Walking into a farmers market, the speaker is immediately swept up by what she sees, smells and hears. The first half is a parade of food: bread on the air, peaches and nectarines like a "juicy chorus line," carrots that seem to call out "take me home," and watermelons and cantaloupes competing to reach her table. By treating the produce as living, eager performers, Jewell makes the market feel playful and generous.
Then the poem shifts with "Suddenly," and the focus moves from sight and smell to sound. Fiddlers, vendors, overlapping chatter, barking dogs, shouting children and two young women playing Mozart blend into one noisy, happy scene. The broken, run-together snatches of conversation make us feel we are standing in the crowd ourselves.
The mood is warm, lively and thankful. The speaker clearly loves this place, and the closing line, naming Edmonds Farmers Market, reads like a delighted cheer for everyday pleasures.