In the Produce Section of the Supermarket

by | Nov 4, 2014 | Poetry

The meek old woman stooped behind her walker,

its front legs jammed into hollowed-out tennis balls,

lifting a cantaloupe to her nose, shall inherit the earth.

Photo By: Young Sok Yun 윤영석

About The Author

Norman Minnick

Norman “Buzz” Minnick is a poet and playwright.

His second full-length collection, Folly, is published by Wind Publications. He is the author of To Taste the Water: Poems (Mid-List Press, 2007) and several chapbook collections including Two for the Cold, a collaborative work with Laurence Atwood, (Broadside Books, 2000) and The Overreacher (Broadside Books, 1998). He is the editor of Between Water and Song: New Poets for the Twenty-First Century (White Pine Press, 2010). He has not yet written a play.

Minnick is not Poet-in-Residence at a university and he has not been twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize. In fact, he has won no major awards.