“Grenadine” by Partvoid

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You’re listening to Poetry Month on The Voice of Dog.

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This is Rob MacWolf,

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your fellow traveler,

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and Today we present a poem

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by Partvoid, who is debuting their work here.

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They hope to soon have the confidence to share more of their poetry.

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Please enjoy “Grenadine”,

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a poem by Partvoid

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the pomegranate is full of jewels

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brilliant, blood-red pips that pop and

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ooze juice that dribbles down a child’s chin

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poured into sparkling clear cold water

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fizzing, hissing, popping red,

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chopping-board-staining finger-dyeing,

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red sweet and tart memory-sustaining

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the pomegranate falls at the soldier’s feet

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bursting smoke rises from the orchard

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as the pop echoes

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across the valley

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This was “Grenadine”

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by Partvoid, read for you by Rob MacWolf,

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werewolf hitchhiker.

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Thank you for listening

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to Poetry Month on The Voice of Dog.