magdalena

"We all carry emotional cabbage: / love is chard and not inconsequential"

—Brian Bilston, "Love in the Time of Cauliflower"

brianbilston.com/2017/06/18/love-in-the-time-of-cauliflower

(Oct. 18, 2026; needs more coriander; still 10/10)

"For friends as unpretentious as cabbages / and friends, like parsnips, who can be counted on to see you through the winter"

—Max Coots, "The Vegetable Prayer"

awayoflifefarm.com/blog/f/the-vegetable-prayer

(Oct. 15, 2026; Local parsnips hit-or-miss; don't burn so many next time; 9/10)

"Pomegranate, persimmon, quince! / Once, a bag of black beluga / Lentils spilt a trail behind me"

—Tracy K. Smith, "Garden of Eden"

https://voetica.com/poem/9330

(Oct. 15, 2026; perfect; 10/10)

"I'm Nobody! Who are you? / Are you - Nobody - too?"

—Emily Dickinson, "I'm Nobody! Who are you?"

poetryfoundation.org/poems/1647321/im-nobody-who-are-you

(Oct. 11, 2026; fennel seeds instead of licorice; 10/10)