The bite of the apple – v2

the bite of the apple,
the snap of its skin, a pop,
a memory transcendent,
oh, where should I begin?
with our family, our fun...
 
a crisp fall day, crossing into Vermont,
from our home in New Hampshire,
finding the orchard, the spot,
where will I find, the best, the jewel,
climbing the ladder, for a McIntosh…
 
foliage like a postcard, the hills beyond,
frost in the shadows, grasses, the fallen leaves,
color all around us, reds, and orange,
air crisp and cold, clear, azure,
flannel and corduroy, sweatshirts,
the warmth of hearth or home…
 
climbing the branches,
gathering the drops,
the scent of cider rising,
going into the warming hut,
what smells they have got…
 
the bite of the apple,
the snap of its skin, a pop,
wanting to taste it all, a memory,
a thick slice of sharp cheddar from the wheel,
hot cider as tart as tea…
 
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Edited November 4, 2024
The bite of the apple – v2
 
Written and posted October 10, 2024
The bite of the apple
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-bite-of-apple_25.html
&
December 18, 2021
Vermont Cheddar
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/vermont-cheddar.html
 
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poetry, memory, taste, smell, cheese, apple pie, America, cheddar, apple, orchard, family, apple picking,
 
#poetry #memory #taste #smell #Vermont #cheddar #cheese #applepie #America #apple #orchard #family #applepicking

The bite of the apple

the bite of the apple,
the snap of its skin,
a memory transcendent,
oh, where should I begin?...
 
a fall day, crossing into Vermont,
finding the orchard, the spot,
where will find,
the best, our McIntosh…
 
foliage like a postcard,
air crisp and cold,
flannel and corduroy,
the warmth of hearth or home…
 
climbing the branches,
gathering the drops,
going into the warming hut,
what smells they have got…
 
the bite of the apple,
the snap of its skin,
a thick slice of cheddar,
cider tart as tea…
 
-------------
Written and posted October 10, 2024
The bite of the apple
 
&
December 18, 2021
Vermont Cheddar
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/vermont-cheddar.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

poetry, memory, taste, smell, cheese, apple pie, America, cheddar, apple, orchard,
 
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#apple #orchard

Sausage – v5

A short tale of whimsy, a trifle,
a bit of confection, of spice
Forget the frank, the hot dog -
Give me the Fenway sausage.
Lansdowne or Yawkey, just give me the street,
the crowds, the carts, the smells.
Sausage you shrug, you, the reader,
of this trifle, this whimsy -
 
What do I mean, me the storyteller?
Read on, won’t you please.
 
Sliced bell peppers and big chunks of onions
gathered, lathered, on the fresh bun,
they tempt the palate, tease the tongue,
open wide the bun and spread hot mustard
set the stage, the moment, for the star…
the scorched and blackened piece of meat
reminds me of every sausage, each one,
I have eaten before.
 
So much memory, in the tastes,
treasure beyond measure, of family and fun
of ballgames, tailgates, and the carnie;
a cacophony of moments
dripping with that same grease.
Do you smell it too, sizzling,
on the smoky hot grill?
 
My lips curl with a smirk
as I write these lines for you,
as I laugh to myself, again,
of the pleasures of excess
and the lusty gluttony
of eating. . . another one.
 
==============
Edited and posted October 8, 2024
Sausage – v5
Typed October 16, 2024
 
&
Edited August 21, 2023
Sausage – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/sausage-v4.html
edited December 28, 2015
Sausage – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/sausage-v3.html
(editing version 2)
Edited  September 21, 2012
“Sausage – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/sausage-v2.html
posted February 14, 2004
written May 27, 2001 8:54am
Sausage
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/sausage.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Got a Match? – v2

Oh, how to tell this tale,
to spin the yarn, to pull you in,
to bring you along, down memory lane
to that night in April 1993, in New Orleans.
 
I was a small-town Yankee,
on a once-in-a-lifetime trip,
eating my fill, drinking in The Big Easy,
day and, especially, this night.
 
We had an early flight back north, 6am,
It was too much for me, too soon to leave,
I needed to run back from our hotel,
I wanted to Experience More…
 
Paranoid of what might happen, I left,
a money clip, my ID, and a pack of hotel matches
(marked with the room number),
my only companions, out into the night,
after a promise to my wife, the others, to be safe.
 
I was a cameraman in a foreign land,
out into the night without my camera.
Can you see me out there in the wild,
like Marlin Perkins’ assistant Jim.
What would I find out there on the street,
in the jazz-dipped urban jungle.
 
Oh yes, the wild creatures of the night,
were out in force, alive, wild,
nocturnal denizens of the street
and the game rangers of the NOPD too,
walked, strutted, sauntered, or stumbled by,
What was I to do, what would come next…
 
I was propositioned, male and female (or was she?)
it made me laugh, under the officer’s stare.
Sound and noise and smell and taste
marched on through the night, before last call.
 
I was seeing it all, prowling the Quarter,
from Jackson Square to Rampart and back
Light and shadow stalked the thinning crowd
until Beignets and chicory coffee
called me to the Café du Monde.
 
Finally, it was 4am, and I had to go,
With our bag of beignets and
a tray of six coffees in the other hand;
I began my trek through the darkened streets.
 
Off in the distance, I saw another figure,
in the dark, the shadows
bridging the space between us;
Where oh where do I turn?
 
“Hey, buddy, got a match?”
Perfect.
And so, this story to tell…
 
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Edited December 23, 2023
Got a Match – v2
 
8/7/04 18:36
Got a Match?
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/08/got-match.html
https://twitter.com/N_O_CafeDuMonde
&
Edited December 7, 2023
Pascal’s Manale – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/pascals-manale-v2.html
December 3, 2023
Pascal’s Manale
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/pascals-manale.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/07/19/423605844/hacking-iconic-new-orleans-barbecue-shrimp-far-from-the-gulf
https://www.yummly.com/recipe/Pascale_s-Manale-Barbeque-Shrimp-1228578
https://twitter.com/Commanders_NOLA
 
&
edited February 21, 2022
Night in New Orleans - v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/night-in-new-orleans-new-awlins-v5.html
Edited December 6, 2013
Night in New Orleans – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/nightin-new-orleans-new-awlins-v4.html
(editing original version)
Edited December 5, 2013
Night in New Orleans – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/night-in-new-orleans-new-awlins-v3.html
Edited September 20, 2012
“Night in New Orleans – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/night-in-new-orleans-nuhawluns-v2.html
Sunday, July 15, 2001 at 6:22:58 PM EST
edited December 6, 2001
“Night in New Orleans
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/night-in-new-orleans-nuhawluns.html
mostly about trip to New Orleans for Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1993
and again for job interview at Tulane University 1996
&
edited November 18, 2018
Mood Indigo – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/mood-indigo-v2.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1064114948794695680
November 16, 2018
Mood Indigo
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/mood-indigo.html
May 1993
Mood Indigo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLayv8rPlts
by Willie Humphrey
(93 years old in 1993)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Humphrey
https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858981063/
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preservation_Hall_Jazz_Band
Preservation Hall
&
edited November 16, 2018
Nice Tie – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/nice-tie-v2.html
8/7/04 18:05
Nice Tie
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/08/nice-tie.html
partially non-verbal conversation with Richard Payne
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0668413/
of Preservation Hall Jazz Band
https://www.facebook.com/preservationhalljazzband/
https://www.preservationhalljazzband.com/
at Preservation Hall Jazz Band club
https://www.facebook.com/Preservation.Hall/
http://www.preservationhall.com/?fbclid=IwAR3erKerKs-nD2hpMDNl6QDuCcgpyZkyGrGzPrGM06c-k8WFGmeyqXdRhvg 
726 St. Peters Street
New Orleans, LA
He was the bass player for the band and
he was the bass player in
“Toots Sweet’s Band” in the movie
Angel Heart (1987).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092563/
I gave him my tie, right off my neck
(a tie I had bought from a pushcart at
Downtown Crossing in Boston).
&
edited April 27, 2015
Congo Square – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/congo-square-v2_27.html
(editing version 2)
edited November 4, 2018
Amazing Grace – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/amazing-grace-v3.html
(editing original again)
edited April 16, 2015
Amazing Grace – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/amazing-grace-v2.html
July 12, 2004 18:56 –
Amazing Grace
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/07/amazing-grace.html
Amazing Grace solo of Aaron Neville
at the 1993 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
http://www.nojazzfest.com/
https://www.facebook.com/JazzFest
https://www.facebook.com/jazznheritage 
https://twitter.com/Jazznheritage
http://www.art4now.com/cpost93.htm
during a real wedding.
The members of Los Lobos were near me, watching as I was.
I saw the wedding couple riding in a carriage
in the French Quarter that night.
&
edited April 13, 2015
Congo Square – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/congo-square-v2.html
July 12, 2004 19:15.
Congo Square
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/07/congo-square.html
Congo Square, special area at the
1993 Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans
&
8/7/04 18:36
Got a Match?
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/08/got-match.html
 
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Poetry, shrimp, New Orleans, memory, food, Pascal Manale,
 
#poetry #shrimp #neworleans #memory #food #PascalsManale
 
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Perfume of Autumn - v2

 
----------------
Edited December 4, 2023
Perfume of Autumn – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/perfume-of-autumn-v2.html
October 21, 2011
Perfume of Autumn
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/10/perfume-of-autumn_21.html
after reviewing comment
after I posted “Visual Words – 2”
to www.faithwriters.com
October 21, 2011
&
Visual Words - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/01/visual-words-2.html
January 19, 2010
&
October 14, 2011
A perfume of autumn
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/10/perfume-of-autumn.html
&
edited October 29, 2014
Smell of Autumn – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/smell-of-autumn-v5.html
(editing original again)
Edited September 28, 2013
“Smell of Autumn – v4”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/smell-of-autumn-v4.html
Edited September 24, 2013
“Smell of Autumn – v3”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/smell-of-autumn-v3.html
Edited September 9, 2013
“Smell of Autumn – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/smell-of-autumn-v2.html
September 14, 2006 10:14
“Smell of Autumn”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/09/smell-of-autumn.html
 
 
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#Sausage – v4 #hotdog

Forget the frank, the hot dog -
Give me the Fenway sausage.
Lansdowne or Yawkey, just give me the street,
the crowds, the carts, the smells.
Sausage you shrug, you, the reader,
of this trifle, this whimsy -

What do I mean, me the storyteller? 
Read on, won’t you please.
 
Peppers and onions
tease the tongue,
bun and hot mustard
set the stage, the moment,
the scorched and blackened piece of meat
reminds me of every sausage, each one,
I have eaten before.
 
So much memory,
of family and fun
of ballgames, tailgates, and the carnie;
a cacophony of moments
dripping with grease.
Do you smell it too, sizzling,
on the smoky hot grill?
 
My lips curl with a smirk
writing these lines
as I laugh to myself
of the pleasures of excess
and the lusty gluttony
of eating. . . another one.
 

==============

Edited August 21, 2023

Sausage – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/sausage-v4.html

edited December 28, 2015

Sausage – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/sausage-v3.html

(editing version 2)

Edited  September 21, 2012

“Sausage – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/sausage-v2.html

posted February 14, 2004

written May 27, 2001 8:54am

Sausage

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/sausage.html

 

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A tomato

A tomato from the farmers’ market
early spring, before summer,
warm juice, cathartic,
rich with flavor, authentic.
 
Perfectly ripened, eaten,
just as it is, no salt,
a complement to her cooking,
my snack, my late lunch.
 
---------------

April 12, 2023

A tomato

 

 

Poetry, tomato, imagery, taste, juicy, farmers market, fresh, ripe,

 

#poetry #tomato #imagery #taste #juicy #farmersmarket #fresh #ripe

 

 

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that is #Kiwi – v2

a crowd, gathering, standing in her carpeted,
paneled, avocado and flowered wallpaper
1970’s galley kitchen
loud and growing louder
in the spring of 1991.
 
two showers, a large family preparing,
unwrapping the platters, the pans, the bowls,
the memories cascading, the smells,
of our childhoods, our families,
all in one place together.
 
opening my fruit salad, my specialty
layered just so, repeating,
with the hard fruit at the bottom
the acid of grapefruit, oranges, pineapples
to stop the bruising, the browning,
 
sweet fruits, grapes, cherries, melons,
peaches and plums, in season,
berries, rising to the crescendo
a layer of green, dripping with juices
of lemons and limes.
 
an aunt, an eagle eye, cautious,
inquisitive, curious,
approaching the concoction,
wondering at the green slices,
the peeled garnish, placed just so;
 
she asked me what it was, filled with seeds,
“That it Kiwi, from New Zealand,”
something she had never encountered;
so glad I hadn’t added the starfruit,
other more exotic flavors to the mix…
 
===============

edited April 23, 2022

that is Kiwi – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/that-is-kiwi-v2.html

April 20, 2022

that is Kiwi

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/that-is-kiwi.html

&

edited July 21, 2018

The Layers of Fruit – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-layers-of-fruit-v2.html

October 14, 2010

The Layers of Fruit

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/10/layers-of-fruit.html

how I prepare a fruit salad

 

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that is #Kiwi

a crowd, gathering, standing in her carpeted,
paneled, avocado and flowered wallpaper
1970’s kitchen in the early 90’s
two showers, a large family preparing,
unwrapping the platters, the pans, the bowls,
the memories cascading, the smells,
of our childhoods, our families,
all in one place together.
 
opening my fruit salad, my specialty
layered just so, with the hard fruit at the bottom
the acid of grapefruit, oranges, pineapples
to stop the bruising, the browning,
sweet fruits, grapes, cherries, melons,
berries, rising to the crescendo
a layer of green, dripping with the juices
of lemons and limes.
 
an aunt, an eagle eye, cautious,
approaching the concoction,
wondering at the green slices,
the peeled garnish, placed just so;
that it Kiwi, from New Zealand,
something she had never encountered,
glad I hadn’t added the starfruit,
other more exotic flavors to the mix…
 
===============

April 20, 2022

that is Kiwi

 

&

edited July 21, 2018

The Layers of Fruit – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-layers-of-fruit-v2.html

October 14, 2010

The Layers of Fruit

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/10/layers-of-fruit.html

how I prepare a fruit salad

 

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apples, beauty, blueberries, creation, Faith, fragrant, fruit salad, God, grapes, harvest, melon, memories, raspberries, senses, smell, strawberries, taste, creation, creator, poetry,

 

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Mood Indigo – v2 - repost

Ancient Jazz incarnate
rising from his seat
clarinet in hand
sharing a prayer with us
 
Slowly, oh so slowly,
melting into the notes, the lyrics
another place and time
the song, Mood Indigo
 
Ancient growl of the tune
rhythm, melody
whine of his clarinet
drawing us all in to
the Mood Indigo
 
-----------------

edited February 21, 2022

Night in New Orleans - v5

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/night-in-new-orleans-new-awlins-v5.html

&

edited November 18, 2018

Mood Indigo – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/mood-indigo-v2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1064114948794695680

November 16, 2018

Mood Indigo

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/mood-indigo.html

May 1993

Mood Indigo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLayv8rPlts

by Willie Humphrey

(93 years old in 1993)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Humphrey

https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858981063/

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preservation_Hall_Jazz_Band

Preservation Hall

&

edited November 16, 2018

Nice Tie – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/nice-tie-v2.html

8/7/04 18:05

Nice Tie

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/08/nice-tie.html

partially non-verbal conversation with Richard Payne

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0668413/

of Preservation Hall Jazz Band

https://www.facebook.com/preservationhalljazzband/

https://www.preservationhalljazzband.com/

at Preservation Hall Jazz Band club

https://www.facebook.com/Preservation.Hall/

http://www.preservationhall.com/?fbclid=IwAR3erKerKs-nD2hpMDNl6QDuCcgpyZkyGrGzPrGM06c-k8WFGmeyqXdRhvg 

726 St. Peters Street

New Orleans, LA

He was the bass player for the band and

he was the bass player in

“Toots Sweet’s Band” in the movie

Angel Heart (1987).

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092563/

I gave him my tie, right off my neck

(a tie I had bought from a pushcart at

Downtown Crossing in Boston).

&

edited April 27, 2015

Congo Square – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/congo-square-v2_27.html

(editing version 2)

edited November 4, 2018

Amazing Grace – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/amazing-grace-v3.html

(editing original again)

edited April 16, 2015

Amazing Grace – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/amazing-grace-v2.html

July 12, 2004 18:56 –

Amazing Grace

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/07/amazing-grace.html

Amazing Grace solo of Aaron Neville

at the 1993 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

http://www.nojazzfest.com/

https://www.facebook.com/JazzFest

https://www.facebook.com/jazznheritage 

https://twitter.com/Jazznheritage

http://www.art4now.com/cpost93.htm

during a real wedding.

The members of Los Lobos were near me, watching as I was.

I saw the wedding couple riding in a carriage

in the French Quarter that night.

&

edited April 13, 2015

Congo Square – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/congo-square-v2.html

July 12, 2004 19:15.

Congo Square

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/07/congo-square.html

Congo Square, special area at the

1993 Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans

&

Edited December 6, 2013

Night in New Orleans – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/nightin-new-orleans-new-awlins-v4.html

(editing original version)

Edited December 5, 2013

Night in New Orleans – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/night-in-new-orleans-new-awlins-v3.html

Edited September 20, 2012

Night in New Orleans – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/night-in-new-orleans-nuhawluns-v2.html

Sunday, July 15, 2001 at 6:22:58 PM EST

edited December 6, 2001

Night in New Orleans

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/night-in-new-orleans-nuhawluns.html

mostly about trip to New Orleans for Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1993

and again for job interview at Tulane University 1996

 

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