Our Extravagant Plants by Margaret Coombs
This summer the foliage arches
over our small garden, grows
ferociously, as if our soil
were lava-rich, our season
long and luxurious. Our rhubarb
flops like elephant ears. Our kale
curves like a dancer’s fans.
We braise the greens with garlic,
add jade and emerald to soft,
brown lentils, and enjoy a bowlful
on the screened porch.
Eating makes us so happy,
neither of us fusses at the bunny
sunk in the clover nearby, nibbling.
Margaret Coombs is a poet and retired librarian from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA, the city of her birth, located on the western shore of Lake Michigan. Her first chapbook, The Joy of Their Holiness, was published in 2020 by Kelsay Press under the name Peggy Turnbull. She now uses her birth name as her pen name. Recent poems have appeared in Silver Birch Press, Three Line Poetry, and Verse-Virtual.