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The Apple Orchard by Dana Gioia

September 30, 2020

You won’t remember it—the apple orchard
We wandered through one April afternoon,
Climbing the hill behind the empty farm.

A city boy, I’d never seen a grove
Burst in full flower or breathed the bittersweet
Perfume of blossoms mingled with the dust. MORE…

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Bishop Anthony Burton is the retired Bishop of Saskatchewan.

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