Short Sour Grapes Poems

... bush, bill gates and me

    have hyperacidity

    sour grapes in my tea ......

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What happened to garlands of roses
                                   ~ Why do winners get sour grapes now...

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You gave gifts of sour grapes, crushing spirit underfoot. 

Transforming bitterness to fine sweet wine, I bade you dine with me, 

Yet, I feast alone, at the banqueting table tonight....

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earths sweetest apple
   grows on a tree very bare 
  sour grapes seeks its share


Favorite Nature Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Constance La France 
03/09/2021 how many syllables 5/7/5...

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Carol Brown..."Listless"
"the heart forgives...the mind will not forget"

but when the mind forgives,
it is the healing part of Karma, yet?

is this it's tune...of sour grapes regret...

Don...

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You should admit your mistakes and eat humble pie -
a much better option than sour grapes' juice in your eye!

Life or Death Epigram Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Kevin Shaw

7/18/18...

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Message in a...Hic-up!...reddish bottle
I popped up the cork - installed a throttle
My mouth is now sore
Sour grapes - galore
I woke in Las Vegas as Ms. Pottle...(?!?)

6/21/2011
for Francine Roberts' Contest "Bottle of Wine,( fruit of the vine, when........) "...

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Ended Up With Sour Grapes

Is amazing how from mother each one escapes,
Yet we still end up  in various sizes and shapes;
Was never planned;
Did not understand,
And our peaceful life ended up with sour grapes.

Jim Horn

What do the grade categories indicate?...

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Little white dove sat on my window porch today,
Just singing away.
Noticing dirt behind it's ear,
I started to fear.
No,
I do not have time neither give in to hear.
Closing the drapes,
Bird's song full of sour grapes.
Only last words to say,
"Your gossip lips, not today!"...

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Sour grapes,
Ancient clunker,
Moldy Gorgonzola,
Scarred garage sale table.

Fine wine, 
Vintage car,
Rich blue cheese, 
Polished antique furniture.

Time passes for all things.  
Whether treasure or trash,
Depends upon the attitude.
Life is no different.


THEME: Aging...

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  Leave me

You complain
I am too slow
I am too fast
Too dumb
Too many shoes

You liked my legs well enough
Before you tasted the fruit
You had sweet words
Now you speak with sour grapes
If I was male, I’d nail you to a stake

Choosing you
My life’s mistake...

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The earth is beneath me
The turmoil is like volcanos
The challenge is like an ocean
The floods are coming

The mirror has cracked
The piece is like a petal
The stem is like a wooden spoon
The man has arrived

The universe is the core of existence
The star is like entangled roots
The planent is like a sweet and sour grapes
The prophecy has come true...

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I always sought after to clear up the tittle-tattle
    that continously  throws mud at my character 

   Incessantly  belittling  and throwing  sour grapes
   created to denigrate with contempt and dishonor
   thrown at my name.

   God is so amazing,  so amazing  he will not leave us
   nor forsake us, He will constantly  bring us out of
   our tests....

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seasons

February rain
Has grains of ice
April rain
Has promise 
But both have in common 
To make equally wet
February has short evening
And a long night
April has a long evening
And a short night 
Equality among months
Is uneven
Like wealth and poverty
That’s why I chose
May 
Hope the vines will grow strong
Last year’s harvest 
Was sour grapes 
...

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Counting the stars in the night sky,
aiming at heart to fly high,
different stages worth remembrance,
a flattering moment or a nuisance.

When grown old and white,
when eyes lack much light,
you will see with your soul,
every fixed and unfulfilled goal.

Move back to the time,
of sour grapes and sweet lime!
Memories never let go,
they will always flow......

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From best to worst 
Boy, it hurts
Teddy's tasty peanut butter sandwich 
Mixed with onions and liverwurst
Just what comes first
The peanut or the butter
 best to worst 
Amber fire sweet potpourri 
Sour grapes flaming skin scared sunburnt
Personally I like chocolate donuts with my liverwurst ? 


Written word by James Edward Lee  Sr  2020...

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Pandemonium harvest snow day 
spotlight kindling fog ice sweet
I was sour Aquarius birth in January way
Instead of July salmon dragons creeps
 in Cotton wheat fields dust bunnies 
Harvesting sour grapes potpourri running
Amber bake bronze rolling hills and salmon streams prey
As winter morning dew frost
Winter's voice, winter's host

11/26/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2020...

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We’ve got all the whys and wherefores: 

FORBIDDEN FRUIT

HUMBLE PIE

SOUR GRAPES

HIGH JINKS

DEMON RUM

GALL and WORMWOOD

BATHTUB GIN

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magic
fermented smiles
touching
clouds

evaporated

mock?
taunt?
troll?
negative?

insult
provoke
stoke
in Chatham


or

love
breathe
lend a  hand
lovely and grand


storms

negative vibes
no more brandy
only wine
sour grapes hide

A king
Harif
soothes all my voices
even if both cry

rainbows

ignore the rain
dance arm in arm
sunshine shines
wisdom speaks

for 
	whom
		is
			kind

sunshines...

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Sour grapes make for the most 
bitter wine.
I drink from it daily

Seeing lives I wish to lead
Moments I wish were mine
Familiarity breeds contempt
Brewing this hatred inside 
No longer happy for you
No longer living through you
But resenting you
Questioning, why you
Not me
Turning all these sweet things 
sour
Turning all this love into 
rancour
Turning these brown eyes, 
green

Filling my glass to the rim
I take another sip....

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Sour grapes have been washed
And set out to tease.
Sitting in the middle of the room
On a pedestal of glass.
Sour grapes look down 
With an almost disdainful stare
At the Lords and Ladies hurrying by
Wondering if any would care.
The scurrying,the trifling 
The signs of human persons.
Gave it courage to ask.
Care for some?"
Let sour grapes sit.
Adorned in the finest China.
For in tasting only can you tell.
The story sour grapes bear....

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Rachel

Rachel, sweetest looking peach on such a high branch
A teasing sway in her round hips, full of undiluted
gorgeous femininity
Eyes as blue as sky and a voice that is felt all over,
more like a warm breeze than sound
Aesop might recommend the lesson of the sour grapes,
but his Greek eyes never saw such a perfect
northern beauty as Rachel. He would have to
eat his words and tell his tale in reverse; how this unreachable
treasure made all the low hanging fruit taste sour

Damn!...

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