Contentment
(listen to the poem, read by Diane R. Wiener)
A tray of lettuce to plant
salads for the summer evenings
tomatoes and cucumber
already in flower, brings it
to me on dirty knees
as I pop a lettuce into a hole
it’s like a bee to a bloom
it finds me here
in the soil under my fingernails
silver beet I’ll pick for tea.
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About the Author
Phil is a poet who lives in Wodonga in the state of Victoria, Australia, who writes in the style of free verse and prose poetry.