can come wrapped in a thin shield of faint soap-flavor * Oh, sunset aflame, color-cousin of citrus fruit & road caution cones * Large bits, drillers of soil. Gaudy green Mardi Gras feathers. Round shoulders. * Hide is rough, lumpy-- carrots are miners, you know. Tips taper to thin string. * The smell of nectar seized from soil, of earned sugar. Subtler than parsnips.
A 20-second music/poetry video of James Emanuel's "Four Letter Word." As far as I know, Mr. Emanuel conceived of this form--the "jazz haiku." His collected poems: Whole Grain: Collected Poems (Lotus Press 1991) is available on amazon.com and elsewhere.