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AFW haiku contest

Following the occasional success of the AFW limerick contest, I thought I'd try and launch a haiku version. If you can't drink a bottle and then write one of these you're no Hemingway. Usual 5-7-5, winner is by popular acclaim and gets to claim his or her prize of a cold pizza and bottle of 2 buck chuck (or local equivalent) paid for out of their own sad (and no doubt rapidly emptying if they spend time on such trivia) pocket.

My very humble entry:

Carmine glass beckons In swift autumn grapes ripen Drink up? No, it's corked.

If you can't beat that you can't write your way out of a paper bag. Or a ham sandwich. Or whatever.

Any takers?

-E

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Emery Davis
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Hello, Emery! You wrote on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:00:30 +0200:

ED> My very humble entry:

ED> Carmine glass beckons ED> In swift autumn grapes ripen ED> Drink up? No, it's corked.

ED> If you can't beat that you can't write your way out of a ED> paper bag. Or a ham sandwich. Or whatever.

ED> Any takers?

It's not necessarily about wine but a rather feminist young lady from Japan who worked for me came up with:

Cherry Blossom Festival

The men Sit under the cherry trees And get drunk.

James Silverton Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

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James Silverton

Temperatures falling Hearty food on the menu Uncork those red wines!

Mark Lipton (Not likely to give up his day job, either)

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Mark Lipton

Just been doing the 'sensory input' part of my behav neuro class, which probably explains..

Olfaction first, then Gustation and mouth feel sing. A rich Zinfandel.

Deep purple, bold nose and cherries - plus, there, raisins. Falll light on the deck.

No, I th> Following the occasional success of the AFW limerick contest, I thought

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Ewan McNay

pungent smell assaults my nose flavours from the very deep oh vey its spoiled Petrus 1982

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Joe "Beppe"Rosenberg

I'm game...

Oh no, the boss said, "No pay raises till next year" Carlo Rossi time!

Dan-O 8-(

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Dan the Man

Waah, good one Dan!

My Dad used to keep big jugs of Carlo Rossi in the fridge, which he would decant into better (and already emptied) bottles; he actually served this to guests many times. They usually glanced at the expensive labels and complimented the wine!

He'll probably sue me for public libel for letting the story out, the wastrel!

-E

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Emery Davis

I'm game. :)

Pinot Noir... my love! Soft, tender, inviting... red. Intoxicating.

David

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Dave

my first post:

undergraduate more intersted in wine than boring school work

evening alone time to open a bottle no longer alone

A young spanish red bold and fruity character perfect for college

empty bottle sits a most unbecoming sight time to open more

-possibly the youngest poster to afw mush to learn, much less to offer

-TomW tomwATudelDOTedu

Emery Davis wrote:

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Tom

Nice one, Tom! Welcome to AFW. Now all you have to do is find another undergraduate to share the next bottle with.

I remember in my uni days we had a weekly dinner with the boys (and too occasionally girls) where a different few of us each week got in the wine. Had lots of fun, learned a lot, and of course that way I got to eat once per week.

-E

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Emery Davis

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