Best Barroom Poems
In a BarroomShe presses into the noise
like a tabacco leaf
pressing into the shape
of a coffin nail.
The smoky haze that fills
this darkened place
does little to camouflage
the weariness of life.
Old-time music beats
a familiar rhythm,
and once again she dances
with strangers who fail
to give her silence....
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Categories:
barroom, age, loneliness,
Form:
Free verse
The Barroom ClownThe patrons wait for him to come in each day
To hear him speak they would even pay
Always smiling, he laughs and sings
And my cash register constantly rings.
At 2 am the clock will chime
For now it’s almost closing time
There he sits the barroom clown,
I wonder where...
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Categories:
barroom, people
Form:
Rhyme
Mirror In a BarroomI’m front and center in this barroom
Every single night of every week
The things I’ve seen would honestly
Make you cringe in disbelief
And seldom does one look at me
At least for very long
It sure gets lonely hanging round here
In a place where hopes and dreams...
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Categories:
barroom, addiction, angst, anxiety, pain,
Form:
Lyric