Wine Poems

List of New Poems

PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
	Star Struck	Rico Leffanta	Limerick	lust, wine, woman,
	Minutes of the Meeting	arthur vaso	Free verse	wine, abuse, art, christian, muse,
	Wealth	Rico Leffanta	Limerick	song, wine, women,
	Gaslit Nightmare	Victoria Lucas	Blank verse	wine, childhood, corruption, growing up,
	SAVED 50 DOLLARS	Line Gauthier	Limerick	wine, adventure, drink, money, sick,
	Life as Wine	Maurice Rigoler	Light Verse	age, wine, wisdom,
	DRUNKEN WORDS	Martin Brown	Verse	abuse, addiction, drink, wine,
	Rednecks and Roundabouts	William Woods	Free verse	wine, car, conflict, drink, funny,
	What Can I Get You	Bernard Chan	Free verse	wine, drink, metaphor, night, people,
	Bottle	Crista Billings	Rhyme	addiction, drink, wine,
	Deep Purple Days	Rita A. Simmonds	Rhyme	wine, art, cry, funny, purple,
	A Bottle For A Dream	Adam Kinsley	Rhyme	wine, allegory, analogy, anxiety, imagery,
	CABERNET PURPLE SWEET	nette onclaud	Rhyme	fruit, wine,
	Amphorae	Mark Toney	ABC	wine, art, beautiful, history, poetry,
	Withdrawal	Joanne Liaw	Rhyme	depression, drink, drug, wine,
	Wine	Joanne Liaw	Rhyme	addiction, drink, drug, wine,
	My Loss	M. L. Kiser	Nonet	appreciation, drink, food, wine,
	bittersweet	raphael foster	Acrostic	community, drink, freedom, wine,
	The Glass	Wanda Daugherty	Prose	death, lost love, wine,
	The Wisdom of King Arthur 1	arthur vaso	Dramatic Verse	art, perspective, war, wine,
	There Was Always More	Franchesca Mia Tortoza	Ballad	wine, character, fantasy, myth, mythology,
	red wine	P.S. AWTRY	Ninette	wine,
	Undress The Night	Bernard Chan	Free verse	wine, drink, night, romance, senses,
	Regal Red Wine	John Blake	Blank verse	celebration, drink, senses, wine,
	A peg of wine	Suresh Babu Palani	Shape	art, fun, wine,
	NO BRAINS	arthur vaso	Free verse	wine, art, inspirational, philosophy, visionary,
	Humanity	Wendy Nipas	Ballad	dog, humanity, wine,
	TOOTH PICK TEETH AND WHITEMEAT	kurtis scott aka curtis futch jr	Prose Poetry	farm, wine,
	try this won	Allan Terry	Ballade	wine, food, french, science, sweet
	Birthday Poem to Charlie	Carolyn Fish	Rhyme	birthday, love, wine,
	Beer get outta here	Damian Keady	Free verse	april, drink, wine,
	A Drink	Serenity Nightingale	Haiku	wine, dark, drink, gothic, red,
	Perspectives	Julia Ford	Free verse	wine, forgiveness, girl, gothic, growth,
	The Red Umbrella Hideout	Debjani Mitra	Rhyme	wine, cute love, drink, kiss,
	Eye Seeker	arthur vaso	Free verse	wine, art, introspection, philosophy, romance,
	gifts of wine	JP Thomas	Rhyme	wine, art, celebration, giving, imagery,
	better in time	JP Thomas	Rhyme	wine, adventure, age, anniversary, celebration,
	last sip of wine	P.S. AWTRY	Free verse	wine,
	Full Bottle	David Drowley	Free verse	wine, growing up, innocence, life,
	Vaso Visits Ireland	arthur vaso	Free verse	wine, art, beautiful, humorous, introspection,
	Happiness	arthur vaso	Senryu	wine, art, how i feel,
	Stroke	arthur vaso	Free verse	wine, art, fantasy, music, ocean,
	Like the Taste of Sparking Wine	Sanford Weir	Quatrain	love, wine,
	ICE CREAM AND WINE	James Edward Lee Sr.	Free verse	appreciation, food, summer, wine,
	Someday	Crista Billings	Rhyme	addiction, boyfriend, relationship, wine,
	Whatsoever He Saith	Carol Connell	Enclosed Rhyme	wine, god, jesus, miracle, perspective,
	A BEAUJOLAIS	Line Gauthier	Senryu	wine, hope, relationship, romance, together,
	Ghosts of summer	arthur vaso	Quatrain	wine, allusion, angel, french, heart,
	The Good Witch	Rico Leffanta	Limerick	wine, culture, drink, environment, halloween,
	LOVERS	Line Gauthier	Senryu	fire, romantic, sound, wine,

Wine Poem Example

Windowpanes

An ancient river, centuries-old shops and restaurants steeped in a 2000-year history and 
culture set the scene. The ambiance seemed divinely contrived to facilitate the purposes of 
our meeting and the very fodder from which the greatest poets are sustained.
Not newcomers to the area, Kay P. and I were assigned to the Army Security Agency Field 
Station in Augsburg, Germany in 1974. We were colleagues in the intelligence community 
with no romantic overtures to our relationship, save an appreciation of poetry and profound 
philosophical discussions. Kay wanted to spend the evening with a poet, so we planned the 
evening to be appropriate for the purpose. 
At the time and place, we quickly found ourselves hopelessly immersed in the philosophical 
foundations of my writings throughout the evening. It was the first time since Vietnam that 
I'd felt worthy as a person. I still recall sipping the red wine and feeling the warmth of the 
large hearth inside the Balkan eatery. I still see the swans gliding by on the Lech flowing by 
our café.

When windowpanes begin to weep with autumn's chilly dew,
I'm taken back through seasons passed to one delight held true,
A rendezvous that time allowed, a gentle evening spent
Amid a time of long discord when days were dreary bent.

I feel the stretch upon my lips, the smile returns once more.
Again, I smell the Balkan fare prepared on Lech's old shore,
The mood is cast in high regard, the wine is tart and dry,
As Augsburg ripples in the wake when swans go gliding by.

The ancient windows frame our view and day begins to wane
As rivulets meander down and streak the dampened panes.
The ambiance of ages passed beseeched us not to leave
And held us in its warm embrace throughout the ebbing eve.

My heart was scarred, without regard and hardened by the war
But her esteem unveiled its worth, while nothing had before.
She saw the child that once was me, I'd long since cast aside,
And bade he climb astride his mount, engage his life and ride.

Now, she is but a memory, whose kindness soothed my heart,
For we embarked upon our lives on paths ordained to part.
Her subtle way escaped my eye till time had made it clear
That her esteem had set me free, that night I hold so dear.

The poetry that filled my soul remains these many years,
Impassioned in my warmest thoughts when autumn first appears,
When windowpanes begin to weep, a-glisten with the dew,
And I return to seasons passed, to one delight held true.

Poem Copyright © Jim Fish