Long Sauvignon Poems

Candy floss, seaside rock, smoothies, and flags sporting
Union Jacks
Replace the old traditions of striped deckchairs 
And Kiss-Me-Quick hats.
Chipwicks for our salt and vinegar fries
And their pole-and-line freshly caught local Cod;
The Vintners Parrot: For thick sizzling...

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"RED"


Listen he said, “How many ways can you see Red?”

“Well”, she sighed, “Let’s start with Cherry Pie, 
oozing it’s juices all over your chin
and plump moist Red Raspberries staining your sheets, then again
what about Claret...

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Darkness coiled in the depths of the night.
Where shadows try to hide from your view.
The moon is a mirror reaching for the light.
Rattling on the doors grappling with the dew.

Cigarette rims on window ledges stub...

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Whenever we get together as confreres in the religious order,
there’s so much to deal with burning issues and other concerns,
paucity of personnel links to inability of acquiring  new missions;
indeed, a great need that our...

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MY NEIGHBOR KOFI
LOCATION: Mazamaza, Lagos, Nigeria:
My neighbor kofi, 
The computer scientist
At 34,
He crisscrossed, jetcrosed, redcrossed,
And hobnobbed around the globe:
Kathmandu, Acapulco and the Galapagos 

He dined and wined
Like there was no tomorrow 
He dined and wined...

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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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We met over oysters and scallops in the French Quarter
of a mismatched ether.

She sent pictures - her in a mirror, beside a mirror,
partly hidden by a mirror, naked under glass
(I still have that one).
She liked...

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When I see you, my heart glows
How I want to hold you close
And strangle you till your last breath goes
Then watch you in your sweet death throes

I smile whenever you're around
I just can't keep my...

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Red Wine

This is why you should drink red wine
My wife drinks white but that is also fine.

Is red better than white or does it matter at all?
Yes, red is made from grape skin's resveratrol.

You drink...

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Hide this bottle from me,
That I could drink
This Chateauneuf du Pape
More tempting than the smile of a maid,
this Saint Emilion sneaky
Who has no saint but the name,

Hide this bottle from me,
This haut c$ote de Beaune,
Straight...

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On a blustery winter night my loved one comes to dine.
The table is set for two in front of a cheerful fire and 
a candle flickers in delight beside one perfect yellow rose.
I greet my...

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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...

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A  bittersweet taste of  isolation grips
While climbing high on a forsaken loft ,
Escorted by a window’s glassy beam
And  I notice a disarray of keepsakes…
History books, stale cigars, antiques
In fluted trunks all muddily...

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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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We've grown from the same root

We stick together

like a grape bunch.

Until a final decision is made

Stay in our bunch and enjoy our company.

Grow older, you can become finer

A Chardonnay or Sauvignon?

A finer wine

Made from the...

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Soft and throbbing,
              Cerulean blue, by candlelight,
              She appeared.
...

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The day I left the soup   a tear begat my eye
pictures of streams, meadows, and fairy tales
somehow vanished from a bright daydream sky
emptiness tugged heartstrings in my holy grail 

The spirits poured a...

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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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She don’t need much
She don’t ask much  
Just a box of chocolate 
A bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon 
And life is delightfully delicious 

Diamonds are girls best friend and so is chocolate 
Chocolate is her...

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we were adopted on the same morning 
my father loved us, a love adoring 
my brothers shared a gene name, Cabernet 
sisters noble parents based on hearsay 

my dad built a strong house of fine...

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Moon Fantastique


The moon peeked in and said, "Hello!"
And then, shocked, on the floor, slipped my bowl
of trembling, deepest, red jello!
You don't know the delight this sparked in me.
This summer's night, now so glorious with the...

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A glorious Spring day, my love!

Won't you come by and let's play?

A picnic next to the placid lake.

Caesar salad, brioche, Cabernet Sauvignon.

How about munchy crackers and Brie?

Just the swimming ducks, the loving lake gently 
touching...

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bought crystal glasses
now I FINALLY, REALLY
can taste all the grapes

un-oaked Chardonnay
is my favorite to seek
this season for chill

but actually
they are better once warmed down
some out of the ‘fridge

last summer it was 
Sauvignon Blanc and man,...

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Guadalcanal 2019

Tour boat, ice-blue water.
Five rubber rafts,
12 heroes each, approach
Antarctic 'beach'.

‘Explorer’: 'Look! Penguins!'
Rest chirp approval, focus Canons,
shoot the penguins left and right.
'Great' 'Wonderful'.  

Two hours later, 3-star restaurant,
Tierra del Fuego.
'Global warming...' 
from the end...

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