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Dense

April 1, 2017 by Dale 5 Comments

Densely packed grapes

It was our honeymoon — but in this case, it wasn’t the honey of the moon we sought. It was the elixir of the sun which drew us to Spain and to the Rioja. Landing in the land of wine, we took our accommodation in a history-drenched Parador in  Santo Domingo de la Calzada — a beautiful old convent which paid homage to a religion, not mine. But in her search for our bed, my new bride had also discovered modern architectural gem in the Frank Gehry designed Hotel Marqués de Riscal, a sight to be seen, to be imagined. Entrance to this icon on the hill was, not surprisingly, restricted to those staying in one of the hotel’s 43 high-priced rooms  … or, those using the spa. So, as you might expect, we booked a honeymoon-day at the spa and made a day trip of it see some of the most beautiful vineyards of the region.”

Harvested palette
Poured into titanium
Man steals from nature.

Hotel Marqués de Riscal

Alternate verse:

My heart swells with wine
Distillation of your love
Honeymoon in Spain.”

∞

Submitted as part of “National Poetry Writing Month – 2017” (#NaPoWriMo2017) — yes, April is “National Poetry Writing Month” and I have joined in the challenge to write 30 poems in 30 days. Today’s prompt is the haibun: a combination of travel-prose complemented by a haiku.

 

And, yes, I’m multi-tasking here and this is also my submission to this Week’s Photo Challenge: Dense.

All text and photography © Dale Schierbeck

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Filed Under: Architecture, Fruit, NaPoWriMo_2017, Travel Tagged With: Architecture, dense, Frank Gehry, grape, haibun, Haiku, honeymoon, Hotel Marque's de Riscal, Love, NaPoWriMo2017, Rioja, Spain, travel

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  1. Maz says

    April 1, 2017 at 10:54 am

    Love the haikus . Well done .. did some myself this morning…

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    • Dale says

      April 1, 2017 at 11:06 am

      Thank you Maz.It’s great to get the feedback. Lots of inspiration to pull from and I was worried they might get ‘cluttered’ … which is how I think I ended up with two, instead.

      Reply
  2. margaret21 says

    April 1, 2017 at 4:03 am

    That’s a very striking image of a bunch of ripening grapes. Lovely!

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    • Dale says

      April 1, 2017 at 10:19 am

      Thank you Margaret — nature astounds me every day with her ‘density’ of beauty.

      Reply

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