A distant rose
by the name Rubus,
— species Idaeobatus — 
is greater kin
to a cherry than a berry,
ripened red drupelets contain each
sweetly coated seed.

Hollowed for harvest -
a soft cone core
remains on the cane,
its flower forgone 
for the market.

Daily digested
but rarely consumed
by its curious nature ~
behold the rapture of a raspberry.