Long Beaujolais Poems

This was only our second date...

A Black Tie Affair...

...Set against an incredible view,
vineyards, waterfalls,
a plentitude of flower beds,
all just outside a charming postcard Town.

This indeed was a serious event,
anyone  who was anyone...
and my date...were here.

A...

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FINE BE FAIR
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Rapid rhyme
Rapid that's fine
Fine I'll drink to that
Fine fresh vat
Vat fresh nouveau wine
Vat fresh Beaujolais sublime
Sublime dry
Sublime I cry
Cry out
Cry shout
Shout delt
Shout heartfelt
Heartfelt my soul
Heartfelt control
Control truth
Control forsooth
Forsooth I'm not a fool
Forsooth empathy...

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Here in Central Ohio, when winter's chill descends, 
We celebrate for twelve whole days, our Yuletide dividends. 
Deep within the Buckeye land, where Aesculus genus grows, 
We throw our hands up with delight as C-bus...

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Can someone turn the taps off
Or is it leaking from above
I feel that we will float away
If it rains another day
It’s slowly driving me insane
I’m sick to death of rain ~ rain ~ rain

The sirens...

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They say Cabernet Sauvignon pairs nicely with steak
Pinotage, they reckon, for cheese
Tempranillo is the choice for Mexican grub
But, I'm somewhat easier to please

I've tried a fair few "Reds", on a weekend night
While chilling to some...

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Pink vase with no design
Dangling there so blue- c'est la vie 
I think somewhere in Center City
Apart from everything hectic
In an apartment rising high skyward
The item lingering on the edge of ledge
Standing tall atop a...

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Vase Dream - c'est la vie 

White vase with no design
Dangling there - c'est la vie 
I think somewhere in Center City
Apart from everything
In an apartment rising skyward
Lingering on the edge of ledge
Standing tall atop...

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Thankfulness

I treasure those heartfelt moments spent at the dining table,
With Dad and Mom and us siblings with our own offspring to rear,
Engaged in an eating and conversational atmosphere,
In the traditional family gathering festivals.
From the tinkle...

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"I am appalled," the administrator said
..."I am appalled by your recommendation."
yet utterly correct, it soon proved to be
for years anonymous, the implied accusation

Challenger "slipped the surly bonds of Earth"
and surely those scientific souls perished
to "Touch...

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I went to a cheese and wine party on Saturday,
where huge platters of cheese were on display.
There was Gorgonzola and creamy white Brie,
I devoured huge chunks with a glass of Chablis.

Danish Blue, Mozzarella and Swiss...

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In silhouetted symmetry
Your streamlined body split’s the sea,
With Tuscan sunset rippled light
Cascading through the depths of night.

Your sleek perfection wove its spell
An alabaster wishing well,
And every day you try again
Resurfaced from the twilight plain.

I watch...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98eIW6CN62k


Those Parisienne days of love beneath the Champs Elysees  
I remember Paris 1949, drinking a glass of old Beaujolais wine
And I recall that summer when we kissed and you were mine
In those Parisienne days,...

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Droplets redder than Beaujolais 
Speckled the new bone-white carpet 
And glued the eyes wider shut 

Froth does not cloak the glass shards 
larger than silver dollars 
Each sharper than a lions prong 

Piercing and tearing...

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Wine of multi nuanced flavour,
Many coloured & aromas to savour;
Final judgment,always in the taste,
Swirled & swallowed without haste.

Bottles,magnums & jereboam,
Bouquets,hints oflemon & jam;
Chadonnay,Shiraz,Sauvignon
Tempranillo,Merlot jostle in a throng.

Wein,germanic,labelled methodical,
Whitesunsurpassed & gastronomical;
Top of the list,Bernkastel Moselle,
As aperitif...

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An eighteen year old sailor on the Riviera in the Spring
Mademoiselle Your smile can make my young heart sing
Cannes, Nice, Monte Carlo who could ask for more
I volunteered for the USO, so on duty days...

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People are aspired to be desired, so they erase.
People aspire to their 20's, so they erase.
People are deluded for immortality, embalming themself as they still draw breath.

People erase their facial expressions.
Frozen expression.internal neglection.
Shiny gift wrap...

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Went with some folks to
Gene and Georgetti's,
they marveled that
I only wanted a plate of
spaghetti

Went to Shaw's Crab House
and it was the same,
a meal of broiled Salmon; 
they said
- 'that's so lame!'

No cocktails before dinner,
no bottle...

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He sinks further into bitterness 
with each sip of oblivion....... 
slurping....gulping grudges and blame 
with every malicious mouthful. 

He remains suspended in cynicism; 
hurtling missiles of misery mixed 
with murky twisted memories in an 
attempt...

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multi nuanced
                  flavour
many coloured
       & aromas to savour
always in the taste

 &...

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multi nuanced
                  flavour
many coloured
       & aromas to savour

always in the taste

 &...

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Mr. French poodle sips a Beaujolais
Snubs a nose at the bourgeoisie
So middle class with a café ole in glass  
A puffy bulbous tail wags in approval
Groomed to perfection at the salon
It purrs at the...

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