Did you know that whiskey can be
made anywhere, but that particular brand of whiskey called "bourbon"
can only be produced in the US? Did you know that law was passed in 1964
by congress? Or that it is at least 80 proof? Or is made from mash of
at least 51% corn?
Did you know "small batch" bourbon
doesn't have a specific definition, but that the name implies (almost
always correctly) high quality?
(David S. Atkinson)
Makes perfect sense to me.
And so begins this fantastic book! It weaves through poems with titles like "The Bourbon Drinker's Guide to Intimacy" and "verge" and "Spirits" and "Shadow Traffic"...."Julep" and "Don't Marry Before You Liquor" and "Ode to Bourbon".
Each a new wonder of words and images.
Kudos
to Leigh Anne Hornfeldt and Teneice Durrant on editing a fantastic book
that should be owned and read by every lover of both poetry and bourbon
everywhere.
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