Orchard Farming

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Orchard Farming

by Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

Original Source

Encoded documents and images are derived from manuscripts in the Papers of Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven in Special Collections at the University of Maryland, College Park, Libraries. In addition, individual pages or leaves of manuscripts are identified by the corresponding reel and frame numbers of the microfilm edition of the Freytag-Lorinhoven Papers.

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    Textual Notes

    Drafts of this poem occupy series 3, box 3, folder 14. The poem was written between 1923 and 1927. To the editor's knowledge, it has not been reprinted or published.

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    Critical Introduction

    Elements such as those represented graphically in this poem would not have presented well on the printed publication page. Indeed, it is quite often that, as the Baroness writes, "Print teeth bite."

    XWitness
    ABOUT ORCHARD FARMING
    LORE Orchard
    CONSOLING STUPID LESSON ' TO: MOURNERS -
    TO
    TO MOURNERS - SNOTTY
    SNOTTY
    SNUBBING SNOTTY YOUTH SNOBSSNOBS .

    EACH AGE PERIOD 'HAS' COUTENANCE FACE FACE - 'GESTURE ' - COUNTENANCE .
    AGE - 'EXPRESSION - COUNTENANCE.FACE
    HAS FACE .

    COUNTENANCE
    GESTURE
    EXPRESSION
    FACE.

    THATTHAT WHO HASWICH BEARSDROOPS DROOPS 'WITH' WILTED WITHERED BLOOM -
    DROOPS NO FRUIT COUNTENACE - 'IS ' SPRINGYOUTHSPRINGSHELL - YOUTH DUMMYSHELL'GHOSTTREE - 'EARTHRUBBISH.

    'GHOST TREE - EARTHEARTHRUBBISH - - WITH
    WILTED
    BLOOM
    IS:
    SPRINGSHELL
    TREE
    GHOST
    EARTHRUBBISH.

    TO SPRINGSPRING SEED SHALL BE OFFERD GIVEN ITS GIVEN
    SEED ITSFERTILIZERDUNGDUNG ' - SPACE -
    SHALL SPACE
    BE BURNING. IT-
    CAST
    OFFERD
    IT'S
    DUNG
    SPACE
    BURNING.

    IN CONSEQUENCETRAST CONTRAST:

    THAT POPPSBRIMSPOPPSTHAT WHO BRIMS WITH FRUITS
    POPPS
    WITH
    FRUITS MATURED RESULT -GLOSSGREEN BUFF DAPPELD DINTED SPIKED SAFRON CRIMSON FLAME POPPY YELLOW
    MATURED
    RESULT:

    GLOSSGREEN -
    BUFF -
    ??SULPHURSAFRON -
    BRICK CRIMSON
    DAPPLED -
    DIMPLED DINTED FURRED
    FURRED
    SPIKED

    SKILLPAYING -
    PRAISE RIPE LADEN RIPE GLOSSGREEN -
    IS

    IS VENERABLE - ADORABLE

    UNTIL PLUCKED BARE -!
    PLUCKED
    BARE .

    COCK-EEARD

    FOR AMONGST PRIDES GLOSSGREEN PRIDES BEAMING FOLIAGE GREENERY FOLIAGE 'FROM AMONGST PRIDEBEAMING FOLIAGESMONGST
    PRIDEBEAMING FOLIAGES LADEN WITH LORE
    FOLIAGES'
    BENEATHBENEATH FRISKY TRUSTY AFFECTIONATE SNICKERING CROWNS BENEATH PRIDES GREENERY SNICKERING CROWN CROWNS
    CROWNS' LADEN WITH LORE
    AMONGST PRIDES GLOSSGREEN FOLIAGEGOSSIPPING A TALKATIVE GREENERY GREENERY
    GREENERY

    RIFE FRISKYRIFEWITH LORE
    WITH
    LORE

    FRISKS GRINS WIPS FRISKS BOSSSQUATS FRISKS SQUATS GARDENER
    BOSS BEAMINGLORDCREATION .
    MUNCHING APPLES COCKEARD GRINNING FOR MUNCHING

    ??CREATION APPLES

     
    AMONGSTFROM PRIDES FOLIAGE
     
    BENEATHBENEATH SNICKERING BEAMING CROWNS FOLIAGE CROWNS
     
    TALKATIVE GREENERY
     
    AFFECTIONATE
     
    LADENFRISKY WITH LORE
     
    SQUATESGRINS LORD
     
    MUNCHING APPLES
     
    GRINNING
     
    COCKEARD
    E.V.F.LE.V.F.L
    XWitness
    ABOUT ORCHARD FARMING
    LORE Orchard
    CONSOLING STUPID LESSON ' TO: MOURNERS -
    TO
    TO MOURNERS - SNOTTY
    SNOTTY
    SNUBBING SNOTTY YOUTH SNOBSSNOBS .

    EACH AGE PERIOD 'HAS' COUTENANCE FACE FACE - 'GESTURE ' - COUNTENANCE .
    AGE - 'EXPRESSION - COUNTENANCE.FACE
    HAS FACE .

    COUNTENANCE
    GESTURE
    EXPRESSION
    FACE.

    THATTHAT WHO HASWICH BEARSDROOPS DROOPS 'WITH' WILTED WITHERED BLOOM -
    DROOPS NO FRUIT COUNTENACE - 'IS ' SPRINGYOUTHSPRINGSHELL - YOUTH DUMMYSHELL'GHOSTTREE - 'EARTHRUBBISH.

    'GHOST TREE - EARTHEARTHRUBBISH - - WITH
    WILTED
    BLOOM
    IS:
    SPRINGSHELL
    TREE
    GHOST
    EARTHRUBBISH.

    TO SPRINGSPRING SEED SHALL BE OFFERD GIVEN ITS GIVEN
    SEED ITSFERTILIZERDUNGDUNG ' - SPACE -
    SHALL SPACE
    BE BURNING. IT-
    CAST
    OFFERD
    IT'S
    DUNG
    SPACE
    BURNING.

    IN CONSEQUENCETRAST CONTRAST:

    THAT POPPSBRIMSPOPPSTHAT WHO BRIMS WITH FRUITS
    POPPS
    WITH
    FRUITS MATURED RESULT -GLOSSGREEN BUFF DAPPELD DINTED SPIKED SAFRON CRIMSON FLAME POPPY YELLOW
    MATURED
    RESULT:

    GLOSSGREEN -
    BUFF -
    ??SULPHURSAFRON -
    BRICK CRIMSON
    DAPPLED -
    DIMPLED DINTED FURRED
    FURRED
    SPIKED

    SKILLPAYING -
    PRAISE RIPE LADEN RIPE GLOSSGREEN -
    IS

    IS VENERABLE - ADORABLE

    UNTIL PLUCKED BARE -!
    PLUCKED
    BARE .

    COCK-EEARD

    FOR AMONGST PRIDES GLOSSGREEN PRIDES BEAMING FOLIAGE GREENERY FOLIAGE 'FROM AMONGST PRIDEBEAMING FOLIAGESMONGST
    PRIDEBEAMING FOLIAGES LADEN WITH LORE
    FOLIAGES'
    BENEATHBENEATH FRISKY TRUSTY AFFECTIONATE SNICKERING CROWNS BENEATH PRIDES GREENERY SNICKERING CROWN CROWNS
    CROWNS' LADEN WITH LORE
    AMONGST PRIDES GLOSSGREEN FOLIAGEGOSSIPPING A TALKATIVE GREENERY GREENERY
    GREENERY

    RIFE FRISKYRIFEWITH LORE
    WITH
    LORE

    FRISKS GRINS WIPS FRISKS BOSSSQUATS FRISKS SQUATS GARDENER
    BOSS BEAMINGLORDCREATION .
    MUNCHING APPLES COCKEARD GRINNING FOR MUNCHING

    ??CREATION APPLES

     
    AMONGSTFROM PRIDES FOLIAGE
     
    BENEATHBENEATH SNICKERING BEAMING CROWNS FOLIAGE CROWNS
     
    TALKATIVE GREENERY
     
    AFFECTIONATE
     
    LADENFRISKY WITH LORE
     
    SQUATESGRINS LORD
     
    MUNCHING APPLES
     
    GRINNING
     
    COCKEARD
    E.V.F.LE.V.F.L

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