Spicy Collards

by Lenard D. Moore, Alice Frampton, and Michael Dylan Welch


First published in Hedgerow #105, February 2017. Originally written 29 June 2008 beneath a sugar maple by the parking lot at the Japanese Garden in Seattle, Washington.



spicy collards

on the tin plate

hazy sunset Lenard


crumbs from the cookie jar

in plain sight Alice


veggie burger

with all the trimmings . . .

dinner alone Michael


recalling grandma’s peach cobbler

at the roadside fruit stand Lenard


long day at the beach

the popsicle melting

on his chest Alice


spaghetti sauce covers

my daughter’s grin Michael