Write an ode to your favourite vegetable. For inspiration, here's Pablo Neruda's "Ode to the Artichoke."
I haven't managed a poem, just a series of thoughts really, about vegetables!
chopping vegetables to make soup is my therapy
as is watching chickens interact with one another
or walking the dog through different weathers
but if I cannnot get outside to talk to hens
or raise my spirts enough to pace the fields,
making soup is there to chase the shadow away
using up what ever vegetables or pulses
i can find feels frugal and pure.
I like them all, mishapen or lumpen
they can all be chopped and boiled
into broth to feed the family
I cannot pick a favourite: I like them all
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