Haw Jam

A Black hawthorn wet with Autunm rain
Holds among its nasty thorns
The vibrant red of Haws ripe and sweet
After a hoar frost.

The apple's distant cousn shares the
Rose-hips taste and texture

Harvested for a jelly treasured
All the more for the effort of
Bringing it from its thorny bush
To a breakfast table.



Poetry by josephus The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2015-11-01 at 03:29

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I always wanted to make haw jam but never got around to it. Now I will, it is obviously worth the thorny battle!
2015-12-19


Nancy Sikora
Foods considered delicacies are rarely easy to procure. I
ve never had hawthorns or haw jam but now I need to try some. You made them sound delicious.
2015-11-13


Jamsbo Rockda The PoetBay support member heart!
A nice lesson in horticulture here. Home made jam is so nice :)
2015-11-03


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
You learn something everyday, even on poetbay.
2015-11-02


Elle The PoetBay support member heart!
I have not heard of the jelly but I know they used to make a syrup here - you brought me back in time - we have medlars here which you pick when they are looking slightly rotten and I am wondering if this is the same fruit as you are talking about - my father used to like medlar jelly - I was picking them recently with a friend to give away

Elle x
2015-11-01


countryfog
I've not come across haws, though this is true of blackberries too, as I've had many early autumn scars to prove. And as you say well worth the effort. I used to go down into my grandmother's cellar filled with jars of jam that glimmered even in the dark, bringing them up one by one all winter. A nice memory, as perhaps this is one of yours.
2015-11-01