‘The Pear Pit’ by Leland James

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The Pear Pit

I fell into a pear pit
upon a summer’s day.
I fell into a pear pit
and whiled the time away.

How sad will be the hunter,
as sad as he can be,
finding not a pitted pear
but finding only me.

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Leland James is the author of five poetry collections, four children’s books in verse, and a book on creative writing and poetry craft. He has published over three hundred poems worldwide including The Lyric, Rattle, London Magazine, The South Carolina Review, The Spoon River Poetry Review, New Millennium Writings, The American Poetry Review, The Haiku Quarterly, The American Cowboy, and The Ekphrastic Review. He was the winner of the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award and has won or received honors in many other competitions, both in the USA and Europe. Find him at www.lelandjamespoet.com & https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/leland-james