Another poem about eating and poetry I just found on the back cover of an old grade school poetry book, Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle. It is Eve Merriam’s poem titled “How To Eat A Poem.”
Here’s an excerpt.
Don’t be polite.
Bite in.
Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that may run down your chin.
It is ready and ripe now, whenever you are.
I wonder if this poem inspired Mark Strand. It sure inspires me.
Lovingly,
The Poetry Nag
Tags: Eve Merriam
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