Kavanagh captures the joys of communal farming in this harvesting poem. My farmer’s-daughter wife says he’s spot on.
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The Joys of September Threshing
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Earth Day: Enriching the Earth
Wendell Berry’s “Enriching the Earth” is a good poem with which to celebrate Earth Day.
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We Are Losing Touch with the Earth
Berry’s “Remembering” is a stinging attack on big agriculture. It touches on personal issues as well.
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Not Your Father’s Apple Cider
A visit to my cousins’ hard apple cider processing plant showed me that making the beverage has changed markedly since the days of John Keats and Robert Frost.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Ode to Autumn", After Apple-Picking, apples, hard apple cider, John Keats, Robert Frost Comments closed
