{"id":30556,"date":"2016-01-15T14:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T19:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=30556"},"modified":"2016-01-26T18:54:23","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T23:54:23","slug":"poem-muscadines-by-james-tighe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/poem-muscadines-by-james-tighe\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem: &#8220;Muscadines&#8221; by James Tighe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tighe-Muscadines-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30590\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"984\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30590 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tighe-Muscadines-1.jpg?resize=640%2C984\" alt=\"Tighe- Muscadines\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tighe-Muscadines-1.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tighe-Muscadines-1.jpg?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>&#8220;Muscadines&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Muscadines, muscadines<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Lenten-purple fruit of the land<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">the supreme bunchless grape<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Muscadines, muscadines<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">the word itself derived from the Latin for <i>Muse<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">she who rules from her throne of wine<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Muscadines, muscadines<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">their overture of sweetness in the mouth and brain<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">testifying to the Holy Trinity of Sun, Rain, and Dirt<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Muscadines, muscadines<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">of the \u201cwild and haunting\u201d taste<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">in the words of radio chef Lynn Rosetta-Caspar<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Muscadines, muscadines<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">radiant Mississippi jewels<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">in the crown of Autumn<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8211; 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