Vintage Wine



Together let us shimmer and shine,
Sublime as a Colorado pine.

We bask in beautiful memories so fine.
We drink of full deep wine.

In Birdseye view we boldly opine,
Then pounce on prey like a feline.

Those we love become our lifeline,
And life proceeds in God’s design.

About this poem

In the Autumn and Winter of my life I am like Frank Sinatra: "I think of my life as vintage wine from fine old kegs."

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Submitted by mcwarren on June 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA AA AA AA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 263
Words 49
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2

Melita Catalina Warren

I am a senior citizen, visual artist, and inspirational poet. My spiritual quest to know Jesus Christ intimately relates to many of my rhymes. However, I also write romantic rhymes and rhymes drawing from other topics. One of my goals is to illustrate my rhymes with my original drawings. more…

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