Crow’s Captions: Shibukawa Gunma Manhole Poem
July 14th, 2008
[poems]
Logan “Sleepy Hollow Vineyards” Pinot Noir, 2005
June 5th, 2008
It broods in glass like troubled blood. When I bring the lip under my nose, warmth rises first, almost alarmingly, then odor: musky blend of mustard, onion, damp root vegetables. This wine is an owl, old & noble, with ratfur stuck to its talons.
It fills the mouth aggressively, bitterly, acidly, with cherries, prunes, chili, radishes. Flakes of chocolate. It bristles & sulks all over the inside of your mouth & doesn’t let go.
This is a wine that works you into the soil, holds you there in the rooty rich damp, until you feel a hum and churn fill your body, created by:
beetles,
bones,
gnarled roots,
flinty secret minerals waiting for light.
C. Way/ SnailCrow.com © 2008
2006 Domaine Bourillon Dorleans Vouvray: Wine Review
June 1st, 2008
2006 Domaine Bourillon Dorleans Vouvray Peach held in the Pouch of Mouth, a Ripe secret, Like warm Gems palmed in Pocket, Fruit opening as if by Molars’ edge to sweet-sharp Bloom in Throat
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Rain is Not Red (Red Poem #2)
May 30th, 2008
Rain Is Not Red Rain isn’t red Rain is not red Rain’s not red Rain isn’t red Rain’s not red Rain is not red Rain isn’t red Rain’s not red Rain is not red Raining is not red Raining in red is not red Rain in red’s not red Raining’s not rain’s not red Red Rain’s not raining, it’s red Red Rain’s Red but not Raining Red Rain That Rained is not Raining Red Rain Reddened & Rained Red but not Red Red’s not Raining, It’s Reddening and Raining upon all Redness Rain is Red, it’s not Ready, it’s Red, it’s Red, it’s Ready, it’s Ready for Red
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