Vegetables and Other Relationships

by Scott Wiggerman

"Vegetables and Other Relationships" is a collection of poetry that explores intimacy, relationships and work from the perspective of a gay artist who cares deeply about the people in his world. He is a gardener and used the vegetables he grows as rich and delightful metaphors for the best and worst of us.

"These well-wrought poems emerge from the physical garden of today and now. They are like the food of contemporary America in their wide range that satisfies the palate. From painful moments of childhood to silky erotica to delightful bursts of humor, Scott Wiggerman's faith in the power of human love and caring prevails to make 'Vegetables and Other Relationships' a true feast."--poet Judith Minty

136 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Scott Wiggerman is the author of "Leaf and Beak," "Presence," "Vegetables and Other Relationships" and the publisher of Dos Gatos Press' annual "Texas Poetry Calendar," now in its nineteenth edition. He is also the editor of the "Big Land, Big Sky, Big Hair" anthology, of a haiku anthology, "Lifting the Sky: Southwestern Haiku & Haiga," as well as the best-selling "Wingbeats: Exercises & Practice in Poetry" and "Wingbeats II." His latest edited tome is "Bearing the Mask: Southwestern Persona Poems" (2016).

Reviews

[Terry Mulcahy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I heard Scott read some of these and I laughed out loud. His wordsmithery creates the humor, often simply in the way the words stumble out not like expected. After the event was over, he offered copies of this book for free, from a large box of them. I took one.