Corbezzolo Arbutus, strawberry tree, giver of the sweetest of fruits, the corbezzolo, which yields the bitterest of honeys. Corbezzolo, small, red fruit with a deep orange flesh, you are not ashamed of who you are. I have heard it claimed that you look like a lychee:
Thanks for these poems, Farasha. "Only versifiers" now? I immediately thought of two of my compatriots: Michael Longley and Derek Mahon. Longley is a fine nature poet, and Mahon, recently deceased, was outstanding, in my humble opinion. I've also been meaning to ask you, if you don't mind, which of the extant Lawrence biographies you'd recommend.
Thanks for these poems, Farasha. "Only versifiers" now? I immediately thought of two of my compatriots: Michael Longley and Derek Mahon. Longley is a fine nature poet, and Mahon, recently deceased, was outstanding, in my humble opinion. I've also been meaning to ask you, if you don't mind, which of the extant Lawrence biographies you'd recommend.