Monsoon Wedding
...Oh what a joyous occasion
Attended by family and friends
In this tropical location
Fraught with eighty mile an hour winds
Pink champagne from Napa Valley
Fresh flowers and king siz...
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Categories:
napa, wedding,
Form: Rhyme
Prince of Charm
...Prince of charm I could call him,
He’s as charming as the wind,
As attractive as the whirlwind
That carts the hearts of women.
He roped the heart of Sandra
On his way to California,
But the...
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Categories:
napa, tribute,
Form: Ballad
The Heart of Tbilisi
...My heart lies in the countryside
under the Napa rainbow laying low.
Big bright rolling valleys it has divide
The woods through which we will go.
I met an explorer near lake Bazaleti
With a sm...
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Categories:
napa, beauty, community, mystery, nature,
Form: Free verse
Thanksgiving In California
...
Don't come to my house,after all.
Our Weimar Republic Governor,
regaled..." Ten people, that's all"
If you want to dance must be 20
feet away?
I heard a liberal state is outlawing
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Categories:
napa, bullying, thanksgiving,
Form: Rhyme
California Raging Inferno
...Under a State of Emergency
California Inferno
We thought 113 degrees was so bad?
Now people and pets have to run for their lives!
Whilst we sit cooly in out poetic
dives!
So absorb...
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Categories:
napa, emotions, fear, fire,
Form: Rhyme
Hosting Green Claret At the Crystal Palace
...Everything seemed secure
Inside the crystal palace safe and pure
Welcoming the claret wine
For a taste testing and dine
This evening’s match
Featuring best grapes from Burnley’s vineyard pa...
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Categories:
napa, football, london, princess, proposal,
Form: Rhyme
54,000 California Acres Lost
...
54, 000 California Acres Lost
While you're snug in your pajamas
Or having French Toast,
Californians are b...
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Categories:
napa, america, angst, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
Appetizers
...APPETIZERS
It licks it's raspy way across the land,
and peeks around and drools at our abode.
A plume of ash to blacken every man,
and leaves our children standing in the road.
Devours hot cr...
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Categories:
napa, death, fire, loss, Lullaby,
Form: Sonnet
Ancient Peace
...Pea soup fog hung over the Napa Valley hills,
kissing April grape vines, row upon steep row,
with the lightest touch of dampness, soon
to dry in the hot California sun.
I'd just walked my Daugh...
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Categories:
napa, father daughter,
Form: Narrative
Dinner For Two
...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 love with a...
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Categories:
napa, food, love,
Form: Narrative
The Abcs of Things Green
...The ABCs of Things Green
Algae, alligator, artichoke, asparagus, aphids, Andradite,
Brussels sprouts, broccoli, Buffalo Treehopper, and beans,
Cuckoo Wasp, Cabbage, cucumber, Common Green Darner...
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Categories:
napa, bird, food, fruit,
Form: Abecedarian
Ayia Napa Sea Monster
...From the depths of the sea like depths of the soul comes tsunami wave
On the restless sea billows of many meters rave
Enough to put average ship in an underwater grave
Even in modern ship wind its...
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Categories:
napa, animal, fantasy, universe,
Form: Rhyme
Napa Valley
...hawks circle high
over ripening vineyards...
rabbits with red tongues
hawks circle high
over ripening vineyards...
bees sip zinfandel
hawks circle high
over ripening vineyards...
dusk brings wine ...
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Categories:
napa, nature,
Form: Haiku
Wine Country
...Never been to Tuscany
But when it comes to wine,
Napa and Sonoma
As a substitute are fine.
Even on a rainy day,
The rows of endless vines,
Combined with endless hills
Create magnificent designs.
At...
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Categories:
napa, food, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Reservations Please
...I'd like to make a reservation please,
A quiet table on Friday at eight.
There will be a total of four that night,
I'm so excited I just can't wait !
You see, some friends I've yet to meet,
Ar...
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Categories:
napa, food, friendship, people
Form: Quatrain
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