Poem of the Month ~ January 2010
Happy New Decade!  Happy New Year!
 
Here is a fabulous recipe! 
Read poem.  Follow directions from start to finish.   
Digest.  Enjoy. 
Then read again; add fresh ingredients from your own recipe. 
Share when cooked.  Eat with gusto!  (Feeds multitudes.)

Blessings of love, joy and good humor, now and all year long!

--Krayna

Da Capo

Take the used-up heart like a pebble
and throw it far out.

Soon there is nothing left.
Soon the last ripple exhausts itself
in the weeds.

Returning home, slice carrots, onions, celery.
Glaze them in oil before adding
the lentils, water, and herbs.

Then the roasted chestnuts, a little pepper, the salt.
Finish with goat cheese and parsley. Eat.

You may do this, I tell you. It is permitted.
Begin again the story of your life.

--Jane Hirshfield
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