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An ancient river, centuries-old shops and restaurants steeped in a 2000-year history and
culture set the scene. The ambiance seemed divinely contrived to facilitate the purposes of
our meeting and the very fodder from which the greatest poets are sustained.
Not newcomers to the area, Kay P. and I were assigned to the Army Security Agency Field
Station in Augsburg, Germany in 1974. We were colleagues in the intelligence community
with no romantic overtures to our relationship, save an appreciation of poetry and profound
philosophical discussions. Kay wanted to spend the evening with a poet, so we planned the
evening to be appropriate for the purpose.
At the time and place, we quickly found ourselves hopelessly immersed in the philosophical
foundations of my writings throughout the evening. It was the first time since Vietnam that
I'd felt worthy as a person. I still recall sipping the red wine and feeling the warmth of the
large hearth inside the Balkan eatery. I still see the swans gliding by on the Lech flowing by
our café.
When windowpanes begin to weep with autumn's chilly dew,
I'm taken back through seasons passed to one delight held true,
A rendezvous that time allowed, a gentle evening spent
Amid a time of long discord when days were dreary bent.
I feel the stretch upon my lips, the smile returns once more.
Again, I smell the Balkan fare prepared on Lech's old shore,
The mood is cast in high regard, the wine is tart and dry,
As Augsburg ripples in the wake when swans go gliding by.
The ancient windows frame our view and day begins to wane
As rivulets meander down and streak the dampened panes.
The ambiance of ages passed beseeched us not to leave
And held us in its warm embrace throughout the ebbing eve.
My heart was scarred, without regard and hardened by the war
But her esteem unveiled its worth, while nothing had before.
She saw the child that once was me, I'd long since cast aside,
And bade he climb astride his mount, engage his life and ride.
Now, she is but a memory, whose kindness soothed my heart,
For we embarked upon our lives on paths ordained to part.
Her subtle way escaped my eye till time had made it clear
That her esteem had set me free, that night I hold so dear.
The poetry that filled my soul remains these many years,
Impassioned in my warmest thoughts when autumn first appears,
When windowpanes begin to weep, a-glisten with the dew,
And I return to seasons passed, to one delight held true.
Copyright © Jim Fish | Year Posted 2009
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The easel beholds a half finishing painting
The paints beside have all hardened
Pain reflected in the partial emptiness
Staring back at that gathered crowd
The sun melts on the canvas page
Creation explained in elapsed rage
Notions and pleas from dried paintbrushes
Strewn across the almost barren floor
One to the other in whispered voice
I wonder if this would have been his choice?
Empty wine bottles twirling in light
Beside the dead body, a painting just right
There lies Art
In repose
His final painting
His last prose
Copyright © arthur vaso | Year Posted 2017
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Alone, in Paris
The flowers sing
Le jardin du Luxembourg
I look at all the pretty ladies
Which one of them pray tell
Is you
The one who wishes for that sweet caress
The one whose painting hangs on the wall
The one who knows beauty runs deeper
Than a river running to kiss the oceans swell
The grandest of castles with candles dim
There in the damp night would bonds begin
If only you would listen to my whispers deep
Forgiving the scars I have suffered
As in the night I have wept
Napoleon marched forth across great lands
I the knight have lesser demands
If only you, whoever you are
Would take hold of me
As we dance away our eternities
Sur le pont de Avignon
Where the river flows
Like poetry
Copyright © arthur vaso | Year Posted 2015
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One day, perhaps if I could spend the night,
I would stack your hearth with firewood,
and we would sit together on your couch,
you, your feet tucked under you,
your head against my chest,
while I would hold you close
and breathe that faint and lovely fragrance of your hair.
And we could dine on pizza and red wine,
in the softly glowing firelight.
One day, perhaps, if I could spend the night.
One day, perhaps if I could spend the night,
there would be no haste,
no urgency in either of our lives,
and we could have another glass of wine,
while speaking soberly
of matters sombre,
if we felt that way inclined.
Or,
we would have that other glass of wine and laugh at matters impolite.
One day, perhaps, if I could spend the night.
One day, perhaps if I could spend the night,
when we were ready we would go to bed
and kiss
and make unhurried love.
Or,
equally unhurried, we would not.
And we would listen to the wind and rain
and kiss and make unhurried love again.
Or,
equally unhurried, we would not.
Then we would sleep,
egg and spoon together.
With each of us at peace.
And everything, in both our worlds, would be just right.
One day,
perhaps,
if I could spend the night.
Copyright © Red OMara | Year Posted 2013
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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
Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2015
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He pops the cork from vintage vine,
then bubbles dance in scarlet wine
I look his way, his eyes find mine
The stars align, the stars align!
He pours the glass, and as it tips
one drop remains there, as I sip
I leave for him upon my lips
My heartbeat skips, my heartbeat skips!
The wine my lips had not yet met
becomes a bliss, I'll not forget
A kiss that tastes of sweet claret
Not one regret, not one regret
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Inspired by the Contest: Monetetra
Sponsored by Kim Merryman 6/26/13
Copyright © Carrie Richards | Year Posted 2013
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In the debate between accessible and difficult poems
Poets' poems and poems for people
Only the single poem and private reader matter
Both kinds and anything between can matter or not
Solid or made of air, a vase or heavy clay ashtray
One word repeated or many like a lei
An acquired taste, like wine, and like wine
Not sustenance, yet men die with their miseries
Uncut without it, news and mere matter
I advise everyone to keep a personal anthology of poems that matter
Or not. Perhaps it should be novels. Stones, insect wings,
Feathers, Birds you've seen, People loved.
Copyright © Robert Ronnow | Year Posted 2015
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Crazy
If their is one breathing angel left in the universe
I do plead
Tell the gal to call me
If she has a heart, even of coal
Let me be the furnace
To burn her passions
If she doesn’t care
Let me care for both
Let the clouds carry us away
If I am a fool
Let me dream
Of a magical time and place
When I listened to her sweet beautiful grace
Her voice the melody
Of my fantasy
Let me be
Let my love free
Call me and whisper to me
Sweet nothings
Copyright © arthur vaso | Year Posted 2014
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It’s a Secret
It’s a secret
If you keep it
If you mean it to keep
It’s our little secret, I shall whisper
Promise never to speak
It’s a secret
Never told you
Never told anyone
Now you know it, the truth… It can’t be undone
It’s a secret. It’s a secret never to be unsung
Don’t you show it
Pretend not to know it
Keep it close to your heart
Cause it’s not a secret if you go out…before
The hoarders of secrets after the dark in Lahore
If you tell it
Might as well have yelled it
And that simply won’t do
Have to make the secret an agreement between just us two
Swear it and never dare it, keep it close to the heart
Now you told it, so you sold it
Now you know what must be
A secret is no secret when is more than us you see
Let your hair down, let you eyes close,
It’s just you and me
As the poison makes its it motion
Soon you will sleep eternally
Now it’s a real secret,
So secret
Even if it’s out there somewhere
No one knows it for sure, if you cant say what they dare
So sleep deeply and forget it
The promises we made
If you cant keep a secret
Or know when lips sealed
You will have to weep it
As you bleed it
And dig your own grave
You are lifeless and are flightless
Secrets can be so re-made
To the graveyard, goes the keeper
Of secrets un-screamed
To the graveyard, goes the seeker
Whose claims are inane
It’s a secret
If you keep it
If you mean it to keep
It’s our little secret, I whisper as you
Promise never to speak
Copyright © arthur vaso | Year Posted 2016
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The past has
flown out the window
The present is full of sorrow
Look to the future
for a taste of the
sweet wine of life
Your tears will change to laughter
if you focus on what is to come
Tomorrow - looming ahead like
a bright shining star
is something we should never
lose sight of
Let the dance begin!
Let the songs be sung!
Let the wine of life
be poured
into gorgeous goblets of
purest gold!
Copyright © Matthew Anish | Year Posted 2012
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He was a connoisseur of beauty
But not of the usual kind
He could see the beauty within
Which all the others could not find
When he gazed upon a woman
He saw the sparkle of her soul
With his sweet and knowing smile
All her virtues he would extol
His eyes drank in the loveliness
That she'd cloistered within her heart
with words dipped in affirmation
he painted her: a work of art
He saw the aura of beauty
That shone brightly around her face
In each line of her full body
Sheer luxuriance he could trace
The connoisseur was an expert
At making her feel divine
In her ear he gently whispered
what made her exquisite, fine
When he had drunk in her beauty
He held on to the shapely glass
In his mouth her textured fullness
His rating? Certainly, first class!
The bottle that she had come in
was now trembling in his grip
And craving just a little more
Tilted the bottle to his lip
He licked the luscious last drop
Inebriated by her taste
A connoisseur of real beauty
he would let nothing go to waste
And so once more she was poured out
To the connoisseur of her soul
She gave him what he desired
the wine of love had made them whole
For Chase's the Connoisseur Contest
Copyright © Eileen Manassian | Year Posted 2015
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The host was the most, an elegant man,
Who throws great parties like no one else can.
All were dressed to the nines for a special affair,
While men peeked at bosoms and tried not to stare.
The gathering together of local folks,
Were sitting and telling some witty jokes;
While ladies who came dressed in the latest style,
Vied with each other for a gentleman’s smile.
Candles were lit, the music played low,
The table was set in perfection’s glow;
With goblets of wine and bone china plates,
That defined the mind with earnest debates.
The fragrance of food that smelled so fine,
Was delivered with bottles of sweet scented wine;
And great steaming bowls of chicken soup,
Were served in style with a sterling silver scoop.
Roast beef with gravy was served with care,
With mashed potatoes and all the fanfare.
There were squash, carrots and dishes of beans,
And bowls of crisp chopped salad greens.
There was wine to sip and coffee to drink,
There was so much to eat, no one could think;
There was cake to splurge and gin to purge,
And all who ate quickly lost the urge.
The hours ticked by with buttons undone,
That belied the gourmet from having fun;
For lessons they learned were simple and few,
A waist filled with haste is hard to undo.
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Copyright © elizabeth wesley | Year Posted 2011
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Unburden my life of desolation
the weight on my shoulders too heavy.
Can somebody please lighten my load
I am clearly needy and ready.
All my life never asked a soul
To really help me out
I got by inch by inch
by being gracious with no shout
There is a point when somebody breaks
no human is made of steel.
I've held in all my pain
More years than i can heal
when will there be a chapter
in this play i've been
That doesn't involve massive damage
Where i can just sit and grin.
I cant wait any longer
My life that was taken away
need to begin.
kristen bruni
Copyright © Kristen Bruni | Year Posted 2014
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Dot Blogs she was a buxom lass and hefty heifer too
who married Bobby Eugene Blows when she was twenty- two.
They lived upon a dairy farm alongside Boggy Creek
and milked a hundred fresian cows … yes seven days a week.
Now Dotty took to motherhood and had some eighteen kids
and Bobby too was very fond of all his billy lids.
Though life was using hand me downs from hats to underwear,
it taught them old world values; like the gift of how to share.
Dot seldom ventured from the place and trips to town were rare
as she’d become content with life and simple country fare.
But Bob, in a romantic mood, applied his boyish charm
and thought he’d hit the city and get Dotty off the farm.
Their anniversary was due and Bob now thought it time
to hit the big smoke for a change were they could wine and dine.
Well Dot had dressed up to the nines and looked a proper treat,
but how to fit her in the ute had poor Rob kind of beat.
Poor Dot was three axe handles when one measured ’cross her rump
and putting things politely she was rather flamin’ plump.
But Dot she was a country girl and just jumped in the back
and soon both her and husband Rob were heading down the track.
The cities razzle dazzle blew both Dot and Rob away
and headed for the classy place where they were gonna stay.
But when Dot hit the doorway well she then ran out of luck,
as she was jammed there tightly and evidently stuck.
The chaps behind the service desk and three bell boys as well
they tried to push poor Dotty free but Robby knew darn well
that Dottie’s hefty hips were simply wedged in there too tight
and going out to wine and dine was now in doubt that night.
Just then a bell boy cried out loud, “I have a plan for sure.
I’ll grab the local rugby team that’s dining right next door.”
The forwards packed behind poor Dot and gave it all they had,
but all they did was stir her up and she was getting mad.
Then Rob remembered once back home how Bert the bull was jammed
real tight inside the race they had and how they fin’lly planned
to rub his hips with lots of grease and on the count of three
they’d hit him with a jigger and you’re right … he busted free.
The Motel staff then whipped around and searched each patron’s bag
and grabbed all sorts of greasy stuff their little hands could snag.
Rob rubbed old Dottie’s hips all down and laid it on real thick,
then grabbed the night guards stun gun; it was sure to do the trick.
Poor Dot she kicked and bellowed when the voltage hit her hide
and man she cut some capers and she went all goggle eyed.
She snorted and she struggled like some poor wild frightened beast,
but just like Bert, Rob did admit, she busted free at least.
Now Dot is back at Boggy Creek and though poor Rob tries hard
she won’t budge from the Dairy farm; she just won’t budge a yard.
Poor Rob now does the shopping and the thing he finds bizarre
Is rubbing Dot down ev’ry night where two prongs left a scar.
©Bush Poet and Balladeer - Merv Webster
Copyright © Merv Webster | Year Posted 2013
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Seduced by red wine
merlot can be most divine
showering blessings
Copyright © Gabriel Sundman | Year Posted 2016
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Autumn of Life
It
is the
autumn of
life. I ponder
while the fire burns slowly to soothe my stress
and soft music plays to calm my frayed nerves.
Outside brown leaves
fall. The cold
heaps its
frost
on
the last
ripe grapes of
my large vineyard.
It is the last of my summer red wine.
12 July 2016
Triple Tetractys - Poetry Contest by Eve Roper
Syllable count on http://www.howmanysyllables.com/
1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 10, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 10.
Placed 1
Copyright © Victor Buhagiar | Year Posted 2016
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Waves crash, warm sand
Gold ring, your hand
I can't stay
Away from you
But I know my place
You held my shaking body
Regret etched in your face
You know you’re not where you belong
But when you’re here
You belong to me
I can't make it go away
Not with the wine or the others
Or the lies I tell myself
About how I'm just lonely
And any man will do
Those words sound empty and hollow
I know what I want
And it's you
Cold white wine in crystal
While the fire crackles and glows
And my need for you grows
From the moment you leave my bed
The tension builds
Until I finally feel you inside me again
Caress your satin
Savor the taste of your kiss
Your breath against my thigh
Watching you
Watching me
You make me a little crazy
Waves crash, warm sand
Gold ring, your hand
I can't stay
Away from you
But I know my place
There's a difference
Between feeling guilty and regret
Regret would be a knife in my soul
It's easier to let go
If the words of goodbye
Don't drop between us like heavy stones
Building an unscaleable wall
But we go back to reality
Who can say why
Life pulls two people together
I hate being trapped in this busy room
I don't need to turn around
To know you've walked in
I feel your eye's caress
That grabs me by the heart
And suddenly there's no air in this room
And I can't hear what anyone is saying
Over the pounding of my heart
And I can't see anything
But your smile
Even though it’s sweet torture to be near you
Even if I have to settle for feeling your eyes on me
Where I want your hands to be
Where I want your breath to be
Even though you make me feel a little crazy
Here I stay
I can't forget those nights
The sound of your guitar
I can't forget how you taste
And how you feel
Or the look on your face when you're inside
The look that makes my heart move
I don't know if it's beating harder
Or turning over
Or breaking
But it hurts
I know making love isn't a contract
I gave you my heart
It's not something you can give back
Caught in the moment like a rabbit in a snare
You lean over me and reach for the seashells we collected
In small paper cups
The touch of your hand blows me away
Your breath on my cheek blows me apart
I want to race away from you like a sandpiper from the waves
But I'll let the passion I feel for you
Crash like waves all over my body
As I sit here acting unaffected
Waves crash, warm sand
Gold ring, your hand
I can't stay
Away from you
But I know my place
Copyright © Lisa Milligan | Year Posted 2006
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The young men sat, planted under the overhang
like the pansies and geraniums that surrounded them in boxes,
as the rain pelted the terra-cotta terrace.
The mountain air was sharp with the taste of lightening.
Having bid farewell to the arched shard of a rainbow across the valley,
they sat tensely watching the celestial bombardment of Katmandu.
The lightening stoked the day’s heat,
thickening the early evening sky like the yogurt they’d eaten for lunch.
A home-made rice wine poured freely over their tongues
from an innocent looking water bottle.
Their eyes turned garnet with the harshness of it.
The bottle sat with its tattered label, upon the arm of the white chair.
The wine within tasted faintly of the gasoline,
yet, they reveled in it, and the freedom from deep seeded societal traits,
it freed them from.
Overhead, the sky was draped in a bridal veil of stars;
as I emerged from the room to sit beside them.
Copyright © Debbie Guzzi | Year Posted 2008
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A beautiful ride off into the sunset, and your horse
passes through a blooming cherry orchard bordered by cedars;
your leather saddle was rubbed with high-quality tobacco yesterday.
It's a big herbal cherry sun that is setting, and you can taste it,
with a sprinkling of spices, and the satiny union of the tannins are upon you,
so subtle that you wish for more at first; you must be patient as the velvet embrace deepens, insinuating itself deep within you in a silky smooth process, until a final slow-motion fillip of astringency touches the front of your mouth.
The cork was wet and crumbly almost to the top.
Definitely time to drink this wine; wish I had more.
A great wine to drink in solitary contemplation, or quietly, with friends.
*Robert Mondavi - Rest In Peace, man, you died in 2008 at age 94, and you always believed in making great wine.
Tasting Note written in April, 2015.
Copyright © Doug Vinson | Year Posted 2016
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Harvest night
-in the farmer's wine glass
a spinning moon
Contemporary Haiku
3/6/4
Copyright © Charmaine Chircop | Year Posted 2017
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GYPSY WINE
This red summer is buried in the wine,
it holds a fragrant oak and note of mine,
to drink to heart and heart to love divine,
we sip the sun rays in and off the vine.
The crystal glasses clink to celebrate,
a golden moon too full to hesitate,
to give a kiss and kiss to hold our fate,
in every drop we drink or pause to wait.
When shooting stars are in the wine we drink,
and sunsets fall beneath a rim in pink,
forever hold and hold to keep the link,
between the things we say or thoughts we think.
Let's raise a glass, it may be Summer's last,
to see the season slip so sweetly past.
-By Edlynn Nau
© August 18, 2016
Copyright © Edlynn Nau | Year Posted 2016
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I sit here drinking my wine
I look over my own mind
Over the days gone by
It gives no smile ,MY spirt is dying
What, where and when
So many questions i try to answer
As life moves faster away
The years have dissappeared
I can not count the missing smiles
I want to runaway
Day by day
I stay just to obey
I feel like prey
Waiting for the knock on the door
A prison gate surrounds me
No key to the lock
I have tried
Each step seems wrong direction
Which way to go crossroads stands still
The memories tie me back
I still sit here with my glass
The bottle is still full
To love but not in that special way
It holds me here
My fear wont let go
As i sit with my glass of wine
As i drift into a thought of unknown....
Copyright © sarah hales | Year Posted 2010
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.....I give you my all through the sands of time
.......As your hearts rhythm beats with mine
............Your face reflects my touch within
..............As the sifting sands pour within
.................You fill my arms forevermore
...................Lips of wine wanting more
.........................As time sifts through
...............................A sky of blue
.................................Two hearts
.......................................Drift
........................................By
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........................................As
.....................................A star
................................Does shine
.............................On lips of wine
.........................Our bodies rubbing
......................Our hearts start blazing
..................Firey flames make you mine
................As I give to you my eternal kiss
...........You start shaking in a shivering bliss
........Then your hearts rhythm beats with mine
.....As I give you my all through the sands of time
Copyright © George Martin | Year Posted 2007
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Slipping down inside a crystal chandelier
red rouge cheeks running on through
breathe as visions settle in my mind
you're just a little bit of nutty
with an apricot perfume
quite exceptional I do say
a kindred spirit bouquet
Teasing along the tip of my palate
caramel gaze of grandeur glows
as you kiss my parched lips away
partaking a perfect compliment
in every simple way
sparkles spill in anticipation
topping off a pleasant kind of day
lordy
Copyright © Tim Smith | Year Posted 2017
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Mother Superior faced a daunting task,
Like no other in her forty years.
She had prayed it simply wasn’t so,
That Godly intervention might belie her fears.
But sadly, there was no such intervention,
No relief from the duty she did rue.
Despite her hopes and all her prayers,
It had been confirmed. What she feared was true.
So, she gathered all the Sisters after Vespers.
The impromptu meeting caused quite a stir.
There was murmuring as they filed into the chapel.
She hesitated for a moment... but no, she was sure.
“Sisters, I asked you all here to share some news.
It’s something I never thought I’d have to say.
We have a case of gonorrhea in the convent.”
Mary Catherine, sixty years a Sister, said,
“Oh, thank God. I’m so tired of Chardonnay.”
Copyright © Robert Candler | Year Posted 2014
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