Monday 21 February 2011

A brief history of apples

Spring gives birth to
buds to flower to fruit
bees to pollinate
Time to germinate
in reaping winds
The apple falls
scenting just before decay
the heady flavour
of Autumn days
Cider presses
clank to juices
Ripening yeast lends
odours of harvest
warming winter
at dark firesides.

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