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somethingdarkerAllspice:
with ginger and sugar and allspice and clove - Malcolm Friend "Caliban Theory"
grinding allspice and clove and fennel and cinnamon - Malcolm Friend "Caliban Theory"
Anise:
With tender anise overweighed - Harold Acton "Lament for Adonis"
Basil.
Bay.
Capers:
The vine with wild thyme and caper - Stephen Yenser "Petition on Santorini"
Caraway:
The bitter she flavored with caraway - Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman "Caraway"
Cardamom.
Cayenne:
The kitchen smell of cinnamon and cayenne - Joanne Merriam "Cherries for Buttons"
Chamomile:
Collected on the heads of chamomile plants - Taneum Bambrick "Intimacies Received 5"
Same chamomile crushed underfoot - Dean Young "Dear Bob," [Poetry Nov. 2011]
Cinnamon.
Cloves.
Coriander:
Piles of sumac and coriander - Peter Balakian "Little Richard"
Falling down the chimney of swine and coriander - Semaj Brown "Almost Majnun"
Ginger warm, garlic sharp, coriander mellow - Zilka Joseph "Kaulee Haddi"
The coriander, struggling all summer, alive - D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie "Miracles Welcome"
Cumin:
Rue, myrrh, and cummin for the Sphinx - Ralph Waldo Emerson "The Sphinx"
Shavings fragrant as cumin - Stephen Yenser "Vertumnal [excerpt]"
Curry:
Making a curry of the forest floor - Paul Cameron Brown "Lavender"
the scotch bonnet burn in the curry - Malcolm Friend "Caliban Theory"
Tears water the curry-leaf dragon - Ryan Naamdhew "Curry-Leaf Dragon"
Dittany:
A magic bed of sacred dittany - John Keats "Endymion, Book I [A thing of beauty is a joy for ever]"
Where healing dittany grows - Alfred Noyes "Jean Guettard I: The Rock of the Good Virgin"
Fennel:
Had expected a fennel frond - Brian Blanchfield "In Their Motions"
grinding allspice and clove and fennel and cinnamon - Malcolm Friend "Caliban Theory"
Rank fennel and broom - Effie Lee Newsome "Exodus"
And one was some fennel up on the shore - Elizabeth Madox Roberts "At the Water"
Garlic.
Ginger.
Herb.
Hops:
With hop-vines' incense all the pensive glory - Bret Harte "Dickens in Camp"
Wanders through the clustered hops - Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall "Rustic Courting XV: The Ledbury Train"
The hopvine's tresses sweeping the low roof - Miss Virginia Townsend "The House in the Lane" [The Continental Monthly v.5 no.5, May 1864]
Hyssop:
In the hyssop, vinegar, and gall - John Castillo "Thoughts on Good Friday"
Broke hyssop and bramble - H.D. "The Helmsman"
Gave the Hyssop and Cedar their place - Rudyard Kipling "Banquet Night"
A pleasant draught of bitter hyssop - Edmund Clarence Stedman "The Protest of Faith: to Rev. --"
Lemongrass:
Sharp stones beneath the wayward lemongrass - Brandon O'Brien "lagahoo culture (Part II)"
Sprigs of lemongrass, a pod of cardamom - Preeti Vangani "One Cup of Chai"
Licorice:
Driven off by the smell of licorice gone bad - Duane Ackerson "At the Dump"
Whose cows graze on licorice - Enheduana "The Temple Hymns: 11. Gabura, the Temple of Ningublaga in Kiabrig" transl. by Sophus Helle
Knotting lengths of licorice - Idra Novey "Value City"
Malt:
And malt does more than Milton can - A.E. Housman "A Shropshire Lad LXII"
Marjoram:
And buds of marjoram had stol'n - William Shakespeare "Sonnet XCIX"
A savor of marjoram and mountain thyme - Edmund Clarence Stedman "The Ballad of Lager Bier"
Mint.
Mugwort:
Mugwort and orchid alike wither - Han Yu "Autumn Thoughts" transl. by Burton Watson
Wind over mugwort and moxa - Su Tung-p'o "[Soft grasses, a plain of sedge]" transl. by Burton Watson
Mugwort, red clover, firethorn for compost & company - L. Lamar Wilson "Lauren Oya Olamina Explains Earthseed to Ernest Hemingway"
Mugwort sheared to resemble a lawn - Monica Youn "Four Freedoms Park"
Mustard.
Myrtle.
Nutmeg:
Castles of nutmeg - Yvonne Caroutch
Onion.
Oregano:
Oregano's first cousin - Pablo Neruda "Midday XXXIV" transl. by Stephen Tapscott
Paprika:
A hush of paprika and burnt honey - Aimee Nezhukumatathil "Wrap"
Parsley:
Fresh garlic and parsley from our garden - Holly Karapetkova "The Woman Who Wanted a Child"
Pepper.
Peppercorn:
We will prepare you chai with cinnamon, sugar, ginger, peppercorns, milk - Karan Kapoor "In an Attempt to Seduce Death My Sister Starts Calling Him Love" [Strange Horizons 17 Feb. 2025]
Peppermint.
Poppy Seed:
As to the heart of a poppy seed - Lola Ridge "Firehead part I: He 3: The Light"
Rosemary.
Rue.
Saffron.
Sage.
Spice.
Sumac.
Thyme.
Vanilla:
Grew rich with vanilla - Timothy Donnelly "Hymn to Edmond Albius"
Wintergreen:
Wintergreen peeps through the snow - William Hodgson Ellis "The Skunk Cabbage"
Wormwood.
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with ginger and sugar and allspice and clove - Malcolm Friend "Caliban Theory"
grinding allspice and clove and fennel and cinnamon - Malcolm Friend "Caliban Theory"
Anise:
With tender anise overweighed - Harold Acton "Lament for Adonis"
Basil.
Bay.
Capers:
The vine with wild thyme and caper - Stephen Yenser "Petition on Santorini"
Caraway:
The bitter she flavored with caraway - Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman "Caraway"
Cardamom.
Cayenne:
The kitchen smell of cinnamon and cayenne - Joanne Merriam "Cherries for Buttons"
Chamomile:
Collected on the heads of chamomile plants - Taneum Bambrick "Intimacies Received 5"
Same chamomile crushed underfoot - Dean Young "Dear Bob," [Poetry Nov. 2011]
Cinnamon.
Cloves.
Coriander:
Piles of sumac and coriander - Peter Balakian "Little Richard"
Falling down the chimney of swine and coriander - Semaj Brown "Almost Majnun"
Ginger warm, garlic sharp, coriander mellow - Zilka Joseph "Kaulee Haddi"
The coriander, struggling all summer, alive - D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie "Miracles Welcome"
Cumin:
Rue, myrrh, and cummin for the Sphinx - Ralph Waldo Emerson "The Sphinx"
Shavings fragrant as cumin - Stephen Yenser "Vertumnal [excerpt]"
Curry:
Making a curry of the forest floor - Paul Cameron Brown "Lavender"
the scotch bonnet burn in the curry - Malcolm Friend "Caliban Theory"
Tears water the curry-leaf dragon - Ryan Naamdhew "Curry-Leaf Dragon"
Dittany:
A magic bed of sacred dittany - John Keats "Endymion, Book I [A thing of beauty is a joy for ever]"
Where healing dittany grows - Alfred Noyes "Jean Guettard I: The Rock of the Good Virgin"
Fennel:
Had expected a fennel frond - Brian Blanchfield "In Their Motions"
grinding allspice and clove and fennel and cinnamon - Malcolm Friend "Caliban Theory"
Rank fennel and broom - Effie Lee Newsome "Exodus"
And one was some fennel up on the shore - Elizabeth Madox Roberts "At the Water"
Garlic.
Ginger.
Herb.
Hops:
With hop-vines' incense all the pensive glory - Bret Harte "Dickens in Camp"
Wanders through the clustered hops - Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall "Rustic Courting XV: The Ledbury Train"
The hopvine's tresses sweeping the low roof - Miss Virginia Townsend "The House in the Lane" [The Continental Monthly v.5 no.5, May 1864]
Hyssop:
In the hyssop, vinegar, and gall - John Castillo "Thoughts on Good Friday"
Broke hyssop and bramble - H.D. "The Helmsman"
Gave the Hyssop and Cedar their place - Rudyard Kipling "Banquet Night"
A pleasant draught of bitter hyssop - Edmund Clarence Stedman "The Protest of Faith: to Rev. --"
Lemongrass:
Sharp stones beneath the wayward lemongrass - Brandon O'Brien "lagahoo culture (Part II)"
Sprigs of lemongrass, a pod of cardamom - Preeti Vangani "One Cup of Chai"
Licorice:
Driven off by the smell of licorice gone bad - Duane Ackerson "At the Dump"
Whose cows graze on licorice - Enheduana "The Temple Hymns: 11. Gabura, the Temple of Ningublaga in Kiabrig" transl. by Sophus Helle
Knotting lengths of licorice - Idra Novey "Value City"
Malt:
And malt does more than Milton can - A.E. Housman "A Shropshire Lad LXII"
Marjoram:
And buds of marjoram had stol'n - William Shakespeare "Sonnet XCIX"
A savor of marjoram and mountain thyme - Edmund Clarence Stedman "The Ballad of Lager Bier"
Mint.
Mugwort:
Mugwort and orchid alike wither - Han Yu "Autumn Thoughts" transl. by Burton Watson
Wind over mugwort and moxa - Su Tung-p'o "[Soft grasses, a plain of sedge]" transl. by Burton Watson
Mugwort, red clover, firethorn for compost & company - L. Lamar Wilson "Lauren Oya Olamina Explains Earthseed to Ernest Hemingway"
Mugwort sheared to resemble a lawn - Monica Youn "Four Freedoms Park"
Mustard.
Myrtle.
Nutmeg:
Castles of nutmeg - Yvonne Caroutch
Onion.
Oregano:
Oregano's first cousin - Pablo Neruda "Midday XXXIV" transl. by Stephen Tapscott
Paprika:
A hush of paprika and burnt honey - Aimee Nezhukumatathil "Wrap"
Parsley:
Fresh garlic and parsley from our garden - Holly Karapetkova "The Woman Who Wanted a Child"
Pepper.
Peppercorn:
We will prepare you chai with cinnamon, sugar, ginger, peppercorns, milk - Karan Kapoor "In an Attempt to Seduce Death My Sister Starts Calling Him Love" [Strange Horizons 17 Feb. 2025]
Peppermint.
Poppy Seed:
As to the heart of a poppy seed - Lola Ridge "Firehead part I: He 3: The Light"
Rosemary.
Rue.
Saffron.
Sage.
Spice.
Sumac.
Thyme.
Vanilla:
Grew rich with vanilla - Timothy Donnelly "Hymn to Edmond Albius"
Wintergreen:
Wintergreen peeps through the snow - William Hodgson Ellis "The Skunk Cabbage"
Wormwood.
Navigation Links:
Go to author indices.
Go to word indices.
Go to category indices.
