Ahh, summer vegetables -- aren't they gorgeous? Aren't they the tastiest of the year? See some of the most adorable of the lot, as they poke their noses out of boxes on their way to market at today's photospot, and read about how vegetables -- especially summer vegetables in season -- make everything a whole lot nicer: blog.amynelsonhahn.info, brought to you again today from J. Aiello Produce in Albany, NY.
Belles d'ete
Reach one hand --
smooth and easy, live,
along the rising side
and catching in a mouthy groove --
perhaps a snip of prickly burr,
just where the fruit grew closest
to the root.
Look how these actors were:
they fashioned themselves for you,
and arched their nimble shoulders
day upon harvest day to strive
into the picking
so you should like them better
with your wine;
now reach for them
endure their lithe forms;
cajole with them,
before they slip away, laughing,
and almost entirely forgotten.
Copyright (c) 2011 Amy Nelson Hahn
view with images 1985, 1989 and 1993 from photos.amynelsonhahn.info or visit blog.amynelsonhahn.info
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