Best Grapes Poems

We sat upon the rocks, my love and I

Atop Mount Cadillac, there by the sea

And as a doubloon sun slid down the sky

I asked her, with my ring, to marry me


Now it was not to her, complete surprise

For we had often talked of marriage, soon

Yet...

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I just got through viewing
The "Hot New Poems List"
With the names of those I know
and some I guessed I've missed

I breezed right though the first five
Then, right straight down to ten
and new there'd be no need
To ever check, that high again

Then, Flying though the twenties
Perhaps,...

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grapes for the best wine
fresh from the richest vineyard
blessed on the altar

grapes for the best wine
fresh from the richest vineyard
connoisseur’s best choice

grapes for the best wine
fresh from the richest vineyard
difficult to spurn

grapes for the best wine
fresh from the richest vineyard
highlights on feast time


May 17,2013


Note: Originally,...

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my sisters and I
plucking grapes along the lane. . . 
the chatter of birds

my sisters and I
plucking grapes along the lane. . . 
the sun sets purple

my sisters and I
plucking grapes along the lane. . . 
mom’s call to supper...

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I had the grapes 
but I wanted the vine
I had the vine
then wanted the garden
I got the garden
and needed the
valley
the valley was mine
but not the peaks
so I got the mountains
but the sky was
out of reach
so I 
stole the sky
but the stars
stayed
where they wanted 
to be
so...

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I penned a great poem for a contest
Glowing comments stated it should place high
When winners appeared I became distressed
I'd failed to place and released a sad sigh  
 
I silently seethed, didn’t breathe a word,
I held back tears, eyes started to glisten
The placing by...

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Lemons make you pucker
If you bite into their pulp.
Limes produce a juice to make you
Grimace as you gulp.

Other fruits are bitter
But there’s one with no escapes
And you can tell, by someone’s face,
Who’s eaten sour grapes.

Those who have partaken often
Find someone to blame.
Others have it in...

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I know the words you use to slander me.
Your slurs mar your own virtue, not my hue. 
You slam to smear cloud fuzz on your heart’s plea
that once upon a joy, sought my “I do.”

We loved with our best try for many years,
We merged a...

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Those who never take advice,
insist on preaching high

To offer wine that never aged
—from empty barrels dry

(Dreamsleep: March, 2020)...

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Fruit of  grapes
Conservig sweet gels
In small shapes...

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forested jumble
of vines in profusion
sweet smell of wild grape...

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sweet yet sour,
eaten by the hour,
with pips or pip-less,
none the less scrumptious!

We have green we have red,
and when left to dry,
we can bake raisin bread...

but even better,
we make wine,
that when drunk,
makes us feel fine -
It makes us smile,
just for a little while,
before we collapse on...

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The teen’s face beamed with pride in his new car,
But Bestie exploded in jealous rage.
His reluctant congrats, a lame sidebar;
“I’d simply rather walk”— framed his outrage.

On Friday she failed the entrance exam,
Going to college, now holds no desire,
Higher education—a real flimflam,
she declared, all she’d felt...

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Grapes I love to drink
Sweet taste of wine or grape juice
Made for you and me

Grapes I love to drink
Sweet taste of wine or grape juice
It’s good for the heart

Grapes I love to drink
Sweet taste of wine or grape juice
Save my tiring day



May 18, 2013...

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grapes under green leaves
                                        with diamond...

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