tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956072658295955015.post9098332354318935888..comments2023-10-19T10:35:16.272-04:00Comments on Peace Weaving, Peace Fasting, And Peace Poetry: Fast Day 216 July 23 2011 {The Price of Apples and Pears}Montaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956072658295955015.post-44253246831088216672011-09-23T07:38:10.975-04:002011-09-23T07:38:10.975-04:00You know, I had forgotten the humor in various pla...You know, I had forgotten the humor in various places. I seem to hide it. So thank you for you reminder.<br /><br />Perhaps as I work on this poem - remember they are run off an assembly line at a rate of one per week - I can work on the humor... although maybe it should remain a bit hidden, so it comes as a jolt when discovered.<br /><br />I thought about apples and oranges since you mentioned it.<br />(1) the phrase "apples and oranges" is a hackneyed phrase and everyone uses it, and the only way I could use it is if I had something to say insightfully about "comparisons"... I think<br />(2) apples<br />ancient lineage (Garden of Eden, harbinger of autumn and harvest time etc.<br />(2) pears<br />royalty, fleur-de-lys on background of blue, kings and queens, etc.<br />(3) oranges<br />sunny Valencia, southern Spain and Morocco, bergamot...............................Anita Bryant....Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956072658295955015.post-64702588507078494052011-09-23T00:44:47.209-04:002011-09-23T00:44:47.209-04:00This poem is funny and I can appreciate the humor ...This poem is funny and I can appreciate the humor in it, for some reason apples and oranges seems like a better analogy.whohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17685473418191606910noreply@blogger.com