Nutmeg
Brown.
Nutmeg brown.
Sharp, redolent nutmeg brown.
Nutmeg for gingerbread,
allspice for cider:
Grandma’s treats for my cousins and me.
Fresh, musky brown.
Sweet, balmy brown.
Brown legs race to the kitchen,
brown arms clamor around the table,
and all our eager brown fingers
reach for the fresh-baked treats,
spiced with rich nutmeg brown.
Copyright Credit: “Nutmeg” Poem from Tan to Tamarind: Poems About the Color Brown. Poem copyright © 2009 by Malathi Michelle Iyengar. Permission arranged with Children’s Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc., New York, NY 10016. All rights reserved. Learn more at leeandlow.com.
Source: Tan to Tamarind: Poems About the Color Brown. (Lee & Low Books Inc., 2009)