Oranges

A poem celebrating the delight and refreshment that comes from indulging in bright, juicy oranges.

This poem is part of the NaPoWriMo 2025 challenge to write a poem a day in April. This is the prompt for April 6.

The folks writing the prompts again gave us three columns, numbered one through ten, and instructed:

[…]To get started, pick a number between 1 and 10. Got your number? Okay! Now scroll down until you come to a chart. Find the row with your number. Then, write a poem describing the taste of the item in Column A, using the words that appear in that row in Column B and C. For bonus points, give your poem the title of the word that appears in Column A for your row, but don’t use that word in the poem itself.

I chose #5 (the 5th row) with the word, oranges in Column A, gurgle in Column B, and irreverent in Column C.

Juicy orbs of sunlight,  
bursting with life, 

their skin, a rough embrace,  
yielding to the eager hand;

gurgle of juices spilling forth,  
a cascade of sweetness,  

irreverent in its audacity,  
each segment a vibrant surprise;

the tang dances on the tongue,  
a bright spark igniting the senses;

tartness mingles with honeyed warmth,  
a fleeting moment of joy;

the world around fades,  
as citrus laughter fills the air,  

a taste of summer's delight,  
captured in a single, juicy bite.

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