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Life Like Tasting Wine

Hold it; let it breathe; it grows better with time. Ignoring its colors is a crime! Sniff and swirl it for a sign. Inhale. Sip. Divine! Slurp! Savor wine. The flavor that comes from YOUR vine is more enhanced when you dine - finding balance. Life can be sublime! Hold it; let it breathe; it grows better with time. Poetry Form: An Andaree written for Chase Trevi's "a wine connoisseur" poetry contest

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Fj Thomas

Date: 1/18/2023 10:10:00 AM

Andrea I am so sorry! I don't remember that you created a form. This is like an awesome amped up reverse rictometer rhyme! I cannot wait to try it!

Fj Thomas
Date: 1/18/2023 2:18:00 PM

Then at Shadow poetry I must peek!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/18/2023 12:20:00 PM

thanks so much. I actually created three or four forms, but this is the ONLY one Soup saw fit to claim as a new form and they have hidden somewhere on the site. I don't even know where it is. My other forms are at Shadowpoetry.com. I love that part of shadowpoetry that shows lots of forms created by my poet friends before SP went under.

Skat A

Date: 9/13/2015 9:55:00 PM

Andrea, Congrats on your tasty win. SKAT

Balveen Cheema

Date: 9/13/2015 7:44:00 AM

Your printed poem is also like a glass of wine! Yo ar holding the sublime flavour to win it all, Andrea! Congrats!

Ralph Sergi

Date: 9/11/2015 8:16:00 AM

Hi Andrea: Congratulations! I love your style!

Anindya Mohan Tagore

Date: 9/11/2015 4:57:00 AM

Lovely... Andrea I love it... enjoyed the swirling rhythm of your wine. hugs, Bobby

Jan Allison

Date: 9/11/2015 3:08:00 AM

Personally I would have loved to see this place much higher Andrea such a unique form and clever take on the theme:-) It even looks like a wine goblet!:-) hugs jan xx

Dr. Upma A. Sharma

Date: 9/10/2015 10:48:00 PM

Exquisite write Andrea! Congrats on a wonderful win! You hv done justice to this form!

Michael Tor

Date: 9/10/2015 10:48:00 PM

Congratulations Andrea. Great win.

C T

Date: 9/10/2015 7:11:00 PM

thank you

Daver Austin

Date: 9/5/2015 10:36:00 AM

Hi, Andrea. My internet is totally screwed up, so until I get it fixed I'll be off the line for q while. Happy Birthday, dear friend. Love, daver

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 9/5/2015 1:37:00 AM

What a wonderful way to share your poetry invention by entering it in this contest Andrea! Made this song keep running through my head...haha. Great job and hope it does well in the contest! "Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine When you gonna let me get sober Leave me along, let me go home I wann'a go back and start over"

Jennifer Walker

Date: 9/2/2015 10:56:00 PM

Beautiful way to describe wine, love the first and last line.

James Inman

Date: 9/2/2015 8:27:00 AM

Beautiful form Andrea, but I have to wonder if you create these forms just to torture those us who might like to try them, LOL.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/2/2015 8:54:00 AM

Hahaha. That form just came to me when I was doing a contest this past year and after I wrote the poem, I realized the pattern and this is my second try at it! Not really that difficult!

Matthew Anish

Date: 8/31/2015 11:31:00 PM

Great metaphor here! Good luck in the contest! Peace & Love Matthew Anish

Joe Maverick

Date: 8/31/2015 12:09:00 PM

Enjoyed the hints and the imagery you evoke in these redolent lines of life's bounty Andrea..' (well written)

Lindsay Laurie

Date: 8/30/2015 7:38:00 PM

G'day Andrea... I enjoyed reading your well constructed poem Andrea on a topic that is dear to my heart although I don't drink much of the red stuff anymore - Lindsay

Paul Schneiter

Date: 8/30/2015 6:06:00 PM

This poem is graphic evidence of a highly skilled poet in action. It's a work of art. Thank you for sharing it, Andrea. Hugs, always.

David Fisher

Date: 8/30/2015 5:45:00 PM

This poem makes me want to go out and enjoy even though I'm worrying about all the work to do Monday. Each line is more than fine.

Ralph Sergi

Date: 8/30/2015 2:28:00 PM

Hi Andrea: I really enjoyed this . I wish you good luck

Daver Austin

Date: 8/30/2015 11:17:00 AM

This old alcoholic got so thirsty reading your wine drenched poem. I used to finish off half gallons of the brew. My abstinence has not kept me from enjoying your poem though. LOve, daver

Bill Lindsay

Date: 8/30/2015 9:57:00 AM

Loving it ... and the shape, too. A girl after my own heart ( I love creating shape poems ) ;)

Ravi Sathasivam

Date: 8/30/2015 7:10:00 AM

A perfect write with lovely words. Very creative too. Enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing it.

James Marshall Goff

Date: 8/30/2015 2:11:00 AM

Very cool form, Andrea! Lanterne like, smooth flow! enjoyable poem, thanks! jimbo

James Peranteau

Date: 8/30/2015 12:13:00 AM

Hmm; I hope that you will not be driving home tonight Andrea.....%@#*@%*I'm smeling that... oops sniffing that Sutter Holmes Sweet Red...yummy....perfect write dear poet ! Have a good night.....much love, james

Kash Poet

Date: 8/29/2015 11:34:00 PM

Good take on the contest theme! This is a new form to me.Have to check it.Best wishes in the contest.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/30/2015 12:43:00 AM

Kash, Andaree is my own form that I invented this past year. I had a contest on it and the members helped me name it. It will be one of my contests coming up if you want to get busy with it. but I'll need to get the rules up again. I can't get Shadowpoetry to post it as a new form for me. Major bummer for me.