Poem: ‘Inviting a friend to lunch’
John Hollander, 19 February 1987
Martial and Jonson frame my text, A pleasant catalogue of what Delights for you are to be got At lunch with me on Monday next:
An avocado full of pink Prawns we will wash in a tide cleaner Than ocean – pale Gewürztraminer Chilled just to make the palate wink;
A green world walled within a bowl, Unfallen leaves that crown their plate With which sweetly to celebrate Crispness of...