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Drinking Song
Drink to me with your bright eyes;
let’s celebrate the fruit of vine;
God Bacchus sealed up in a vat
this tasty, noble Riesling wine.
Drink to me; let our glasses rise
and clank in praise of wine from Rhine,
lest faithful love should be forgot,
O dearest friend and wife of mine.
The years rolled by, our hair turned grey;
what might come next we cannot tell—
but Dear, we lived in harmony—
what’s more, we lived and loved quite well.
Let’s raise our glasses: come what may,
we will drink to this godsent spell,
fine memories of you and me—
before old age sends them to hell.
Style / type:
Free verse
Review Request (Intensity):
I appreciate moderate constructive criticism
Review Request (Direction):
How was my language use?
How does this theme appeal to you?
Last few words:
written yesterday, on the day of our anniversary.
Editing stage:
Content level:
Not Explicit Content
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Comments
chima ononogbu
Sun, 2020-12-20 11:27
Hi
Very nice piece with fine rhythm. Thanks for sharing.
Bathe yourself with poetry and let the world go to pieces.
VanRyan
Sun, 2020-12-20 11:51
Good morning, Chima,
I'm so glad you read my poem, truly. Thank you, and happy holidays to you, dear poetry friend. Thanks again. Van
Ray Whitaker
Sun, 2020-12-20 17:20
Lieben, jetzt gibt mir
Lovely piece... well composed, I appreciate it
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VanRyan
Mon, 2020-12-21 10:35
Hi Ray, good poetry friend;
you and I must attend German class again, lol. Naw, I enjoy these smatterings of umlaute and other peculiarities. Thanks for liking my poem. I must translate it into German. lol. appreciate your comment, mucho, amigo. Van