2018 - a never to-be-forgotten year. But a sizzling one for grapes, ripening before rot. A little overcooked in the dry, sunburning South.  All the same, a vintage year, with vintners licking lyrical lips. Champagnes rich and ripe, less zingy, the way we liked to drink them in the park, a deck-chaired duo. Burgundies and Beaujolais all bountiful and Ports, our winter tipple,  memories of Lisbon, shot after shot.

 My glass half empty
yours untouched these three long years
- one more harvest in

26 thoughts on “No taste in the toast”

1. Enjoyed this. The different wines and the foreign (to me at least) locale make it feel like some old Edith Piaf song that makes you sigh whether you’ve been to Paris or not.

   1. thank you

2. I love the atmospheric feel you provide Laura,, and those last lines really grab the heart. A wonderfully written Haibun!

   1. your wine went to my head – thank you for the prompt Carrie

3. I keep returning to this… lovely haibun. And such sadness in the ending haiku – beautiful…

   1. many thanks especially as I rarely write haibuns

4. Exquisite poetry! I’ve enjoyed more than a few sips of the wines you highlighted ~ the haiku is incredibly sad.

   1. thanks for partaking here Helen

5. Good year for the wines, not so good for the relationship, I gather. Touching haiku.

   1. 2018 a devastating year so the wines highlight the contrast

6. Laura, it is so nice to read you again! Happy to find you at the Muse. Sad with the untouched glass……..hopefully not a loss, just someone abstaining. I hope you are well.

   1. hello Sherry – I’m not a frequent Muser on Sunday though I enjoy the prompt when weekends give me time. Thank you, I am well, have had major life changes and the loss is three years old – I dedicate it here

7. The intro is gorgeous. The poem is…it’s like stepping into a shadow. Evocative.

   1. what a wonderful comment – many thanks!

8. The best kind of poem, where everything is implied, not stated, with shades and reflections of happenings, places, times, people…I find haibun very difficult to write well, and I’ve read a lot of very slipshod ones. This is not one of them. I especially like “..vintners licking lyrical lips…” and the Port/Lisbon drunk shot by shot, as well as the exquisite finishing tercet.

   1. thank you for a such very encouraging feedback 🙂

9. Such a beautiful and poignant haibun Laura. I immediately thought of your loss. You brought tears.

   1. happy to have touched you Linda – many thanks

10. A powerful haibun, both rich in detail and sad in remembrance. Beautifully written.

    1. thank you for your appreciation

11. This is so beautiful and heartfelt, saying so much in so few words. That haiku captures the loss so perfectly

    1. thank you for your appreciation

12. Exquisite and heartbreaking, Laura.

    1. thank you – it felt like the shattered glass

13. Reading this after a Remembrance Day service this morning. A naval bugler playing the Last Post for us – as I remembered the grandfather I never met.

    1. always brings tears that Last Post and sadder still that you never came to know your grandfather

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