pears (three different ones)

[zyzyly]

Some say
it was a pear
Eve ate.



Why else the shape
of the womb,
or of the cello
Whose single song is grief
for the parent tree?



Why else the fruit itself
tawny and sweet
which your lover
over breakfast
lets go your pear-
shaped breast
to reach for?




Poem by Linda Pastan

Comments

[pasticcio.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous.

[lowflyingsquab.livejournal.com]

I fell in love with them as soon as I saw them. I bought some last week, but Malida ate them before I could shoot them!

[pasticcio.livejournal.com]

I can see why you would like them - they were beautiful pears!

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful.

[lowflyingsquab.livejournal.com]

and tasty!

[tiwonge.livejournal.com]

Oh, pears. I thought they were figs at first.

[lowflyingsquab.livejournal.com]

they look a little atypical for pears--that's why I like them.

[(Anonymous)]

Fabulous...such a lovely blush... and very clever. (Did you know the Pear Fair is the last Sunday of July in Courtland?) ~A

[lowflyingsquab.livejournal.com]

yes! the lady who sold these to me is one of the growers down there and reminded me of it. I haven't been for years.

[brendamom.livejournal.com]

These are just beautiful. They remind me to look around at the bounty of beautiful food around just waiting to be eaten or even...photographed. :)

[lowflyingsquab.livejournal.com]

My grandpa was an artist, and loved to paint (and later photograph) whatever was handy in his garden. When I was in Germany, he used to send me photographs of artfully arranged potatoes and such!