Pome

时间：2012-11-07 02:35:29

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Pome
Elizabeth Spires1
 
From flowering gnarled（多节的，粗糙的） trees 
 they come, weighing down 
 the branches, dropping 
 with a soft sound onto 
 the loamy（肥沃的） ground. Falling 
 and fallen. That's a pome. 
 
Common as an apple. Or 
 more rare. A quince（柑橘） or pear. 
 A knife paring away soft skin 
 exposes tart2 sweet flesh. 
 And deeper in, five seeds in a core 
 are there to make more pomes（梨果）. 
 
Look how it fits in my hand. 
 What to do? What to do? 
 I could give it to you. 
 Or leave it on the table 
 with a note both true and untrue: 
Ceci n'est pas un poème. 
 
I could paint it as a still life, 
 a small window of light 
 in the top right corner 
 (only a dab3 of the whitest white), 
 a place to peer in and watch it 
 change and darken as pomes will do. 
 
O I remember days. . . . 
 Climbing the branches of a tree 
 ripe and heavy with pomes. 
 Taking whatever I wanted. 
 There were always enough then. 
 Always enough.

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1 spires 89c7a5b33df162052a427ff0c7ab3cc6     
n.（教堂的） 塔尖，尖顶( spire的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Her masts leveled with the spires of churches. 船的桅杆和教堂的塔尖一样高。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • White church spires lift above green valleys. 教堂的白色尖顶耸立在绿色山谷中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 tart 0qIwH     
adj.酸的；尖酸的，刻薄的；n.果馅饼；淫妇
参考例句：
  • She was learning how to make a fruit tart in class.她正在课上学习如何制作水果馅饼。
  • She replied in her usual tart and offhand way.她开口回答了，用她平常那种尖酸刻薄的声调随口说道。
3 dab jvHzPy     
v.轻触，轻拍，轻涂；n.(颜料等的)轻涂
参考例句：
  • She returned wearing a dab of rouge on each cheekbone.她回来时，两边面颊上涂有一点淡淡的胭脂。
  • She gave me a dab of potatoes with my supper.她给我晚饭时，还给了一点土豆。

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