I read or I heard (perhaps, overheard) rosemary signifies remembrance. Do poems in which rosemary appear signify remembrance? It is specific to the one writing? Or the one hearing? Is rosemary in poetry a universal metaphor for remembrance? Are universal metaphors possible?
Besides rosemary, which foods signify remembrance? Holiday foods -- scents of remembering.
did the light seep under the door?
ReplyDeleteshe brushes her hair a long, long time
thinks back on sauce for the noodles
warms their dreams
leaves them loved
the fragrant garden makes her remember
something she tried to recall the night before--
the doorway was darker, the sauce uncooked