Tagged: herb
rosemary is strong-
rosemary is strong-
willed, high-spirited, leaving
its aromatic
fragrance like hooks dangling
in the air, searching for game
.
20230111:2239
y
mama’s purslane grows
mama’s purslane grows
dutifully, as shelter
for the frog, a snack
for the deer, and nutrition
for our family omelette
.
20220919:2241
y
dill, version two, has
dill, version two, has
finally found the light, un-
filtered, standing tall,
no, even taller, purposeful,
inspired to join the salmon
.
20220129:0749
y
mama’s perilla
mama’s perilla
eventually takes over
the garden every
year, understanding that our
nervous system depends on it
.
20210614:1938
y
may we always have
may we always have
just enough to share – like growing
so much perilla
that we can invite both friends
and foes to heal what ails them
.
20200817:2053
y
perhaps it’s an age
perhaps it’s an age-
old story – coveting your
neighbor’s mint, and thyme,
and even dandelions –
makes for a bitter tonic
.
20200520:0841
y
when melancholy
when melancholy
grows leggy, be ready to
pinch back, harvest the
tips of every stem, maybe
refrigerate for later
.
20170904:2002
y
in the record
in the record
of how
perilla found its way
into our kitchen, inspiring
reverence, then
addiction,
it will be written
that the love of music
was inescapable,
and the tenderness
of wrists,
so naturally
interwoven
.
20121122:1316
y
my mother is stacking
my mother is stacking
dried persimmons neatly
into a Ziplock bag for the
season that i will be
away. as she works, she
expertly binds the nature
of the persimmon to
my memory – storage,
dosage, usage – with grace,
she braids into my
heartstrings the lore
of generations of mothers
sending forth their wisdom
ahead of a fixed departure
.
20100207:2152
y
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