The cultivated woman
at the farmer's market
comes every Saturday
smiles across the table
hands over five dollars
and bunches the basil and mint
into one bundle
promising
(a little too toothily)
They're going to live together.
Author notes
prompt is "Summer Salad" from my current contest:
http://allpoetry.com/contest/2419245
Hope you will bring one to the potluck, too.
A contest entry
- Summer Salad by ea.
900 points, ended September 8, 2008, 9 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Basil and mint.. nice contrast.
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Interesting combination
Can those two really live together? I'll have to try it out.
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yes, it seemed a little incongruous to me at the time, which is why I found it comical - I was the girl selling the herbs.
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You are an observer of the human condition. You see what's going on all around you with rare insight. You then change hats and become the consumate story teller. Bravo!
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wow, not bad
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