Chicken soup
Fat with goop
Essence of onion
Garlics a-simmerin’
Sprigs of thyme
Stewing fine
Carrots softening
Aroma cascading
Steam rises
Broth rendered
With this savory heat
This affliction I’ll beat
CREDITS:
Poetry: Ben Young Landis, first penned in 2012
Photography: Ben Young Landis
I could almost smell it!
Thanks, Mary Ellen! It’s one of the great smells of autumn, for sure.