Wine Haiku

[Rebel Rose]

Sometimes a scent jumps out at you . . . 

Ultimately, I view these as little snippets of poetry -- or maybe as a sort of wine haiku.

Wine haiku. What a nice idea. A juxtaposition of nature, spirit, and imagery.

Anyone up for it?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Haiku is a very short poetic form. Traditional Japanese haiku consisted of three lines of 5, 7, and 5 units each, which are generally applied as syllables, and contained a special word—the kigo—that indicated the season in which the haiku was set. Some consider that a haiku must also combine two different images, be written in present tense, have a focus on description and have a pause (the kireji or "cutting word") at the end of either the first or second line.

The 5-7-5 practice produces a haiku much longer than a traditionally composed haiku in Japanese, as the Japanese do not count syllables as they are defined in English, but instead count morae (singular mora), units of time. Morae are generally shorter than the average of English syllables which are highly variable in length.

The haiku poet (haijin) writes about a moment in time, a brief experience that stands out. The traditional haiku poet usually focused on nature. Often, at least in translation, the subject matter of many Japanese haiku may seem banal, but the subtle linkage or juxtaposition between the two sets of images within a haiku will be found to contain an interesting insight or spiritual message.

An old pond!

A frog jumps in—

the sound of water.

The first cold showers pour

Even the monkey seems to want

a little coat of straw.

The sun rises!

I run to catch

the vintage.

Inspired by Andrea Sottimano

[jbonne]

cool! just for fun, i'll even snip from actual wine reviews.

Enormously rich,

with layers of black cherry ...

Smoky. Powerful.

(WS: Cayuse Syrah Walla Walla Valley Bionic Frog 2001)

[carswell]

On a slightly more sober note...

Treasured bottle pours

wet cardboard and rotting fish.

Die, Portugal, die!

[jamiemaw]

Needle dips to minus eight

Icey pickers drop the grape

Nectar flows

Edited February 8, 2005 by jamiemaw (log)

[Andre]

Now is this fun or what?

White Viognier on a raging sea

I have no fear for the winemaker’s with me

In the Cote Rotie may we mingled be.

*************

Cold wet dark and lonesome

Empty tanks nitrogen

To be or not to be

**************

The heat of the sun rays

Sweat pain, dying dreams

Does this all eventually pays?

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Friends and a bottle of wine

Daily agonies

Sips, smiles and all seems fine

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Sites forums and then a Mary

Wines, habits, poetry.

Wrinting in E-Gullet is no longer scary

[geo t.]

Ah, haiku, a subject close to my heart...

From a tasting at Chateau Montelena a few years ago; more winery than wine related:

2 Haiku Montelena

Island pagoda,

now, the goose and I are one.

Hand me a cracker.

Turtles in the sun,

fat carp fishing for handouts.

Don't play koi with me!

Another, more of the moment than of the wine...

Lakeside August

Sky clad and sun screened,

my backside for her pillow.

The wine warms quickly.

[Fresser]

Wild Irish Rose

Gives you a bad hangover.

Ask me how I know.

[2roost]

'99 Vosne Romanee

Little Jesus in Silk Pyjamas?

Dissapointing

[Hiroyuki]

Some of the haiku here sound more like senryu than haiku.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senryu

http://members.tripod.com/~Startag/HkSenDiff.html

No offense intended.

[Andre]

Some of the haiku here sound more like senryu than haiku.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senryu

http://members.tripod.com/~Startag/HkSenDiff.html

No offense intended.

←

Arrigato Neh Hiroyuki -San.

[Fresser]

Archie Bunker drinks

Manischewitz Concord Grape

With his chopped liver.

[helenjp]

sound more like senryu

It's a fine line...or rather the FINAL line that's the difference.

Two different though indifferent items...very spur of the moment, sorry!

My birthday gift wine -

Keep that for somebody else,

Pour me a cheap red!

or then again...

Familiar label

And a cold beach remembered

By nobody else.

[Rebel Rose]

We should submit these to the Literary Smackdown for a Gully Award!

[carswell]

The Red Wine Haiku Review

[Keith Talent]

83)Red Bicyclette Syrah 2002 (France)

Uncomplicated

And as fresh as a spring rain

I'm common, sue me

http://redwinehaiku.blogspot.com/

[Rebel Rose]

From the above link:

Wine reviews as poetry, by Lane Steinberg:

91)Bodegas Luan Castilla VT "Equis" 2003 (Spain)

A thin, angry wine

a small dog chained to a wall

Good length, but what for?

[jrufusj]

Roumier Charley

The earth screams exquisitely

Nature born once more

Jim

[petite tête de chou]

Is it sparkling?!

No! It's gewurtztraminer.

Fairies on my tongue.

[Zucchini Mama]

drop of Sauterne

at the corner of your lips

if only we were alone

Zuke