WRITER’S LIFEGUARD
Friends,
This coming Saturday, September 27th, Garrison Keillor will read my poem, "Smoke and Ash," on The Writer's Almanac. I hope you'll tune in.
Since it's on Saturday, far fewer NPR radio stations carry The Writer's Almanac.
Your local NPR station may not air the show.
You can listen anyway by going to http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2008/09/27
Sincerely,
David
TOMATOES IN SEPTEMBER
Every surface in the house covered
with tomatoes, a vat
of boiling water on the stove,
drop them in and wait to see
cracks in their skin, into cold water, out,
cut away the bad spots,
cut out stem end and blossom end,
peel away the skin,
chop them up, drain them in a colander,
dump them into the other
pot in which a mountain of garlic
has been simmering in olive oil:
Brandywine, Juliet, Cosmonaut,
Rosa deBern, all go in,
salt and pepper, then
let them bubble
while you
go smell the house.
David Budbill
budbill@wildblue.net
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