My Life in Peaches, by Adrienne Su

This one's unpretentious and fun. It feels like a writing exercise that went well. 

 
My Life in Peaches

Hard, green.
Ripened, fragile.

Spiced cling.
Breyers All Natural.

Coffee cake, Jell-O,
cobbler, preserves.

In watercolor
with flowers, birds.

Long-life emblem,
acidic-sweet.

Name of every
downtown street.

More Winn-Dixie
than Samarkand.

License plate,
tollbooth scan.

Tiny carvings
in tiny pits—

Buddhas, houses,
forests, fish—

high artistic
economy.

Flesh has a price.
Stones are free.




From Peach State by Adrienne Su, 2021.
University of Pittsburg Press