Friday, December 26, 2014

The Traveling Onion Comments

Rating: 4.5

When I think how far the onion has traveled
just to enter my stew today, I could kneel and praise
all small forgotten miracles,
crackly paper peeling on the drainboard,
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Naomi Shihab Nye
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Dr Antony Theodore 29 July 2020

" It is believed that the onion originally came from India. In Egypt it was an object of worship —why I haven't been able to find out. From Egypt the onion entered Greece and on to Italy, thence into all of Europe interesting poem and new knowledge. tony

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Dr Antony Theodore 19 February 2019

I would never scold the onion for causing tears. It is right that tears fall for something small and forgotten... thinking of the travel of onion and the tears it makes.. tony

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Naomi Shihab Nye

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