Harvest Haikus Anyone?

[Cheryl Hall]

Not much of a poet, but I started noticing things that tell me it is harvest time in Napa Valley.

Sure signs of harvest
yellow bins, yellow poles, grapes
dumped down the chute

What means harvest to you?

[Cheryl Hall]

Harvest Haiku: Waiting to Exhale

Mist hangs overhead
Vines exhaling in the sun
Morning in Napa

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Rain:

Misting clouds return
Unseen for so long, storing
Up for summer's drought

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Weary vines shut down
Blocks, in maturing order,
Colored patchwork spreads

[Inger Shiffler]

Lazy crows
Wait for cars to crush
Ripe walnuts

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Love the lazy crows line

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Ornaments:

Late bloomers await
Swift knives, separating stems
From ripe ornaments


Harvesting grapes usually takes several months because grapes mature at different speeds; you can see the same thing in spring as different varieties come out of hibernation. These are cabernet grapes. Almost all other varieties are already harvested, but you can still see cabernet hanging on vines around Napa Valley, even in late October. The picture was taken on Zinfandel Lane in the Napa Valley on October 27, 2009.
This particular vineyard is interesting because the canopy has been pruned so all the grapes are hanging, like Christmas ornaments, below the vines. If you get down on your knees and look through the rows, you can see lines and lines of grape bunches.

[Cheryl Hall]

So harvest is over, but I don't want to stop. Hope you have enjoyed this as much as I have. I am going to keep putting these up on Facebook and Twitter. You can follow Constellation Academy of Wine on Twitter at academyofwine.
Cheryl