Ken Forrester In A Three-Part Series : Inspiration From A Man / Winery & His Excellent South African Wines, 6/11/09

So here goes, PART ONE : Inspired Poem from my home before work :

Ke Ke End With Ken 'N
For The Forres Star Yeah
Star Art The Gra Gra Ran Run
Art Of Ken His Forres His Rest
Rrest Of Chens Of Enin Enin
Sauvs Auvs Troves Of Sauvs
Blan Lan Lanc Ancs Whit Hit
Whites Igs So Nites Knight
Night Whit Wit Whites Witty
Too ? Red Blue Hot In Cold ?
The Feel Gri Ri Ri Rip Groan
Moa Moa Oan Sat Sit Isfac Fac Actio
Acts Of Liqs Those Quids Uids
Gol Gol Goals Of Olds New
Colors Infla Fla Fla Flate Ma Pa Mate
On Pal So Many Pals All
Ours Pres Ress Essed By Ken 'N
Stells Thos Wine Bosc Osch Sches
Africs Sud South Wines
Reds Of Pinos Pianos Ta Ta
Tages Parts Partages Pie
Pi Piece Of Noi Noi Noirs In
Cins Sau Sau Sow Sause Throws
Hap Ap Forres Rest Tre Vine Grow
Thru Palate On Pals Tas Aste Astes
Many For Look Me Day Lat At Stor Tore
Ward Ward Forward To Ken Sha Sha
Na Na Na Later With Day
This
Cheer Heer There Hear
Soun Ounds Wine Ines On
Ton My Own It Yeah
Tastes Wines Ongue-T-T-T-
Bake Stake GRRREEAAATTTTT !

#1 written here at home before driving off to work on Thursday, June 11th, 2009. Hope you like all it's extensions and breaks. Cheers, TONY



PART TWO : On The Road Poems -


To Mee Me Eet
Day Ken This
Go Off I Now
Wor Was
Ash Ork-W-W-
Ashing Yes C. Yeah
D. To Meet Gree
Eat Reet - Gr-Gr
Great Taste Baste
Bask Oui In
Glow Go Gol Old
'N New Low High Hi
Hello! Glow Of Win
Wine Innings Up
Wine Each Gran
So Rand So Perf
Erf Turf-Urfic
Lure Urge Me
Mine To Tow Ow Wa Wa
Wards All Boards -A-A
Ahhh All Aboard , Oh Lord ...

#1 Le 11 Juin, 2009 Jeudi matin a 9:34 AM en Virginie en voiture on a cloudy, cool, gray, airy-heavy-with-water morn. TONY


To me Meet For The
Orr The Orres Res Re
Rest With Ken
Side By Wines' His
To Slip To Sla La Lap
To Drea To Na Na
Nap Ream Gold Crea
Creme White Gold
So Bold So Quie
Choir Quiet Clea
Le Lear Of Forrest
The Clear Beyon Be
Go Yon Ond Wan
Wan Wander Pa Pa
Past Forrest Est Ouest
Ester Nester Be Best
With Chens'N Sauvs
His Pinos His Inots His
Reds Whites Win Da Way
Wind My Mechs Echs
Mmmm Mechs Isms
'N Wine ...

#2 Le 11 Juin, 2009 Jeudi matin en Virginie en voiture, en pensant de Ken Forrester. TONY


More Come To I Will
La La Lat At Ater
The So Eat Eat
Hear Hear Ta Ta Tast
Taste Later Wines
Ken's Of His From
South Outh Stel
Tell Us Ellen Of
Your Bo Bos Osc
Osch Win Win
I'm In Wines
Tastes Pastes Liqs
Qui Qui Uid
Gra Gra Grapes To
Wines To Fla La
Lavors Labors Lo
Lo Oves Glow Gloves
Sit Spit Sat At Atin
Flaves Paves Over To Ton
Ongue Ngues Spon
Spun Sponge ...

#3 Le 11 Juin, 2009 a 9:48 AM en Virginie en voiture on a dreary, gray , water-sogged, no sun morn ... TONY


To Taste Wines
Wit Ith Ken 'N
Forrest Choi Rest
Core 'Cord Chord
Board Forrester
Glorester Of In
With Wines Pinots
'N Tage Tage Ages
Differ Spiffer
Sporn Born Torn
Earth Of Grap
Rap Tap Apple Reds
Speds Speeds Vines
Man's Greeds For
Quest His Wines
Ken's Yeah See
Taste Through Forrest
Fruit To Wine To Nice
Finds Dines Dinners Up
Up Serve Ken's
Forrests Vines Rest
Est Best Ters ...

#4 Le 11 Juin,2009 Jeudi matin en voiture en Virginie a 9:54 AM on a damp, cool yet Muggy- uggy, gray, no-sun-fun morn ... TONY


PART THREE :


Met 'Gain Ahh
So Again Ken 'N Tas
Did I Aste Win Wines
New Man Any Reds
Whites Chens 'N
Gren Demme Shir
So Haz Jazz The
Clou Loud Drive
Home Jizz Fizz
Whizz Where?!?
In Air On The
Lan The And Air
The Terre Soi Oi Oi
Oil Of Terre In
Gra Ra Rape The
Nat The Ate The
Nate Ature 'N See
Seed Feed Gree Free-Freed
Greed Man An An Any
Imps Blimps Many Man
Seeds Freed Speed -
Sped Med Ed Led
Ed Less Said ...

# 2A Thursday evening leaving work in Washington after having met Ken Forrester for the second time after four years at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits. It was June 11th, 2009 at 7:16 PM on Ponderosa, VA. en voiture. I had been taking a lot of pictures of the setting golden ball all-flame of the sun behind darker, gray clouds : the contrast was quite spectacular. It had been raining and once again there was this unmistakable smell of a man's fresh release as if Nature itself had the same as the smell was intensified a thousand-fold ... I notice it on these dampened, soggy drives home. This is not the first time I have noticed this and of course some of this imagery of Nature, release and seed and vine and grape-ape-rape-gra-gra-grape got into this last poem of mine.

It was great to see you again Ken. Loved your wines today, especially the last sweet Chenin Blanc that sang-purred sweet-nothings into my ear and upon my palate. Cheers, TONY