Best Grape Poems

Black edges a turquoise horizon,
inking silhouettes a cobalt blue.
And shining stars, like twinkling candles,
faintly flicker in and out of view.

Color escapes from night’s dark abyss,
as shadows reborn are given shape.
And sunbeams gild the rim of the earth,
distilling reds into shades of grape.

Sound is suspended, all...

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The chartreuse pearls hung on the pregnant vine
as whispered jade of leaves in autumn breeze.
The necklaces of trellis did entwine
like clefs of absinthe notes in verdant keys.

Limes envied grapes reflecting fervent sun,
bright clusters for musicians then to splay
in shamrock fields with fables to be spun
of...

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From prison he tried to escape
But, had the IQ of a grape
… His rocket (mis-wired)
… Quickly backfired
Now he’s all over the landscape...

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frozen on the vine
cryogenic flavored host
a time released smile

frozen on the vine
ice glistening in the sun
grapes hold on tight

harvest time has come
necter trapped in purple orbs
till glasses are raised

Freddie's Grape Haiku Contest...

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Glittering Purple 
So pretty it is so sweet
Fruit of history

Glittering Purple
So pretty it is so sweet
Taste of memory

Glittering Purple
So pretty it is so sweet
Drink from grape it wines...

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perfect single grape
clings tentatively to vine
waits for gentle hands

perfect single grape
clings tentatively to vine
playing hard to get

perfect single grape
clings tentatively to vine
sadly never reached


For Alfred's Haiku Contest...

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This is not Miami, the real site
of the sea grape.  This is a wannabe--
a biker town, a speedway town.  Not 
the fabled city of Dream Whip clouds
expressed into a flawless sky.   Not
the cool Technicolor dawn when an aging
chick like me could...

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For breakfast or with Sunday brunch,
there’s a cereal I like a bunch.
But to quietly eat,
one can’t be too discreet
munching nuggets that have a BIG crunch.

It’s Grape-Nuts! They fill up your gut
with barley and wheat goodness, but
do not be too miffed
if through them you sift
and find...

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from the grape to glass
delights for eye and palate
migrants at work

from the grape to glass
delights for eye and palate
 a vintner's expertise

from the grape to glass
delights for eye and palate
ancient history
...

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And she came on an even with a basket of grapes
While her smiles reflected in the purplish drupe
She said “A treat for your melodious voice
A gesture for helping me with my choir’s songs.”

And so I took the present home
Shared with my sweet sisters, dad and...

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slightly sour juice squeezed
from succulent small grape fruits--
this wine smells better

slightly sour juice squeezed
from succulent small grape fruits--
vine has more of them

slightly sour juice squeezed
from succulent small grape fruits--
raisins made for me



CONTEST:"Bacchus The God Who Loved His Grapes" sponsored by Alfred Vassallo....

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Grape Squeeze
By
Ingrid Showalter Swift

Shake me 
Take me 
Turn me inside out
Rake me 
Make me
Turn my life about 
Fake me
Partake of me
till ya turn the tide of doubt
Quake me
Don't forsake me
turn me into... a lover's shout...

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GRAPE VINES LEOPARD

Dionysus
knew the way to his father’s heart
changing vines fruit into
wine
astounding Zeus with his bar chart
 art 
rewarding his genius making him a
god
 while the Greek prune juice
king
he sent to vast pastures of ring
sting

In funky leopard skin loin cloth
partying it up in ancient
Greece
sailors tried...

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Today I am a grape 
Hanging on a vine
Perhaps to be plucked one day 
Ending up in someones wine
Maybe I'll be bitter 
One of the worst ones you could eat
Or possibly be the most tastey ones 
The sweetist of the sweet

I hang with a bunch...

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traffic jam grape jam
strawberry pastries meat bread
walk by faith be fed...

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