Pablo Neruda is one of my favourite poets. He wrote lots of odes to vegetables! (Even one about artichokes.) Here's an excerpt from "Ode to Tomatoes."
the tomato,
star of earth, recurrent
and fertile
star,
displays
its convolutions,
its canals,
its remarkable amplitude
and abundance,
no pit,
no husk,
no leaves or thorns,
the tomato offers
its gift
of fiery color
and cool completeness.
And his Love poetry! Oy, if you have time, read his love sonnets sometime...
(From "Love Sonnet LXXIX")
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