How Pedestrian

From The Vegetables   The Artichoke   She bore only the heart, Worked at the stem with her Fingers, pulling it to her, And into her, like a cord.   She would sustain him, Would … more

From The Vegetables   Herbs   Before fog leaves the scrub-oak Or the grasses of the downland, Take dragonwort under the black alder, Take cockspur grass and henbane, The belladonna, the deadly nightshade. Free them … more

From The Vegetables   Corn   I am the corn quail. What I do is quick. You will know only The muffled clucking, The scurry, the first Shiver of feathers And I will be up, … more

From The Vegetables   Potatoes   It had been growing in her like vegetables. She was going into the ground where it could Do better, where she could have potatoes.   They would be small … more