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Offering
I ripen: heavy with juice, dizzy with flavor, sweet, complex, sticky. Pick me.Bite into me.Feel me drip down your chin. I am that good. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Martini, Up with a Twist
A glass clear as its contents,liquid cradled by cupped crystal hands,the stem a frozen stream of water,icy cold to the touch. The faint tang of lemon reaches me first,then the sharp angularity of a Winter morning. I sip, clear the air, flush the… Continue reading
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A Fine Poem
A fine poem is good wine.You may prefer yours dry or sweet,simple, daring, comforting, neat,ironic, seductive, complex, complete. An acquired tasteso don't in haste abandon the effort;don't just read the words,roll them around the tongue,spit them out, sip again,let them linger:clover,… Continue reading