A candlelit romance
Dark earthy sheds A candlelit romance In January, I start watching the Instagram feed The family harvest Frayed roots amid mounds of earth The (fizzy) pop pop pop! from that BBC recording Wakefield, Morley, Rothwell No, I’ve never been… to the sheds Or the rhubarb festival Ribbed, bright, tart Fuschia stems with tufts of green A maroon box with yellow writing A hoodie; like a Hearts strip Feels closer to home It goes to New York! Takes an Italian to understand the value It goes to New York along with the pale pink frilly radicchio and the striped white tardivo I went to New York in 1999; Wakefield last in 2017 There was one year, early 2020, before things changed At the greengrocers We asked for the wholesale price to see if we could get some in the post but they didn't reply... We couldn't get Yorkshire rhubarb in Scotland; the good stuff goes to New York! Instead, a wholesaler sent pink stuff from the Netherlands.