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HM - Rendzvous in the Autumn NMP - BG Redwing Spirit

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Note to Reader: this is an exercise not my poem

Radiant woman, focus of song, pours her aristocrat style
in lyrical elegance distinctive and fine.
Notes flow by all eyes to vineyards beyond.

Thousands, intoxicated, sit mute till interval
where connoisseurs draped and styled in autumn colours
share sweet sophistries on arias of Puccini;
"soft, rich varietal"(they nod to each other)
"impressive, crisp finish."

They thirst for more.
Orchestra strikes up.
Strings support flow of her voice.
Mozart then Gershwin lead her forward alone,
pure and clear ... blend of old glory with new.

Generous, full-bodied notes fade
to eruptive applause and she,
beautiful Diva, gestures,
embracing all with widening brown eyes
charged with grace, farewell and goodbye.

"Bravo!", "Bravo!" they cry to themselves and the sky.
Her passionate face, her warm,
liquid voice a rare vintage yet!
Echoes of songs die rippling forever...
once the cellar door's shut.

Last tail-light slips by far paddock,
last vine with stars left, only, to shine.
None would dare think of that one thing she feels:
her slow saboteur creep
upon shoulder of years.

Cold hand at the heart.
Cold fog in the lungs.
Cold clutch at the throat!

http://allpoetry.com/poem/3660638 Nov 30 9:40 AM 2007

I did 3 lines in the first 5 throughout the middle and 3 at the end

Ensure you give a title to your effort.

There is no "right" way. Simply, the most impressive arrangement as a poem will win.

This IS an exercise in creativity. You may think contrarily; however, the lineation and stanzafication of the piece will show considerable skills with free verse just as sonnets, etc have their skills.

Do not omit or add words or change the order given. Keep the punctuation of the prose. [Photograph from Sunshine Coast Vineyards]

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