Quadrille # 125 Anthocyanin Angel

Anthocyanin Angel,
silky soak of sanity,
the beveled glass
levels me; it steadies
after each cerise sip.
A blissful brook,
a pencil’s tip,
a chambré stream,
wine sharpens me,
smooths worry’s wrinkles,
decants the divine,
rewinds the loop-de-loops
of tangled vine inside my mind.

_{“Red Shoes and Red Wine”} _{Sally Ruddy}

Linda invited us this evening to write a dVerse’ Quadrille about one of my favorite topics, wine. So, how could I resist? Join us.

_{Poison & Wine The Civil Wars}

32 responses to “Quadrille # 125 Anthocyanin Angel”

whimsygizmo

Ooooo. Some truly luscious word choices here! Delicious.

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you, Whimsy. I am quite passionate about wine.
  
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robtkistner

I really like the tangle of “vine inside my mind” K!

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thanks, Rob. Enjoyed a glass of wine and all of these Quadrilles this evening.
  
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Linda Lee Lyberg

Hi there- I sent you an email.

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you, Linda. Much appreciated.
  
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Linda Lee Lyberg

What an absolutely lovely poem! Thanks for joining in.

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you kindly, Linda. I was tired after today, but when I saw the topic, I couldn’t resist. Prost!
  
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abigfatcanofworms

A smooth and slippery ride. 🙂

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Every time. Thank you.
  
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merrildsmith

Oh, this is so smooth, it just glides downs.
“decants the divine,
rewinds the loop-de-loops
of tangled vine inside my mind”

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marialberg

Great sounds and rhymes, like chewing a grape.

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msjadeli

One hell of a good poem, Karen. Written by someone who knows the charms of the fruit of the vine. I also love that song. Randomly heard The Civil Wars on a Chieftains album and was blown away by how good their voices are.

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thanks, Lisa. I just recently found The Civil Wars, and I couldn’t believe how lovely their music was, especially live. Appreciate you reading and commenting.
  
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  1. msjadeli
    
    You’re very welcome!
    
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johnlmalone

love the word play in this, esp the loop-de-loops; a lovely ode to my favorite drink: red wine; one of the side benefits of your poems is it sends me to the dictionary discovering new words 🙂

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rothpoetry

You have thrown some fancy words into your red wine poem! Reminds me of the song that goes,…”Bottle of wine fruit of the vine,When you gonna let me cross over…”

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Isn’t hard to elevate wine as it has so much interesting history and properties. Thank you for reading and commenting, Dwight,
  
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  1. rothpoetry
    
    You are right! It is as old as time itself. You are welcome!
    
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Carol L Congalton

Well said!

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you, kindly.
  
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Tricia Sankey

“the bevelled glass levels me” I could feel that line!! Enjoyed the journey down the “blissful brook” with you here! 🍷

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you, Tricia. Cheers!
  
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kim881

A ruby paring of poem and image! I love the sibilance in ‘silky soak of sanity’, the internal rhyme of ‘bevelled glass levels me’ , and the play on ‘a pencil’s tip’ and ‘wine sharpens me’! I often have tangled vine in my head, even without wine!

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Hobbo

It’s all been said, but you do beautifully capture that chilled out feeling that a good wine can give you.

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Ingrid

It’s so interesting to read all of these responses to wine and find out that most are exactly the opposite to mine. But how beautifully you describe it!

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ben Alexander

smooths worry’s wrinkles,

THAT is REALLY well written. Seriously, KH.

❤
David

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you ever so much, David. 🍷
  
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Yvonne Osborne

I wish wine would do all those things for me, or at least smooth worry’s lines!

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Ha! Yes, well, I think the quiet of post-bedtime also helps smooth those lines. The quietest part of my day is usually coupled with wine. 🙂
  
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Mish

Aww, this is such a good pouring of words. Just love the phrase…”silky soak of sanity” and the interesting irony of it all as wine sharpening one’s mind, smoothing out the wrinkles…

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you, Mish. Really appreciate your kind words.
  
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