d’Verse Poets Pub – Poetics: How to Cut a Pomegranate
https://dversepoets.com/2021/06/01/poetics-how-to-cut-a-pomegranate/
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Secret Star
The ancient apple tree freely gives up its fruit
The universe held safely within the core of its being
Covered tightly in a smooth red skin protecting the wisdom
Of the ages, the stories of past lives, tales of feast and famine
My knife pierces that skin and sweet juices trickle over my fingers
A baptism of holy sweetness, a promise of things to come
And there, in the center where new life is held, I see the secret star
rhymeswithbug 
This is so beautiful and exquisite!
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Thank you!
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simply gorgeous.
I also went the ‘star’ route 😉
❤
David
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Thank you 😊
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What a beautiful secret star, candy! Ancient apple trees are the sages of garden and orchard, and they hold many secrets. I love the idea of the ‘universe held safely within the core of its being’ and a ‘baptism of holy sweetness, a promise of things to come’.
Btw your link didn’t work, and I had to click through to your site. Would you like to link up again? I can delete the broken link, and you can have more readers.
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Thanks, Kim. I’ll relink.
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I had never thought about the secret star before… I also wrote about apples but from another perspective.
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I’ll check it out
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well this was quite cleaver and a pleasure to read, thank you for posting, well done
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Like Bjorn, I hadn’t realized the apple had a star center …. lovely poem.
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This is full of hope and wisdom: inspiring!
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