How to Eat A Poem

This is an appreciation post for the poet as well as the painter who drew inspiration from the poem to articulate it in colours.

How to Eat a Poem
by Eve Merriam (1916–1992)
Don’t be polite.
Bite in,
Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that
may run down your chin.
It is ready and ripe now, whenever you are.
You do not need a knife or fork or spoon
or plate or napkin or tablecloth.
For there is no core
or stem
or rind
or pit
or seed
or skin
to throw away.

The painting is by artist and illustrator Sing Yun Lee in collaboration with Vittles. You can buy it here.