Muscadine Poems

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...Muscadine Sauce
2 Lbs. of muscadine grapes or
6 cups halfed grapes
1 1/2 cups of muscadine grape juice
1/2 cup of strawberry wine
1 tablespoon of ground ginger

2 T lemon juice
1/2 cup of sug...

Sweet Mude

...Sweet Muse

Dream of dreams, your moonlit eyes 
The way you smile; oh, that grin
Wonderful, waiting surprise 
Waits behind those eyes, within 

The depths of your sad soul 
Longing for the to...

A Rusty Locket and Muscadine Wine

...In the hush of twilight’s gentle embrace,  
A locket swings, a whisper of grace.  
Its surface tarnished, like memories confined,  
Yet within its heart lies love intertwined.  

Muscadine wine ...

Bliss

...In the shade of wild trees 
grew muscadine vines,
and in our Tarzan youth 
we would swing out 
on them from the top 
of cliffs over the creek 
sixty feet below and we 
did notfall down, 
but ...

Truth

...I had a brain like an old motorbike,
I rode it back and forth
just to get laid by whomever, and that strange one
who kept cats under her long skirt.

Truth is a marmalade calligraphy.
I yodel b...

Truth Is

...The truth is –
mango
mildew, marmalade ghosts.
 
I have a brain like an old motorbike,
I ride it back and forth
just to get laid by you, and her, and that strange one
who kept cats under her l...

My Mama and Papa

...My Mama and my Papa. They're good and kind, pure and refined. 
Sixty-three years together, their loves become genuine.
Like sweet expressions of art; Papa a poem and Mama a song.
With me, they sha...

Confused Caroline

...Oh my precious lady Caroline
                                    Confused as a peach on a grapevine 
                                               She Forgets to think
                           ...

The Muscadine Grapes

...the muscadine grapes
unpruned in the fall season...
grape crop diminished

the muscadine grapes
unpruned in the fall season...
bird nest among vines

the muscadine grapes
unpruned in the ...

The Country In Me--Redux

...Muscadine grape vine
entwine...smell of bovine
forest edge
sedge
briars growing down the line.

I love the country
The country loves me
I’m as rock solid planted 
As my hundred year old tree...

Moonshine

...Goin’ north, cross the line
sell a bit of muscadine, homebrew, 
and moonshine

steal my horse, but not my stein
got to have my muscadine, homebrew,
and moonshine

probly shut me up fur nine
...

In the Cellar

...In the cellar, by the stair way, is an old jug of muscadine.
It brings back sweet memories of an old friend of mine.
We used to chat and play chess to fiddle the time away.
It mattered not the und...

I Love the Country In Me

...Muscadine grape vine
entwine...smell of bovine
forest edge
sedge
briars growing down the line.

I love the country
The country loves me
I’m as rock solid planted 
As my hundred year old tree...

Muscadine Grapes

...The Muscadine Grapes
Ripening on the vine
Little tart but fine

Water was scarce so
They didn't have chance to grow
Soon they will be ripe...

Stink Bug

...Have you ever had a black berry bush
Drooping with wild fruit that you were hungry for,
Only to be driven away by
A swarm of wasps encircling its briers?

Have you ever picked up a plum off the ...

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