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ode to the artichoke
ode to the artichoke
ErinM


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: home
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Mar 17, 2008

Viewed: 373
Comments: 7
Favorites: 1 (view)

 The artichoke
With a tender heart
Dressed up like a warrior,
Standing at attention, it built
A small helmet
Under its scales
It remained unshakeable

But
Then
Maria
Comes
With her basket
She chooses
An artichoke,
She's not afraid of it.
She examines it, she observes it
Up against the light like it was an egg
She buys it
She mixes it up in her handbag
With a pair of shoes
With a cabbage head and a
Bottle
Of vinegar
Until
She enters the kitchen
And submerges it in a pot.

This ends
In peace
This career
Of the armed vegetable
Which is called an artichoke.

-Pablo Neruda

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 03/24/2008 11:07:11 AM
I can easily picture this hanging in someone's kitchen! Very nice!!
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 03/23/2008 07:02:20 AM
o, just beautiful. an artichoke as an object of meditation. simple, and simple wonderful.
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 03/18/2008 11:21:02 AM
how to make an artichoke photo work...!
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 03/17/2008 11:38:44 PM
I really think some of Neruda's odes are his best work. This is one of them. And your photo is an ode in itself.
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 03/17/2008 08:52:17 PM
How appropriate that you posted this one today. I took in a salad for St. Patrick's Day Luncheon, at work, today. I always make a vinegar and oil dressing with parmesan cheese and chopped artichokes.
I agree with Jutilda that this is beautiful and IF you choose to post it for sale, I'd gladly buy a copy for my kitchen. When I finish the painting this would go perfectly. If you decide to sell it, please PM me.
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 03/17/2008 08:20:22 PM
beautiful light
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 03/17/2008 03:53:12 PM
I really love the subtlety of the lighting, highlighted by the use of the scratchy layer. Which one did you use? It's killer. I'd hang that in my kitchen!!! ;~) Neruda is the BEST
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