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It is Sunday
and the tomato plants have
asked for a day off
A break from the peering,
the scrutiny, the cheering on
Just a day when they can be,
attend the temples of
Water and Sunshine,
worship and be worshipped
without expectation
Where they can,
in peace,
blush
© by Katrin Talbot.
Used with the author's permission.
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Photo credit: Isabel Karp
Australian-born Katrin Talbot is a violist, photographer, and poet. Her award-winning work has appeared in many literary journals and anthologies and she is the author of numerous poetry collections, including Falling Asleep at the Circus, and The Devil Orders a Latte, forthcoming from Fernwood Press. Katrin leaves in the Madison, Wisconsin area, with quite a few chickens. Learn more about her at https://www.katrintalbot.com/.
    
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Lori Levy:
Love the idea of the tomato plants asking for a day off to just be.
Posted 07/11/2021 12:29 PM
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Sharon Waller Knutson:
I love how you personified tomatoes. What a creative unique poem. Favorite line, "When they can, in peace, blush."
Posted 07/11/2021 12:21 PM
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mer:
Fascinating history of the tomato!
Great poem! Love those tomatoes
Posted 07/11/2021 11:38 AM
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Wilda Morris:
Delightful!
Posted 07/11/2021 09:32 AM
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KevinArnold:
Great fun. I particularly liked: Just a day when they can be,
Posted 07/11/2021 08:48 AM
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Rob:
We all need time to just be...even tomato plants! Fun bit of rhyme "peering/cheering" and closing one-word line...nice technique!
Posted 07/11/2021 08:18 AM
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Larry Schug:
Now, if I could just get the birds that peck the tomatoes to take a day off, but I suppose they worship the tomato, too, for their own reasons. "the Temples of Rain and Sunshine"--how true.
Posted 07/11/2021 07:56 AM
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