Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Apr 2015


Gumbos are made of this...
First onions and garlic,
Of course.
Next chorizo,
The real Mexican kind.
Then tomatoes, herbs,
And the most important:
OKRA!
How I rejoice
When I find okra.
I spent too many years
Without
Okra.
Bleak deprivation...
Now restored:
Crop added to
Canadian rotations
And tastes.
I re-discover
Each spring.
As if the first gumbo
Since time began.
Ah!