{"id":585,"date":"2008-06-16T01:49:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-16T09:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/?p=585"},"modified":"2008-06-16T01:49:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-16T09:49:00","slug":"viniphication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/viniphication\/","title":{"rendered":"ViniPHIcation"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>The poets (minus me) & the Editions PHI directors, with Rita &
Laurent Kox at the presentation of ViniPHIcation last year.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Leaving Luxembourg after 2 weeks for Paris, I packed copies of ALJIBAR II \u2014 but not the case of wine from Laurent Kox’s cellars for which 6 Luxembourg poets (all published by Editions PHI, the country’s major literary press) wrote poems that were used as labels. I had not been able to come to Luxembourg last year for the original presentation of the ViniPHIcation project (see photo above), but Laurent Kox came to my reading\/ presentation of the new book (see past posts) & brought me my “payment.” Unhappily I have to leave it behind in my sister’s cellar, as schlepping a dozen bottles of wine through US customs isn’t a good thing \u2014 isn’t, in fact, possible \u2014 these days. But here is my poem as it appears now on selected bottles of 2006 Pinot Blanc:<\/div>\n

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Oh, you natural clone of a
Red clone, you are a most
Sympathetic Frankenstein,
High acidity signs your dif-
Ference with ubiquitous &
Sanctimellifluous chardonnay
\u2014 You\u2019re no poor man\u2019s
White Burgundy, you\u2019re de-
Lightful plum- & plump-
Ness, you\u2019re rich, ripe, juicy
Fruity apply & balmy on any 1
Of the 365 days of the year.
You\u2019re a sonnet in my heart
& the heart of my long sonnet
: Come, fill my glass, fill my
Mind, clone my soul with
Your heart, oh Pinot Blanc!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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