Haiku From the Fireside

Haiku from the Fireside

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Three pines in the dark

what dancing are they doing

while I watch the flames

 

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Winter fire burns

but not as hot as your eyes

glow of coaled emeralds

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The logs’ dead ash sits

still as your silent tongue

after heat’s gold horns.

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Born from the fire

spark spirits unnumbered as

the tears birthed from heart

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November 2011

A few snips that surfaced while sitting sleepless in front of the fireplace last night and into the dawn, feet up, alone with a medicinal glass of vinho verde and the flickering shadows. Those who have bothered to count will see that this is obviously intended to be posted for

Friday Flash 55   at the G-Man's

WineSpeak

WineSpeak

Playing at love poured out in a twist stem crystal glass

clear ruby,with notes of cherry and madagascar vanilla bean,

I’m here to sing them straight from your lips, drinking in a kiss

heavier than the outlaw tang of saddle, earth and tobacco,

far sweeter, sunnier than cranberry, red current, ripe raspberry

chambered blackberry, or clamoring, astringent key lime.

I'll crush the garnet red fruit and bitter black together

tilt back my head and toss them down, the taste

teasing to a lingering earthy finish

(tangerine and nectarine)

with just a bit of pepper and

restrained use of oak.

It’s all nuanced

fragrantly

integrated

with

waxy

apricot

spice

bright green

apple

acidity

(and pears)

dusty

fruit

on the nose

of living

with a round

lush

mouthfeel

against

a mossy

background,

(no kiwi)

aged

to finish

short and dry

with perhaps a little heat,leaving behind

a fleeting hint of licorice and clove over wet stone.

A vintage year for pinot noir, chenin blanc and the occasional lover.

January 2011

Disclaimer: all these analogies and terms are commonly used in the world of wine critique. I simply rearranged them a bit in a silly shape to entertain myself (and hopefully the reader) on a very dull day.

Image: Rare Georgian Knopped Opaque Twist Wine Glass c1760, poetically described as
"A superb example of a triple knopped double series opaque twist ...antique wine glass. The bell bowl sits above a stem with a pair of heavy spiral threads outside of a loose central gauze, and with shoulder, medial, and basal knops. Conical foot with rough, snapped pontil...."  source link