Wednesday, April 17, 2019

August by Niki Giovanni


Apples fall   peaches harvested
One kind of pear is pickled

Blackberries turn your fingers blue
Some cucumbers get pickled

Biscuits bake or they are fried
Grits are cooked real slow

Green tomatoes in bacon fat
Then it's time to go

From Grandmother's country home
Back up to the city

I'd rather stay in the barefoot South
where everything is pretty

~ Love Poems by Niki Giovanni

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