Reading Jane Hirshfield’s My Species and thinking about Kabir this morning:
The farmer plants the seed
But only when the season comes
Is there a flower
- Kabir (Dheere Dheere)
Sehaj pake so meetha hoye.
What ripens with intuitive ease turns sweet.
My Species
even
a small purple artichoke
boiled
in its own bittered
and darkening
waters
grows tender,
grows tender and sweet
patience, I think,
my species
keep testing the spiny leaves
the spiny heart
a small purple artichoke
boiled
in its own bittered
and darkening
waters
grows tender,
grows tender and sweet
patience, I think,
my species
keep testing the spiny leaves
the spiny heart
- Jane Hirshfield
Note:
Artichokes contain cynarin. This compound is bitter, and has the unique characteristic of making the foods you eat after the artichoke taste sweet.
Singing oneness!
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