MANGO--award winner

MANGO


To me which fruit does best suit?
Truly it is mango fruit.

Its colour is light yellow,
Inside it is quite mellow.

Its kernel is hard, skin tough;
Between them is juicy stuff.

Soft and plump and sour and sweet,
It is a pleasure to eat.

From a distance one can tell;
It has a distinctive smell.

What variety of taste!
Without it, life is a waste!

Dussehri, Chausaa, Langadaa,
Alfonso and Safeda,

Each is a popular name,
And, to palate, lays a claim.

Ripe mango is tasty, sure.
Unripe, too, has uses more.

It makes great jams and pickles.
The palate it well tickles.

A life without the mango
Would never be a tango.


* Written in aa,bb 7-7 format
* Initially written as item # 733570
* Honorable mention award announced on 10-10-06 in "What's Cooking?" Contest!, "Invalid Item" 


M C Gupta
10 August 2003