Picnic


This is the experimetnal sonnet that Lana Borrillo and I wrote for this class. The idea was to describe a sort of picnic with fruits, but alphabetizing the whole piece. We go through the entire English alphabet in sequence. There is also a journey for the senses with touch, taste, and smell. A way for the reader to experience the fruits along with the characters in the poem. The goal with editing in this piece was to tighten the ending in a way that would close in the ideas in the piece. To be clear, I changed the title for this portfolio, and I am still not convinced it is the right one. I can’t think of one that is more suited, so I will leave it as “Picnic” for now.

Picnic

Apple amla apricot almond
Banana barberry bacaba blueberry
Children chose cool citrus
Doggedly eating fruity goodness.
How I just know
Licking lovely lemons
Makes my mouth muddle
Now numb nostrils open

Orange oils overwhelm olfaction
Perfumed palms press past perception
Quiet rest seduces tension
Underneath urban unrest
Unorthodox valedictorians want xanax
Yet yearning zings and burns beyond control.

Alphabets

Apple amla apricot almond
Banana barberry bacaba blueberry
Children chose cool citrus
Doggedly eating fruity goodness.
How I just know
Licking lovely lemons
Makes my mouth muddle
Now numb nostrils open

Orange oils overwhelm olfaction
Perfumed palms press past perception
Quiet rest seduces tension
Underneath urban unrest
Unorthodox valedictorians want xanax
Youthful yearning zephyrs.