Challah

iPhone photo, printed out via the Polaroid Lab

Layered knots

grains arranged

and linked together

bound by the hands

that tied them,

the heat

that made them One,

life and love

graceful slices on a plate

from rich, sustaining

loaves

This is the first poem in a collection I am working on, tentatively titled “Kitchen Collection” (better title idea suggestions are welcome!). Stay tuned for more. . . .