Blackberry Picking by Seamus Heaney

'a glossy purple _____ / Among others, red, green, hard as a _____'

'a glossy purple clot / Among others, red, green, hard as a knot'

'its _____ was sweet / Like thickened ____: summer's _____ was in it'

'its flesh was sweet / Like thickened wine: summer's blood was in it'

'and on top big dark ____ burned Like a plate of _____.'

'and on top big dark blobs burned Like a plate of eyes.'

'a ___-_____ fungus, _____ on our cache'

'a rat-grey fungus, glutting on our cache'

'Once off the bush / The fruit _____, the sweet flesh would turn ____'

'Once off the bush / The fruit fermented, the sweet flesh would turn sour'

'Each ____ I _____ they'd keep, knew they would _____'

'Each year I hoped they'd keep, knew they would not'