"Table Setting" by Rebecca Dinerstein:
I am always falling in love when I have work to do.
But there are other distractions, if you don’t pull through:
roll of red ribbon, green candle on a crystal stand,
orange cup of unground salt, violets with furry leaves.
Map of the north cape with tunnel directions.And there are finer pairs than you and I would make:
pale tablecloth with pink flowers,
pale sky with pink sky at mountain height,
brown teacup and saucer, golden honey jar
and golden space between one mountain and another.A golden green night field. No finer solitude.
Here lies the field with the sun on its forehead;
there goes the man with the sun in his mouth.
(Reprinted from Lofoten © 2012 H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), Oslo, with permission of the author and publisher. Photo by Flickr user Powellizer)
The Dish 