A Paean To Bacchus
...Happy May Day, all you PS boys and girls...EVOE!
Squeeze a cherry and let it sit,
And don't forget to take out the pit.
Let it ferment,
At least a day as a rule,
To give it some zing
And a ki...
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Categories:
winemaking, humor, may, wine,
Form: Light Verse
Reverse Midas Touch
...Some called him Bacchus, some Dionysus:
god of the grape-harvest, winemaking, fruit.
Giver of joy, dispenser of sorrow,
famous for orgies, bacchantes recruits…
Enter King Midas, ruler of Phrygi...
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Categories:
winemaking, wisdom,
Form: Quatrain
Dionysus
...Doomed, his mom was mortal
Dad's thigh (Zeus) his birth place
Dubbed the "god of the grape"
Developed winemaking
Danced with drunken pleasure
Dithyrambs: songs for him
Double: Roman Bacchus
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Categories:
winemaking, 11th grade, celebrity, dance,
Form: Pleiades
Coffee and Sherry
...Coffee, it is evident, is not Sherry's cup of tea;
She likes spirits like sherry and brandy
and knows the ropes of winemaking to a tee;
An oenologist by profession, like her pal Brandy,
found her nic...
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Categories:
winemaking, cute love, love, relationship,
Form: Verse