Orange-ku VIII

I imagine my oranges in sun.
They don't dance, don't frolic, don't move in any way.
They just soak up light, making glorious fruit.

I imagine my oranges at sea.
In crates, in darkness they bob and drift and slide.
Afraid, alone, suddenly homesick.

I imagine my oranges in store.
Unsure, hopeful, watching every passerby.
Then I come, say, "You won't be consumed in vain."

20 Orange Round Up!

Can you believe I've already eaten 20 oranges? It's only been 2 weeks!

Here are the results thus far:

The average/mean is 10.1 segments per orange.

The mode is 10, as is the median.

The standard deviation of this sample is 1.209610638

I only have one orange left from our first box, so I'll have to replenish the stock over the weekend.

Check out the blog page for a look at the distribution chart. It's got the makings of a nice bell curve, if you ask me.

I'll leave you with Orange-ku VII:

There is just one orange left to eat
It's skin is getting dry and hard,
but it feels extra mushy inside. Yum?

Orange-ku VI

There was no orange in the Grey Cup this year.

Orange-ku V

An orange is better than passion fruit.
Better than plums, blue berries, watermelon.
Bananas are right out! Yuck, yuck, yuck!

Orange-ku IV

This is two days' worth of oranges in one verse.
It's not many mandarins; I'm tired.

Orange-ku III

Today I ate one after stringing the lights.
Now, I'll deck all our halls with Christmasy sights.

Orange-ku II

Oh, the shapes peels can make; my favourite is the 'S'.

Orange-ku I

With this round of orange-servations, I have decided to go back to the daily reports I used to do for my dog-servations. I wanted to keep them interesting as well, so I've invented a poetic way of sharing the results: Orange-ku! The structure of the poem will share the results of the day's observation. The number of lines will be the number of oranges I've eaten and the number of syllables per line will be the number of segments for each orange!

So, without further ado, it's time for the first Orange-ku.

I love to eat oranges in the winter
The peel is easy to remove
Sometimes they have seeds, but that is rare now
That sour taste, that citrus smell—Christmas is here

Orange-servations are back!

Last year I kept track of the segments of the oranges I ate during the Christmas season. With a purchase of a 4kg box of mandarin oranges last night, it's again time to get my yearly dose of vitamin C and satisfy my need to analyze trivial data.

After two days with oranges in our house, my results are 10, 12, 10, and 9 segments.