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The carrot with its elongated waist Stretches out its leg, down through the earth, Grounded, Patient as it swells over time, Sprouting hairy roots like stubble on a chin, Although soft and flaky, Easy to break and to peel. Yet it stretches still, Down into the depths of worm-chewed soil And then up toward the surface Where the rain falls Washing, eventually, the brow of the carrot's head From which its spikey hair has already exploded Like an overflowing froth of green Reaching toward the sun. Then grounded. Now pulled, chopped, boiled, It makes its way into my mouth, Fresh and delicious; An orange bliss. This poem was written as a part of an exercise from a workshop "Creative Writing for Self-care" run by the University of Birmingham's UoBe Festival. The first line "The carrot with its elongated waist" is paraphrased from the poem Gratitude by Mary Oliver, and inspired my poem The carrot.
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AuthorSamantha is a doctoral researcher researching the power of figurative language in advertising, social media, and mobile technology. Copyright © 2022
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