(297): Cherokee Purple Earth Magic

Betta Tryptophan
Aug 23, 2017 · 2 min read

A one line poem for Nancy E. Pitts’ Chalkboard prompt “Magic”

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Gather water, stir in pink crystals, pour on to achieve fruit;

Living magic from a tiny yellow-white disk buried in dirt in the Spring

Yields wondrous red-purple globes for my salad.

Addendum: Just for Kathy Jacobs and Nancy E. Pitts , here’s the yield so far from my back porch tomato plants!

…and the plants from which they came!

I just wish they’d ripen more quickly! 😋


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