Infected Grapevine

not about grapes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It springs to life climbing and reaching

Toward the illuminating sun

As healthy new growth has begun

 

Emerald green leaves open wide

Spanning across the brown of the vine

A sea of leafy green so divine

 

Violet balls begin to take form

Taking on their spherical shape

Majestic bunches blossoms create

 

As words are twisted and turned

The leaves shrink changing to red

As gossip is continuously fed

 

They shrivel crumpling falling apart

Rotten sour fruit plummets to the ground

With each evil vile breathy sound

 

Infected rumors continue to spread

Till the whole vine is gnarled, broken

Repercussions of gossip spoken

Reviews

[ORBLE]

love the metaphorical use of the leaves changing throughout the season and the red ones representing the rumours being spread. Very thought provoking, makes you want to really think before you speak out and take a step back before you start making assumptions. I also love the description of the vine being gnarled and broken, really nice use of imagery to set the scene. Ella

[Jūdan FyreHeart]

Very nicely done! A great metaphor with a strong point behind it. People often don't realise or give a damn what their viscious tongues cause and do.

[Arabdha]

i love how you have used the grapevine metaphor to talk about gossip..truly amazing write..

[Linear]

Like your use of the vine, how it can twist and turn, yet at first seem so so good, tasty suculent fruit, only to find that once swallowed it can poison your mind,,,beautiful in every way excellent poetry

[just rose.]

This is a really interesting use of this metaphor - how things grow and twist, sometimes in hope, and sometimes in pain.

[Nothing Personal]

LOL love the title..gossip is an evil which can turn grapes sour and spoiled..i love the twisting and turning analogy which is a necessary feature of all gossips and how it can crumple a perfectly beautiful thing. Perfect metaphor ..like it..

[The Analog Kid]

This is a good way of illustrating how gossip grows. We may need to get Dale in to spray the crops...lol!

[Poeticadia]

What an excellent metaphor. Gossip travelling along on the 'grapevine'... from its 'healthy new growth' to its 'rotten sour fruit'... great pace, structure and rhyme. Excellent!!!

[SpokenWord]

Even if rumors are based in truth by the time people spread it, it consists of more myths than true. There is a game we played in the summer time called Telephone where one person would make up a sentence or something and whisper it to the person next to them, who in turn would do the same and when it reached the last person they had to say out loud what they heard. It is amazing how different it was from what was origionally said. This poem is a great example of the life of a rumor and how it destroys the truth. Great write.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Considering the work I am doing right now the title crakcs me up... it is true that rumors can really hurt someone and they do sprewad quickly... so many people would rather believe bad things over good. Great metaphorical references.

[Dream Weaver]

Nicely done Kristina, but I would have entitled it
Busy Body Blues ;) I enjoyed this very much!