolaPosted on April 2, 2014Categories Poetry, WritingTags fruit, grocery, lemons, limes, poetry, shopping, writing7 Comments on Lemons and Limes

Secondhand Wisdom

In a book, a few hours encompass a lifetime
And the wisdom gained therein seeps
Like rain into soil
Forgotten and subtle, it may yet feed:
A seedling
A tree
A blossom and fruit

Author redgladiolaPosted on August 7, 2013Categories Poetry, Thoughts, WritingTags book, fruit, knowledge, learning, poetry, reading, secondhand wisdom, thoughts, time, wisdom, writing1 Comment on Secondhand Wisdom

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Red Gladiola is the fiction and poetry journal of T. Wong. From the Roman word for “sword,” the gladiolus symbolizes strength and moral integrity, as well as infatuation. All images used at Red Gladiola are taken from the public domain unless otherwise credited. Works may not be used or duplicated without the author's explicit consent.

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