November Poem: The Bounty of Occasion

This writer illustrates the love within our cherished traditions — and the sweet, intimate moments that come from sharing food with family.
by Jameela F. Dallis |illustration by Lyudmila Tomova

Jameela F. Dallis, Ph.D., is a multidisciplinary writer, curator and scholar. Her published work includes poems, interviews, arts journalism and literary scholarship in Honey Literary, The Fight and the Fiddle, Our State and elsewhere. Her first full-length poetry collection is forthcoming from River Books in 2025.

Lyudmila Tomova is an impressionist watercolor and en plain air artist who specializes in portraits, figures and landscapes. She works out her Cary, North Carolina home studio and her work has been selected by the National Watercolor Society and the statewide North Carolina Artists Exhibition.

This article originally appeared in the November, 2024 issue of WALTER magazine.