A journal of art + literature engaging with nature, culture, the environment & ecology

Acorns

Tara Menon, India-USA

 

This year the oaks have asserted themselves,

tossing their masterpieces—

spinning tops, baskets, nature’s currency,

brown caps, woolen berets, 

glistening clay bowls, artsy containers with lids,

delicate faces with topknots,

sculpted heads with woven hair,

finger cymbals, crunchy pebbled pathway.

Each acorn harbors a secret, a treasure,

which the squirrels rush to bury.

The best seeds will burst forth from the ground

to stand tall, pointing heavenward,

blessing the perplexed,

telling us to use our imagination

to shape our destiny.

 


  

Tara Menon is a freelance writer based in Lexington, Massachusetts. Her poetry has been published in the following journals and anthologies: Blue MinaretThe Bangalore Reviewvoices of eveCalliope, LalitambaAzizah MagazineAadunaYellow as Turmeric, Fragrant as Clovesthe view from here, and 10x3 plus poetry. Menon’s nonfiction has appeared in The Courtship of WindsThe Boston GlobeThe Kenyon ReviewGreen Mountains ReviewColor Magazine, Fjords ReviewNa’amat WomanCalyxIndia CurrentsParabola, India New England, and Hinduism Today. Her fiction has been published in Catamaran, The APA JournalMany Mountains MovingIndia CurrentsThe South Carolina Review, Living in America and Mother of the Groom.

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