For this last glimpse of Davis, California
I offer you this
from the central park
Overhanging the bench -
artichokes!
I'd never before seen an artichoke growing
and it made me laugh
to see it so boldly there.
The first thing that came to mind
was a descriptive paragraph
written by one of my 11th grade English students
nearly 30 years ago.
The student described a woman in a blue scarf
standing in an artichoke field.
The image was so vivid that I've carried it in my mind
all these many years -
So intriguing, the words and images
that stay with us,
don't you think?
A woman in a blue scarf
standing in an artichoke field.
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