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Short Merlot Poems

Short Merlot Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Merlot by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Merlot by length and keyword.


Premium Member Cheese Scene

curls of bayenne ham with
a munster pane
tarte flambe with onions
cream,bacon lardons#served with wild mushrooms
and Merlot
please!
Form: Epulaeryu


Premium Member The Harvest

Last Merlot of the year
end of the harvest

through vines we do peer
after producing their best

the fields once more return to rest

Premium Member What to do on May 5th

Since Mexico cast off the French
Make sure a Corona to clench
And forgo the Merlot
On Cinco de Mayo
But buy beer which can a thirst quench
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Summer Reflections

through my long-stemmed glass red & white stripes, blue with stars merlot reflection muted-purple silhouette prolonged sips, flag pole on porch
Form: Tanka

Premium Member A Refined Gent

A refined gent who serves lunch in Decatur
Is the posh bistro’s most genteel waiter
He serves fine escargot
and tres-bon merlot
Then mosies home to his deep-fried potater

2/3/22
Form: Limerick


Constructive

a thin film of pride
scorn'd by the green and vintage
merlot dialogues
coagulated thoughts, make
growing pains turn arthritic

---------
If I never learn to take criticism.....how will I grow?
Form: Tanka

Premium Member summer on flight

tangy breeze fades off
    
 from sultry eve's rosette view…
        
       leaving summer mouths
    
  like a zing of Merlot wine…

          to taste last  kisses on flight
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Best way to launch the weekend

Friday nights call for aroma therapy relaxation
Light a patchouli scented candle 
Release the bouquet of merlot
Sit back and wind down
Let the past week simply slip away



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

The Sunrise Blushes

The sunrise blushes in sunflower chardonnay braids on soft merlot clouds as if it has heard my whispers of love sent to you upon cool chrysanthemum breezes this perfect autumn morning

A Riper Day

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)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member tender the vines

to tender the vines
they weep merlot tears
so merlot to hold
they ferment our years

to tender the cask
they reap merlot tears
to bottle and hold
they ferment for years

too tender the cask
they reap merlot fears
no merlot to hold
they ferment our tears
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Night's Many Colors

Mysterious blue as midnight moonlight spills on meandering dreams. Once butterflies' ball is done merlot bliss lies past the sun! Red Mars reveries join nights of mulberry rose camouflaging green. So many are not sleeping when the yellow warblers sing.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Poetry in the night


in the late night hours
i like to take things slow
i sip a glass of chardonnay
merlot or pinot grigio

through my bay window
i'm watching the fall of snow

i sit back and relax
setting the lights down low
with pen in hand
i just let the words flow


AP: 2nd place 2025
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Trafficante

Star lit skies down seventh ave. 
you and I on the Centro cobblestones 
dancing for the trolly strolling about 
Ybor city cigars stained the air while
 
Columbian porcelan floors calls me 
to perform merlot sends signals 
down my spine this night is alive 
simply waiting for daylight to arrive

Of Wine and Rhyme

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.
Form: Rhyme

Acrostic Question

Bread can nourish earthly dreams
Regale failing flesh
Eventually to join the crux that, with elán,
Allows the grape to ripen to dull
Death - a necessary

Acidic action to save,
Not
Deny, the vintage of the gutsy merlot.

What modest wafer would right
Injustice and what drink dare
Nourish the freshly born,
Even though earthly dreams seem undone?
© Jim Howe  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Burger

Time for candlelight dinner baked ground beef on plate Merlot sparkling on the side... mushroom cubes as tops along with gravy Flavor full ! 6/29/2016 I Love Food Contest of Lewis Raynes --------------- “Epulaeryu” poem is about delicious food. It consists of seven lines with a syllable count of 7/5/7/5/5/3/1
Form: Epulaeryu

Premium Member My Merlot Transformation

One glass of Merlot makes my innards tingle

Dry wine has a way of making me romantic

Two glasses blur my vision, but I'm eager to mingle

Half a carafe finds my language less than pedantic

No misinterpretation, dwell not on meanings semantic 



*Entry for Francine’s “Pick a Beverage, Any Beverage” contest
October 23, 2011 by Carolyn Devonshire

My Eyes

dolls eyes.
hidden by panes of thin glass.
the poetry of moving lashes.
long, thick, dark.
sweeping the air.
keepers of emotions wine.
the merlot of sadness.
far from true blue.
undecided colour.
hints of storm season.
dead sometimes.
smooth skin.
no laugh lines etched across.
blankets covering the glassy surface.
closing slowly.
tired.
awaiting sleep.
peace.

Premium Member A Woman

Persian
Phoenician
Armenian
Lebanese
worldly
lovely
my flattery needs fuel
one more glass of wine
grapes and olives  building humanity
more beauty, my eyes crave it so
plus infinite wisdom
glasses full of merlot kisses
if a heart beats
it needs endless love
this woman taught me softness
of whom do I speak?
oh la la only the Egyptians knew
the love for your cat is eternal

Skinny Reaper

Hey! Dear Grim Reaper, tell me your secret.
How is it that you are so skinny?
even after devouring so many souls.
Is it the scythe. May I PLEASE borrow it for later.
I have chicken for dinner tonight. 
To skim the meat clean of the fat,
Give me your recipe.
Or is it the wine that goes with your kill?
Is it Merlot or sauvignon blanc? 
Don't tell me it is from the workout,
you get from hunting your prey... :P
© Ravi Kiran  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Monku Sequence-For What We Are About To Receive

sizzling sausage in a pan -
                           breakfast sounds alert the inner man

hot,freshly baking bread -
                           aromas of a lunchbreak spread

spit roast turning slow -
                           sight of dinner on the go

mouthful of merlot fine-
                         upon the tongue the taste of wine

thanksgiving supper meal -
                           a touch of fellowship so real
Form: Monoku

The Ruby-Ic's Cube

She comes in colors.
Rearranges herself at will.
Masterful pen.
And a mind never still.

As imaged in my mind,
The Rube with a doob
in her left hand
Merlot in her right,
Penning her heart out,
All through the night...

Artist painting with words,
Colors she invents herself,
Every now and then a little humor,
Like a mischievous elf...

And so many love her,
And so glad she is back...
Especially me,
This old poetic hack.
© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.

En Vino Veritas

i have been reading the contents
via, printed correspondence
for some time now

and so it was only natural
there’d be a moment
i’d pour, to
sip the promise

when switching from merlot to zinfandel
a tipped glass need not be
shattered into shards

time only knows if; when
the chance will come to
escape to your serenity
and charming ways

visit for an eternity; or
just a few days

so until then;
let us drink a toast
to a marrying of such
savory flavors

A Little Bottle of Wine

Last Christmas I received
A gaily wrapped bottle of wine;
It’s so pretty just sitting on the shelf,
Tempting me all the time.

I know nothing of red, white, and Merlot,
But I think I’d feel sophisticated,
If I put on that sheer silk robe I have,
And fill a crystal glass, feel satiated.

For you see, the bottle is one serving size,
And I’d have to drink it alone,
So I guess I’ll use it in den décor,
And play like I know something I don’t.
fun

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