Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CANTALOUPE, by JULIA BOYNTON GREEN


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THE CANTALOUPE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: On the cool porcelain lies the jade-green sphere
Last Line: Too sweet to leave -- too exquisite to crush!
Subject(s): Cantaloupes


On the cool porcelain lies the jade-green sphere,
Netted in russet, thickly over-traced
With curious cryptic symbols such as placed
Those dusky hirelings on the Alhambra. Here
Demeter scrawls a message; where's the seer
To read her cypher? Warnng against waste
Mayhap -- or charge with reverent lip to taste

This sumptuous offering of the liberal year.
Were these neat grooves designed to guide the blade?
I choose to slash quite counter to the hint;
And lo! I have a fluted chalice made!
I plunge my spoon in fragrant pulp aflush
With tender salmon, an enchanting tint,
Too sweet to leave -- too exquisite to crush!





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