"No wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise. Why, if a fish came to ME, and told me he was going on a journey, I should say 'With what porpoise?'"

-The Mock Turtle. Alice in Wonderland.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

The Garden

The Garden

by Mary Oliver

The kale's
puckered sleeve,
the pepper's
hollow bell,
the lacquered onion.

Beets, borage, tomatoes.
Green beans.

I came in and I put everything
on the counter: chives, parsley, dill,
the squash like a pale moon,
peas in their silky shoes, the dazzling
rain-drenched corn.

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