--- title: "2 Virginia Adair Quotes" description: "Virginia Hamilton Adair was an American poet who became famous later in life with the 1996 publication of Ants on the Melon." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/375/virginia-adair-95772_books_peeling-an-orange-between-you-and-a-bowl_1271621.jpg" --- # Virginia Adair **2** quotes in **14** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Virginia Hamilton Adair was an American poet who became famous later in life with the 1996 publication of Ants on the Melon. ## Quotes by Virginia Adair > [“Peeling an Orange Between you and a bowl of oranges I lie nude Reading The World’s Illusion through my tears. You reach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-adair/peeling-an-orange-between-you-and-a-bowl-of-oranges-i-lie-nude/) [Virginia Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-adair/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/375/virginia-adair-95772_books_peeling-an-orange-between-you-and-a-bowl_1271621.jpg) > [“Following Someone is always falling in love with you: men and women, infants and children, octogenarians and adolescents. A tenant of heaven-haven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-adair/following-someone-is-always-falling-in-love-with-you-men-and-women/) [Virginia Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-adair/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/145/virginia-adair-95772_children_following-someone-is-always-falling-in-l_2915243.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-adair/#itemlist", "name": "Virginia Adair Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Peeling an Orange Between you and a bowl of oranges I lie nude Reading The World’s Illusion through my tears. You reach across me hungry for global fruit, Your bare arm hard, furry and warm on my belly. Your fingers pry the skin of a naval orange Releasing tiny explosions of spicy oil. You place peeled disks of gold in a bizarre pattern On my white body. Rearranging, you bend and bite The disks to release further their eager scent. I say “Stop, you’re tickling,” my eyes still on the page. Aromas of groves arise. Through green leaves Glow the lofty snows. Through red lips Your white teeth close on a translucent segment. Your face over my face eclipses The World’s Illusion. Pulp and juice pass into my mouth from your mouth. We laugh against each other’s lips. I hold my book Behind your head, still reading, still weeping a little. You say “Read on, I’m just an illusion,” rolling Over upon me soothingly, gently unmoving, Smiling greenly through long lashes. And soon I say “Don’t stop. Don’t disillusion me.” Snows melt. The mountain silvers into many a stream. 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