Monday, May 12, 2025

Oranges by Nolcha Fox

Art © Mike Armstrong
 
Oranges

for my grandpa

 

Perhaps the citrus sunset

brought you to my table.

You peeled an orange,

skin all in one piece.

You handed me a naked half.

Eat, you said, eat.

Now you offer sweetness

to wash away my sorrow

that you died before

we shared another orange.


This poem appears in “End of Earth: A Collaboration of Poetry and Painting by Nolcha Fox and Mike Armstrong

© Nolcha Fox

Nolcha Fox


 Nolcha Fox’s poems have been curated in print and online journals. Her poetry books are available on Amazon and Dancing Girl Press. Nominee for 2023 and 2025 Best of The Net, 2024 Best of the Net Anthology. Nominee for a 2023 Pushcart Prize. Editor of Chewers by Masticadores.

Website: https://writingaddiction2.wordpress.com/ and 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nolcha.fox/


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