Poem of the Day: “In Vino Veritas” by Irena Pasvinter

Songs of Eretz Poetry Review is pleased to present “In Vino Veritas” by Irena Pasvinter.  A biography of the poet may be found here:  http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/07/songs-of-eretz-poetry-review-is-pleased_23.html.

In Vino Veritas

Irena Pasvinter

I don’t care about terroir, fruit flavors

and mineral notes. Not today. Just pour

a glass to the rim. Length, body, complexity,

texture and structure — forget them. I’ll not

see, swirl, smell, sip and savor — I’ll gulp

the ruby blood of the earth, greedy for its

hearty warmth to melt the ice of grief

in my veins, to wrap its soft cocoon

of fog around my burning  brain.

Let’s drink for the  day when

beneath the canvas of

quiet joy we’ll be

able again

to see,

swirl,

smell,

sip

and

savor

the spell of terroir,

hints of spice and mineral notes.

Poet’s Notes:  The more I find out about wine the more it fascinates me.  Each glass of quality wine tells a unique story about place, people, and time. “In Vino Veritas” is an attempt to emulate this storytelling essence of a wine glass in form and in content. 

Editor’s Note:  I love the word-painting here!  I also enjoy the way the poet employs the language of wine tasting to create an earthy, lusty, live-for-today kind of feel.  “In Vino Veritas” was first published in Every Day Poets.