Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Ode to a Carrot

Ode to a Carrot
(after Pablo Neruda)

by Nancy Membrez














Carrot,
delicacy of rabbits and
the near-sighted,
earthy and phallic,
orange and muddy,
inverted pyramid,
crunchy, skinny legume,
you sleep under the earth.
By your green punkish crest
of long stems, a weed incognito,
we yank you out of the ground,
hungrily and avidly,
and when we place you
on the kitchen table,
your root cousins, the yams,
smooth, obese, and beardless,
envy you.


This poem obtained the 5th Place at The Austin International Poetry Festival 2016

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