Turmeric, turmeric\u2013
\ncoppery-golden spice!
\nRubbed on fish,
\nrubbed on chicken\u2013
\nit\u2019s finger-lickin\u2019
\ngood!<\/p>\n
Add it to rice,
\ndrink it in tea\u2013
\na little bit goes far!
\nIt can save your life,
\nchase the blues away,
\nreduce the stress and strife.<\/p>\n
Shake it out
\nand give a shout\u2013
\nyou\u2019ve found a true elixir.
\nLet the military band retire,
\nlet War and all its sins expire!
\nJust pass turmeric around!
\nThere\u2019s plenty to go around!<\/p>\n
Share the bounty of the Earth!
\nMake a joyful sound!
\nA teaspoon\u2019s worth
\ncan give new birth;
\nlet the hills resound\u2013
\nthere\u2019s plenty to go around,
\nsharing in rebirth.<\/p>\n
________________________________________<\/p>\n
Gary Corseri has published and posted articles, fiction and poems at hundreds of venues, including,<\/em> TMS (Transcend Media Service<\/a>)<\/a>, The New York Times, Village Voice, Redbook Magazine and<\/em> Counterpunch.\u00a0 He has published 2 novels and 2 collections of poetry, and his dramas have been produced on<\/em> PBS-Atlanta and elsewhere.\u00a0 He has performed his poems at the Carter Presidential Library and Museum and has taught in universities in the US and Japan, and in US public schools and prisons.\u00a0 Contact: Gary_Corseri@comcast.net<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Turmeric, turmeric\u2013
\ncoppery-golden spice!
\nRubbed on fish,
\nrubbed on chicken\u2013
\nit\u2019s finger-lickin\u2019
\ngood!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry-format"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}