Poets United

Think Tank Thursday at Poets United chose the color red for prompt #68.  When I think of red, I think of passion, love, roses, apples, and Dorothy's red shoes.  I bought a pomegranate yesterday and love to use the tangy seeds in my salad or guacamole. They are tart n' sweet and add a lot of health benefits. They remind me of little jewels. When I was at check out, the bag boy told me, these grew in his neighborhood when he was little. I told him about the health benefits. He said, it must be true, everyone on the street ate them and they were all over ninety yrs old.

This fruit represents many things to different cultures.

Catherine of Aragon chose the pomegranate as her badge, and it became accepted into English heraldry when she married Henry VIII in 1509. The heraldic meanings of the pomegranate go back to the myth of Persephone, representing the persistence of life, fertility, and regeneration.

        

Madonna of the Pomegranate by Sandro Botticelli, ca. 1487 

Seduced by ripe, exotic garnet apple

Persephone ruled by Fates

Barren 2 seasons for 6 seeds

Coat of arms compromised

Rank in Eden questioned

Where is Earth’s balance

Embedded in arils of bliss

Questions arise  

 613 seeds passed to Moses

Fruit formed Solomon’s crown

Coins in Sid display this jewel

Hera’s beauty in question

Orion’s destiny in darkness

Baby Mary holds future

Our Earth forever tinged red