A Breath of Treasures: Ruminations on Tasting Tempranillo*

Glints of ruby peek

around fanning leaves, push through

coffee, chocolate soil.

Gently, my fingers slide past

the skin, sugar trickles out.

Pontotoc Estate Vineyards

 

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          Tracing new grass stalks,

          a trail back along the sun’s path:

          turned earth, warm perfume.

          Drowsing, my eyelids flutter

          to the rhythm of cicadas.

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Burning orange fades, red

deepens from purple to blue:

dusk sky swathed in clouds –

Swollen clouds expand to airy

thinness below sodden ground.

 *Inspiration: Pontotoc Vineyards 2012 Estate Tempranillo and a trip to Pontotoc &Mason, TX