Tomatoes rosy as perfect baby’s buttocks,
eggplants glossy as waxed fenders,
purple neon flawless glistening
peppers, pole beans fecund and fast
growing as Jack’s Viagra-sped stalk,
big as truck tire zinnias that mildew
will never wilt, roses weighing down
a bush never touched by black spot,
brave little fruit trees shouldering up
their spotless ornaments of glass fruit:
I lie on the couch under a blanket
of seed catalogs ordering far
too much. Sleet slides down
the windows, a wind edged
with ice knifes through every crack.
Lie to me, sweet garden-mongers:
I want to believe every promise,
to trust in five pound tomatoes
and dahlias brighter than the sun
that was eaten by frost last week.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Out Of The Window poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Rite of Spring by Seamus Heaney
- Army Headquarters by Rudyard Kipling
- Danny O’Dare by Shel Silverstein
- Иван Варавва – Выйду в степь, на поля плодородные
- Morning Poem #40 by Wanda Phipps
- Sonnet 90: Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now by William Shakespeare
- Colors by Shel Silverstein
- The (REAL) Tale of the Tortoise and the Hare by Ross D Tyler
- “Here have I learnt the little that I know” poem – Alfred Austin
- The Wolf and the Dog by William Somervile
- To Clementina Black poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Иван Мятлев – Падучая звезда
- Lemmebesomethin’ by Shel Silverstein
- Владимир Высоцкий – Куплеты Бенгальского
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
