Importing Words of Good Taste

Poems that bring food and wine to life in fresh, succulent and often sensuous ways are bound within Dancing with Nature: Poems about Food and Wine by Landi Prendi. In 2016, this collection of poetry was published in Albania, in Prendi’s native language. With the assistance of two translators, “one for the words, one for the poems,” Prendi’s book was published in the U.S. earlier this year by The Bayberry Press.

Excerpted from “Calamari” - a poem by Landi Prendi

Raised in the sea

The calamari shines on the plate

Laid down on porcelain

Like hope

From masterly hands

Cut like a necklace

It beautifies the plate

Like a bracelet

With its flavor

Whispering of holidays

On the table

Its flavor leaves us speechless