Barrels Poems - Poems about Barrels

Is most of your life spent alone in the dark Hiding from rainbows in colorless spite The sun waits a mistress the evening a whore That paid by the hour exposes your blight Professing in earnest those things you don’t know Whose pontification a mask that conceals What others see clearly fate not to deceive Delusion and bluster —your folly revealed (Dreamsleep: August, 2023)...

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My husband is a shooter, Which isn't always fun, As every weekend He's out somewhere with his gun. So quality time together Can sometimes be quite sparse, "But I have to have a hobby." He tells me with a laugh. Our daughters getting married To a super guy called Tom, Has he any faults? I've discovered just the one. He also is a shooter, His hobby...

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When the bugs in the bottom of a barrel of mash consume all of the sugar and puke out all of that alcohol, their civilization dies; not because they consumed too much sugar or puked up too much alcohol, but because they multiplied far beyond the ability of the barrel to sustain them. Finding another barrel doesn't solve anything....

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On fears regarding the refugee crisis in Europe... Some apples make cider And some apples not Some ferment as expected Some do not There may be statistics I suspect not a lot That predict the existence Of possible rot Schrodinger’s cat Is wise to the plot A cat in a box Or a wolf in a cot In the barn there are barrels To keep cold or hot The cider...

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Lock, Stock and two wine barrels Give me five minutes to catch my breath, I cannot think for this impossible rushing is deafening my reason, A leap of faith and I may find myself in a swamp Sinking, stinking, bogged down, Or rather, Will I have the castle in the sky with views stretching across the heavens? A defiant shove and all...

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A barrel of laughs, like a barrel of hope Echoing in my ears like suds in the soap Chuckle, chuckle, chuckle Loosen up my buckle Roll around on the floor like a big dumb dope A barrel of monkeys, what the heck does that mean? Oh dear lord, don't let 'em out or they'll cause a scene Pop the top Never stop Those two...

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