Nature’s bright stained glass
Gnarled old vines twist and turn
In arthritic pose
Still produce bountiful yield
Deep ruby nectar
Warming blood and libido
Glorious bouquet
Jammy dark fruit, chocolate
Leathery finish
Heady inebriation
Dionysus smiles
With religious ecstasy
Theatre played in grape and vine
Waning golden light
Cool Pacific breezes swirl
Calm post frenzied crush
When Brix was running peak
In all its sublime sweetness
CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI: Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #56 Choka (or Nagauta), Japanese “long poem”
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August 13, 2015 at 7:02 pm
Reblogged this on Chèvrefeuille's haiku and commented:
An awesome example of a choka, a Japanese ‘long poem’
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August 13, 2015 at 7:04 pm
Wow what a nice choka you share here. It’s not really ‘my cup of tea’, but, after all those great choka i have read, i jut have to try it myself. Thank you for this beauty.
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August 13, 2015 at 7:18 pm
Thank you, that is quite a compliment! I like the shorter Haiku and sometimes Tanka better too but I wanted to give this a try and challenge myself.
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August 14, 2015 at 3:39 am
I love this
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August 14, 2015 at 6:00 am
Thank you!
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August 14, 2015 at 9:56 am
Sorry to repeat the words of the last comment – I love it. It’s mouth-watering!
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August 14, 2015 at 10:03 am
Thank you so much! I love red wine; cabs and zins in particular. I lived about an hour from Napa for a year and a half and I was over there every chance I got.
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August 14, 2015 at 10:34 am
Sounds like fun – except that I don’t drink, and in particular I don’t like red wine, but your poem made it sound so good.
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August 15, 2015 at 12:56 am
What a lovely choka and so right of Kristjaan to reblog it … bravo!
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August 15, 2015 at 8:21 am
Wow, thank you so much!
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August 15, 2015 at 11:49 am
The Renga is going much faster than expected … it is your turn to write 😉
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August 15, 2015 at 11:54 am
Thank you! I appreciate the heads up. It is going fast. I have one ready and will post shortly. We are on different time zones so I did not get the post until yesterday evening. I wrote one immediately but wanted to sleep on it :).
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August 15, 2015 at 7:25 pm
Yes, DE, there’s life in the old limbs.
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August 17, 2015 at 7:58 am
Just thought I’d let you know … the renga has slowed down now 🙂 and your entry was great!
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August 17, 2015 at 1:25 pm
And that turned out so well.
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