Over the past 11 years, WFW contributing editor Andrew Jefford has been using his Twitter feed to publish a series of short poetic texts. Many of these works are inspired by—or have some connection to—the themes of wine and terroir.
Earlier this year, WFW asked Andrew to make a selection of these loosely wine-themed short texts. Here we feature the second of a series of Andrew’s selections, accompanied by an original illustration inspired by Andrew’s words by his artist brother, Michael Jefford.
Seven Short Texts II
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Andrew Jefford
Leaf serves earth last, as once
it sweetened air, fed fruit,
Content from our partners
built heartwood. And you?
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Half are given
a box of seeds;
the rest a patch of earth
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A million years of rain
on stone, a valley carved – and still
no meaning
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The river’s banquet
set on cloths of rippled cloud:
a feast of sliding
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No home — beyond
the webby midlight of our bank
entangled
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One sniff and the truth
is out one sniff always
beyond deceiving one sniff
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No one on the beach heard it whisper
that it had once been
a mountain
