Riehlife Poem of the Day: Katrina Vandenberg’s “Pesto in August”

Pesto in August
by Katrina Vandenberg
from Atlas
How many times does this ritual repeat
itself, preparation that begins with sweetness
unlocked by the parting of leaves? How many
women have unpetaled garlic cloves, dripped oil
cold-pressed from olives down a bowl’s curve,
ground the edible seeds of pine with mortar
and pestle until the clay was sweet with resin?
Though [...]