I Too Bite the Juicy Fruit of Poetry

I Too Bite the Juicy Fruit of Poetry

              To Molly Peacock

 
Before I encountered you
I dreamed of poetry as a distant peacock
in a foreign land with the foreign language
its iridescent feathers of blue and green unfurled.
 
You handed me a peach with a flaw.
Half-opened, inviting —
yet one bite could pose a dilemma.
No wonder Prufrock wandered,
longing to decide,
but for you, a red tinge, a hint
to a new world.
“Relish the peach” I heard.
 
Now I look at leaves and fruits,
stones and stars, each a poem.

October 2023

Check out more of Anna's poetry on her website: https://www.annapoetry.com/

You can also find this poem in Anna's 11th poetry book, Truth in Slant, which will be published by Frontenac Press in 2025.