Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery) Newsgroups: alt.arts.poetry.comments,rec.arts.poems Subject: Re: Apple Montage / Will Dockery Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 11:04:11 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: <1426e25a73f55d81d85d0230f69ba8a0@www.novabbs.com> References: <6c7e8b61-244d-42b1-9b4b-9adee81e70f4@googlegroups.com> <2c280095-f384-4641-873e-21ba9177b758@googlegroups.com> <86bdb2c9-cef6-47fa-9570-eca5a69d4415@googlegroups.com> <69cbbd96f8fb78ee0f4343e237d01230@news.novabbs.com> <45a79a4e5d911ad6af33165216d5c5ca@news.novabbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="905857"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="Vf9CM7g99yqfGvzEHTw0bhrjcIfvzYBBhUuRma0rLuQ"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$hgCThCYw9W9019UnFtxkI.E9GZjowlc805Lc1uVfyKqO7WtZYG2Z2 X-Rslight-Posting-User: acd0b3e3614eaa6f47211734e4cbca3bfd42bebc X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Victor H. wrote: > Will Dockery wrote: > >> General-Zod wrote: > >>> Apple Montage > >>> Sneaking around >>> with Cousin Jenny, >>> smoking menthol >>> beyond the sheds. > >>> Late summer vacation 1973 >>> in the backwoods of Tennessee. > >>> To the right >>> behind the barn >>> were apple trees. > >>> There were several >>> of those trees >>> and other trees >>> behind them >>> beyond a field >>> and behind them, other trees. > >>> Later, I stood near >>> as a crowd >>> watched Pops and my Uncle >>> cooking apple butter; >>> stirring the brown gunk, >>> boiling in a huge black kettle. > >>> I saw my father >>> secretly pass >>> a wine bottle >>> to my Uncle Clarence. > >>> I went from >>> breathing cold mist >>> out back behind the barn, >>> to breathing >>> the hot misty steam. > >>> The air smelled of apple fumes >>> and strong booze. > >>> -Will Dockery > >>> For those who have missed the poem, and this thread was broken....! > > >> Good evening, and thanks for setting the thread on the right track. > > Is is still working right...? > > Let us test it... Indeed. 😏