It was the best of summer times – with plentiful potatoes and just the right sized zucchini, it was the worst of summer times – with chipmunks stealing succulent blueberries and cucumbers that overwhelmed. Almost making me regret planting this last garden on First Street all the while exploring options for next summer’s raised beds on Solstice Place. While carrots were not part of my planting plan, Leah Naomi Green’s poem is fitting for this month’s Gathering of Poetry.
Carrot
Take all summer,
your ember
from the sun,
its walking meditation.
Store it in small vaults of light
to keep the rest of us
when winter seals
around each day.
We'll flicker
to the table.
We'll gather
to your orange flame.
Please excuse my blatant plagiarism of the hallowed Dickens Tale and for being a tad bit late in joining Bonnie and Kat for this Gathering of Poetry.
Bibliographic credit: Green, Leah Naomi. The More Extravagant Feast. © 2020 Graywolf Press.
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