A Glass of poetry

Wine is bottled poetry. Robert Louis Stevenson

I’m tasting a poem as a glass full of wine,

the Chateau, beautifully labelled on top

is full of promises, maybe sunshine or a flop,

still there can be a suspicion or a silent sign.

 

To open the bottle with the first quatrain

you already smell the scent of his bouquet,

is it about red or white, the words will say

if it’s vinegar stuff, you’ll read it in vain.

 

There has to be an aftertaste, heavy or fine

its character, dark, handsome or full of mystery

tercets with a lesson or ending with a cute line

 

a few glasses a day keeps me fit without misery

maybe one more, I do believe it’s so benign

although some say, it’s the start of a poet’s insanity.

 

© Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere

18/05/2015

 

Reviews

[mattavelli]

Hey Rudi, this is beautiful! An Italian sonnet, translated to English from Dutch; I would ignore meter too. Haha. The way you've written this, a poem making references to itself as a bottle of wine; makes this very fun to read. Thanks for sharing. Matt

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you so much, Matt, glad you liked this one too. I'm normally a free verse fan but when I use rhyme it's mostly an Italian sonnet. :) Rudi

[Jamestown]

Well penned!
I like the thoughts and description,
I too love some wine, before a write,
Thanks for sharing and b-blessed!

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, James, glad you liked this one too. :) Rudi

[jacob erin-cilberto]

poetry is the poet's insanity...the muse can drive us mad just as fine wine can bottle us up in madness,

pop that cork and the words flow....as we pour ourselves out on to the page.

brilliant allegory here.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, Jacob, always glad to read your words. :) Rudi

[Not here]

great poem :) i loved the rhyming, and the message was clear through the whole. pretty awesome you can take a quote from r.l. stevenson, a bottle of wine you were drinking i see, and make a great poem out of it.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you so much, Dante, glad you liked it. :) Rudi

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and there is no twelve step program to deal with the poet's insanity, Rudi... I enjoyed every drop of this deep red wine of yours... sorry to have emptied the bottle but as I see it you have a vinyard waiting to be picked and a cellar full... well done!

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, FT, for the nice comment. I've written this while I was enjoying a glass of St.Emilion, one of my favourites. Have a good day. :) Rudi

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it was my pleasure,sir... enjoy what;s left of the day, my friend. - FT

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thanks you, FT. I'll do that. :)