HANNAH DAVENPORT

The Shopping List

Image description: Davenport’s “The Shopping List” is a visual poem made up of five minimalist drawings depicting items to be bought during a grocery shopping trip. Each item is labeled and the poems are written on the items themselves, using the labels throughout the poems.

Image 1: Apple

added to the bag
for health
keep the doctor away
glisten crunch
drool

Image 2: Coca-Cola

Six tins of sugar for
two pounds

syrupy sweet as needed
mid afternoon push
into syrupy evenings
of nothing

Image 3: Paracetamol

And I wonder if they have any
[paracetamol]
ovoid pearls ripe for popping
slip down and sleep
to fingertips and temples
easing pulsing and pressure

Image 4: CHEESE

For nibbling
or sprinkling
or nibbling the
sprinkling

Image 5: PIZZA

modern marvel
of
wheel
like
proportions
cold
grease
frozen meat