Still Life with Red Cabbages and Onions by Vincent Van Gogh
If there is beauty in basic vegetables,
earth bulbed sustenance,
with their finger-printed lines
and licks of bloody light arcing
through dull, every day colour,
then there can be poetry too;
a few fraught words for the feast.
Matthew Friday is a writer, professional storyteller and primary school teacher. By all means check out the results at: matthewfriday.weebly.com/poetry