Leprechaun In My Bottle
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I penned this humorous poem today in a sequential rhyming sequence. It's, of course, a spoof on my original family ancestry which is half-Irish, the other half being English. But after immigrating to America, my forebears from the 18th - 19th centuries eventually became Americans. And so, all of us poets and lovers of poetry need an inspiration, a Muse. Looks like by my self-admission in this poem that my inspiration, my Muse is my very good old friend: "My Leprechaun." To which I add, "Let all of us as poets and comrades of the written word, one day happily lift a tankard together and drink some fine Irish Whiskey in celebration of our work." (Gary Bateman - September 9, 2014)
Categories: cheer up, drink, emotions, fantasy, funny, humorous, and Ireland.
One dark dreary night while happily drinkin’ up a big big storm,
I beheld a tiny green man in my bottle, oh!—not the norm.
He’s my tiny green man in my Irish whiskey bottle.
He’s my Leprechaun with whom I’d like to drink a pottle.
He’s the man with a certain quaint eye twinkle and attitude,
And he has all the fine alcoholic credentials and certitude,
Of one who’s done much, seen much, drunk much much,
And has great insight, insatiable charm, and a very deft touch.
My friend the Leprechaun tells me of his present living situation:
“Medrinks, Methinks, Mesleeps, Medrinks, ah!—My salvation!”
I tell him my ancestry is “Half-Irish” which makes me Celtic,
And he says, “Me good friend Gary, no shame, Me too Celtic!”
My Leprechaun asked me of my present situation with poetry,
And I says—“Medrinks, Methinks, Mewrites, Meloves poetry.”
Over time I found I was mimicking more and more my little elf friend,
And he says, “Me brother Gary, no worry, we both be Irish my friend.”
I told my Leprechaun that he does indeed have quite an alcoholic ego,
And my little elf quipped, “When we both drink Gary, I’m your alter ego!”
And so, my Leprechaun in my bottle is my good friend—my adviser,
And, I find that as we both drink together my poetry flows all the wiser.
Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved (September 9, 2014)
(Rhymed Couplet)
Copyright © Gary Bateman | Year Posted 2014
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