Whet your Appetite for Summer!

RASPBERRY

The raspberry, cut ruby of a hundred

bubble colonies strung together,

a tiny shower cap waiting to be pulled over scalp. But wait!

The raspberry explodes on impact.

Our fingers are not delicate enough.

Juice extraction can not be avoided; stains are the only option.

To pop one in your mouth is a violation!

The raspberry bursts between teeth even as tongue probes its cavity.

Dribbles left, messy, marking the cleft of chin.

Fat-lipped, orangutan smile, indulgent, belies

misery of the Eastern Bloc abused and emptied

until seeds wedge themselves into your gums.

Every raspberry is victimized from birth.

~ 2005 Ben Rawluk

Poetry

These are a few of the Literature books my granddaughter brought along with her school books in February when she visited. She likes poetry. Never was my favorite style to read, but I find comfort in the thought of poetry. Does that make any sense? I do admire those who can actually read the poems with ease and understanding. It must be the more 'creative' minds that can immerse themselves in such literature. I like my words straight up and clear, thank you.....

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
~Leonard Cohen