Short Cabernet Poems

candle light dinner under the stars - bees taste the cabernet

8/24/2020


When Plans Don't Go To Plan Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Silent One...

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Drink

drink
champagne
cabernet
spinning room hits
drunk

10/8/16


Lanterne Frenzy - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Ir0nic ZiNk...

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dark

red wine

zinfandel

or cabernet

by a warm fire place

in tall stemmed glass

sipped slowly

in the

dark
...

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You're the raindrops 
on a hot summer day
the candle in my window 
on a cold stormy night

I look at the full moon
sipping fine wine
A falling star appears
as I whisper your name...

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The dress
Couture Dior
Embellishment, gemstones
Rich hues, deep sexy cabernet
my fairy tale, a quest for romance, dance
a frock fantasy has gone wild
I’ve fallen madly for
“Joie de vivre”
the dress

...

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Blueberries, nuts, assorted fruits
Spinach, kale, and vegetable roots
One glass of Cabernet each night
Walk, then meditate--get it right
Running from aging, you can see
Alas, time has caught up with me!

February 1, 2022...

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Like wine,
Poets age with every year

Tattered labels stained,
vintners unclear

Bordeaux, Merlot, or Cabernet,
words mellow in the dark

Where time ferments a riper day
—its richness to impart

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2019)...

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Clad in flowing purple
Like a full-bodied
Cabernet Sauvignon
She vanishes into the 
Shadows of the night
While I stand alone, 
Dreamily savouring 
The lingering aftertaste
Of her aromatic kiss. 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
© September, 2018
    Inspired by RS...

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Away at the near bar
No cheap wine for me
Red Cabernet in glass
Until full of glee

Dancing on the dance floor
With Tom, Dick, Harry
Tom fell lost his Toupee
Laid said Hail Mary

Busy night bar was full
Tom climbs on the bar
Next thing he does striptease
Bills tossed in a jar...

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This wine is so fine
I feel it is mine
Made it all by myself

And tasting this wine
That’s so very fine
I have to share it all with you

The wine that I made
The finest grade
Of grapes called Cabernet Franc 

This wine you can buy
It gets you quite high
I keep some close on a rack...

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Whispers crackers to the cheese,
"Lean a little closer please...
I'll bet the party's tomorrow night"..
Cabernet shivered in sudden fright,
The olives decided to bide their time,
And snuggled closer to the lime...
"Hope the party is a raging blast,
'Cause I think it's going to be our last!"...

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FAT ARACHNID
Wider Spider

LOTTERY WINNING MALLARD
Lucky Ducky

OVERWEIGHT GORILLA
Chunky Monkey

CLEVER FELINE
Witty Kitty

DRENCHED PUP
Soggy Doggy

JOKING RABBIT
Funny Bunny

RODENT BONNET
Rat Hat

PIG CABERNET
Swine Wine


ANIMAL KINGDOM FUN FOOTLES !
Written 6/7/2015...

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A poets words have rhythm and flow

the ink they spill is like a fine Merlot

the best with body full and rich bouquet 

both have flair and finish like smoky Cabernet

so before you write your next verse or rhyme

red or white, don't forget to pour the wine....

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five hours on the stove 
garlic, onion, tomatoes 
the great smell of sauce 

My grandmother in the kitchen all day
Cooking dinner while her kids were away 
Nobody ever knew 
She always used Ragu 
And drank a bottle of fine cabernet 

the fine cabernet hidden, inside a vat of red wine vinegar...

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Sauvignon oh Sauvignon!
My crimson grapey friend
While I enjoyed my time with you
I'm sorry it must end

Cabernet oh Cabernet
Yes you I used to know
Sad but true, I’m done with you
I’ve moved on to Bordeaux

Bordeaux, Bordeaux oh my Bordeaux
You vineyard berry blitz
The summers here, and I declare
I choose a white wine spritz...

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out of habit, i
fingered the sand-colored bowl

after guests grappled
with paper plates

i, with Cabernet
dark eyes at dinner time

shame, shame
on me

my conscience
lowers my bowl into the sink
like a titanic lifeboat
wavering.

the solitary vessel
shamefully 
alone

meanwhile paper plates
press on
in the trash bin heap

3/20/2020...

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My two miracles, black and white lay dreaming. 
I roll the last of the Cabernet over my tongue
as I
inhale every drop of the prose she has so skillfully penned; 
tannic, yet satisfactory.

The attack.........ripened, smashed cherries
The evolution.......bitter cacoa nibs..........
The finish.......an aftertaste of lonliness and heartbreak....
yet still I want more....

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How luscious the ripened grapes, purple sweet
Enthralling us  in their leafy bower
Where a lush orchard coddles yield every  hour—
Moonlight and dawn  gloss velvet skins replete
With bathed  nectarine turning into wine…
An elixir  when  our affection glows :
Cabernet , more precious than scented rose
As lovers’ mouths sip of romance divine!



Contest of Brian Strand: Late Feb 2019...

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P  Patience is a virtue, a footstep
A  Along the road of life, ambrosia
T  To a world in turmoil; the tiniest
I   Interjected bits of soul food like, Fusilli,
E  Egg pasta with zucchini and mushroom sauté.
N  Nice parmesan and pecorino cheese atop; such a crown with,
C  Cabernet Sauvignon added, for a meal so aromatic
E  Everyone will celebrate!

3-10-2020
STRAND CHOICE B,any form,any theme Poetry Contest
Brian Strand...

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cabernet and dragonflies -
   red and green fireworks
      flitting about tall trunks;
   the woods is dark. patio lit
with tea lights, amber and ebony.
pink-crèpe jellyfish, in uttermost twilight,
   suspended from jumbo umbrella. 
breadsticks, like twigs, snap; several
   copious charcuteries.
flickering fate, speed of light
   of wedding tale, ancestry
      of one hundred years
will sail by in a nod,
but this eve is once upon a time,
merely the engagement.
...

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 THE BIG EASY

everyone had eaten
by the time he
appeared
plates cleared
left-over’s
boxed
Cabernet
Chardonnay
with
drained
vacant
faces

no poised apology 
guilty neurology
condescending
cheek kissing
with suave
masculine
fragrance
slipping
into
blasé
mode
up there 
her heaven
down below
   his 
perception 
she his big
  easy
   he 
  her 
  dire
 needy
obsession                                                             © Kim van Breda...

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