http://www.blogher.com/pumpkin-poetry Comments for "Pumpkin Poetry" en http://www.blogher.com/pumpkin-poetry <p>What does it say when "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Peter_Pumpkin_Eater">Peter Peter pumpkin eater</a>" is the only thing that comes to mind when I think about pumpkin poetry? I mean please, can a nursery rhyme be any more offensive than that one? Pumpkin shell indeed.</p> <p>Luckily, there are other pumpkin rhymes and I'm hoping one of them will get stuck in my head soon and rid me of Peter and his patriarchal ways.</p> <p>I wouldn't mind if <a href="http://www.plantideas.com/pumpkin/hickman.html">Getting Close</a> got stuck in my head. The image of the pumpkin "blowing" is both troubling and amusing.</p> <blockquote><p> It's getting close<br /> Only two months to go<br /> I'm scared to death<br /> My pumpkin might blow </p></blockquote> <p>How about <a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2005/10/08/pithy-pumpkin-poetry" />Pumpkin Haiku</a>. Or something classic like <a href="http://ninaalvarez.net/2007/10/17/poem-of-the-day-the-pumpkin" />The Pumpkin by John Greenleaf Whittier</a>. Oh wait, this is better, an acrostic from <a href="http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/2008/10/poetry-stretch-results-fall-acrostic.html">Miss Rumphius Effect</a>.</p> <blockquote><p> Picture a witch<br /> Ugly and mean.<br /> My brother's an alien,<br /> Purple and green.<br /> Kids dress in costume,<br /> It's that time of year--<br /> Now it's Halloween. </p></blockquote> <p>That's so much better than Peter and the darn pumpkin shell.</p> <p>~~Denise<br /> <a href="http://flamingohouse.net">Flamingo House Happenings</a></p> http://www.blogher.com/pumpkin-poetry#comments Entertainment &amp; Culture A Month of Pumpkins poems POETRY Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:14:05 -0500 Denise 57055 at http://www.blogher.com