Monday, September 10, 2012

Pepper

    Indian cargo
    hot across a dancing sea
    please pass the pepper




Haiku Heights - pepper

4 comments:

  1. I really like the line "hot across the dancing seas." That's the spice trade captured in a line. Good one.

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    1. I like the image of those ships full of pepper. We tend to forget all that.

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  2. I think I remember reading somewhere that pepper was once the most sought-after and most expensive spice.

    Pepper Tree

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