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
- Владимир Корнилов – Прежнее слово
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- Robert Burns: Willie Chalmers: Mr. Chalmers, a gentleman in Ayrshire, a particular friend of mine, asked me to write a poetic epistle to a young lady, his Dulcinea. I had seen her, but was scarcely acquainted with her, and wrote as follows:-
- Song—Auld Rob Morris by Robert Burns
- The Precinct. Rochester poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Британишский – Не поселятся ли олени
- On Late Acquired Wealth (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- Waking up on a rainy morning by Preeth Nambiar
- The Appointment by Ruth Padel
- Николай Языков – А. В. Киреевой (Тогда как сердцем мы лелеем)
- Whispering In Wattle Boughs
- Apathy by Shailendra Chauhan
- An Untold Love by Rixa White
- Robert Burns: Ode For General Washington’s Birthday :
- Михаил Ломоносов – Надпись на день рождения Ее Величества
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).
