Nearby Café Home > Food & Travel > Extra Anchovies! > Welcome > Literature

The Anchovy in Literature
back to the literature menu

Lauren Shakely: from "For the Love of Anchovies" (1978)

The relationship between romantic love and the Anchovy is elucidated in this poem. — The Schoolmarm

I love anchovies
the way I once loved you. . . .
The love of anchovies
is taking over my life. . . .

Contact the Anchovy: anchovies@nearbycafe.com

Illustrations © copyright 1997 by Annika Eklöf. All rights reserved.