Helena Hempstead
The Essence of Apple
Aroma...
Of sweetness, crispness
Perfect globes
Of carnelian
And peridot
Fall at my feet;
At the foot of my
Family Tree,
Eden is here,
Each tree bearing
A different fruit :
Matte; gleaming;
Olive; russet;
All tasting of the
Autumn sun;
Or deep red -
As the sweetest jam,
With the royal title of
" Crimson Queening";
The gardeners have
Arranged their branches
Horizontally,
Along the guardian fence,
In leafy, 'Art Deco' patterns,
Of geometric lines
And edible, ornamental spheres,
Through which
The far dimensions
Of heavenly orchards
Are sometimes glimpsed
And Paradise found again,
As the Autumn sunset glows :
Spectacular in amber, scarlet,
Cider-golds.
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- Features
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- 10th Muse
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- Acumen
- Agenda
- Ambit
- Angel Exhaust
- ARTEMISpoetry
- Atlas
- Blithe Spirit
- Borderlines
- Brando's hat
- Brittle Star
- Candelabrum
- Cannon's Mouth, The
- Chroma
- Coffee House, The
- Dream Catcher
- Equinox
- Erbacce
- Fabric
- Fire
- Floating Bear, The
- French Literary Review, The
- Frogmore Papers, The
- Global Tapestry
- Grosseteste Review
- Homeless Diamonds
- Interpreter's House, The
- Iota
- Journal, The
- Lamport Court
- London Magazine, The
- Magma
- Matchbox
- Matter
- Modern Poetry in Translation
- Monkey Kettle
- Moodswing
- Neon Highway
- New Welsh Review
- North, The
- Oasis
- Obsessed with pipework
- Orbis
- Oxford Poetry
- Painted, spoken
- Paper, The
- Pen Pusher Magazine
- Poetry Cornwall
- Poetry London
- Poetry London (1951)
- Poetry Nation
- Poetry Review, The
- Poetry Salzburg Review
- Poetry Scotland
- Poetry Wales
- Private Tutor
- Purple Patch
- Quarto
- Rain Dog
- Reach Poetry
- Review, The
- Rialto, The
- Second Aeon
- Seventh Quarry, The
- Shearsman
- Smiths Knoll
- Smoke
- South
- Staple
- Strange Faeces
- Tabla Book of New Verse, The
- Thumbscrew
- Tolling Elves
- Ugly Tree, The
- Weyfarers
- Wolf, The
- Yellow Crane, The