Pears. What does the appearance of a pear teach us about poetry?

And what it doesn't.
First the affirmative. The physically of both pear and poem should please. Not much of a leap to draw the similarity between the shape of pear and woman. All to the good.

Second, there is more than one varietal of pear. Same with poetry. As my grandma said, "Nothing singular to nature."

We speak in generalities (pear or poem) cognizant of the subtle variations.


Fall
pears do
perhaps
poems
too.

Pears. What's the connection between pears and a poem?

Pears are womenly-shaped poems.


POEM TO ACCOMMODATE THE VIEWING OF PEAR

Didn't she mean the eating of?

What do you pair with a pear poem?

A pair of eyeglasses and a glass bowl.


Do you pare pears? I don’t. Prefer the pair of textures –slightly grainy and smooth. While you're whittling or not whittling the pear, pick up Robert Kelly's pear poem.