Best Everage Poems
At midnight the solid tapered etch of concrete wall
Viewed from Charing Cross Pier, paraded headstrong,
It highlighted in as much an accompaniment to the call,
Where eagerly, old father Thames saw him walking along.
Surmounting steps where the view of Waterloo Bridge,
Made assessments to the whereabouts of the Festival Hall
Imaged silhouetted dignitaries like Dame Edna Everage,
Made the Grand Savoy seem like a fine old Dame to all.
A variety of sepias throughout the entire stretch faded
Entered by shadows where blurry figments to an illusion,
Became a night time London, where history was paraded
Brought Big Ben’s final clamour to a mighty conclusion.
Dark! The stark content of breeze from the Embankment
Whispers an alluring attachment to the ripples on the river
Bringing with it, fears from the past where thoughts cement
How it was still possible for the dead postman to deliver.
Drag began out of necessity, although that’s not to say its participants didn’t enjoy it. When Shakespearean theatre was shiny and new in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, the stage wasn’t just a place of entertainment. It had strong links to the church and with that came rules that only men could tread the boards. If that play you were in featured a few female roles, then it was up to a couple of the men in the cast to dress as members of the opposite sex so the story didn’t suffer.
After the Second World War, although homosexuality was still frowned upon by society as a whole - even illegal in some cases - there were still drag acts who broke through the negativity and had successful careers. These including Danny La Rue in the UK, who made his name in the 1950s, and Dame Edna Everage, the flamboyant creation of comedian Barry Humphries, who first appeared in the 1960s.
In other words the history of drag is fun and interesting.
The more you look the more you know.
G-reat
I-ndividual
L-everage
A-bout
S-trong
P-layers
I-n
L-atest
I-nternational
P-erformance
I-s
N-icely
A-gain
S-hown
Topic: Basketball (February 24)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
A-n anchor of valor
R-esorts to complete courage;
N-o room for cowardice,
E-xcept for the
L-everage.
V-alor's anchor appears
I-n September twenty-five;
L-ife's struggle needs a mainstay
O-n keeping the faith alive.
R-ecourse to fight the devil
I-s to uphold spiritual fervor;
A-gainst the fallen angel is the anchor of valor.
C-rusade
Y-ields
R-esult
I-n
L-arge
A-mount
B-ecause
L-everage
E-xcels
N-aturally
Topic: Birthday of Cyril Ablen (February 09)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
A-vengers'
N-ew
G-iant
E-nemy
L-oses
I-ts
C-ause
A-s
E-ach
L-everage
E-ffectively
G-ains
A-dvantage
D-efeating
O-pponent
Topic: Birthday of Angelica F. Elegado (February 06)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
L-everage
O-f
V-accine
E-ventually
L-ets
Y-ou
J-ust
O-bliterate
Y-ucky
N-astiness
A-nd
V-iral
A-ilment
Topic: Birthday of Lovely Joy Nava (June 03)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
L-et
E-xceptional
W-orld's
I-mpressive
S-ix-time
C-hampion
A-chieve
R-acing
L-ane's
D-elight
A-s
V-ictory
I-n
D-riving
S-hows
O-ne
N-otable
H-onor
A-llowing
M-otorsport's
I-mpressive
L-everage
T-o
O-perate
N-icely
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
D-etermination
I-s
M-ankind's
P-otential
L-everage
E-mploying
M-ight
A-s
D-oubtful
R-eaction
I-s
D-eactivated
Topic: Birthday of Dimple Madrid (February 24)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
L-ove
I-s
L-ife's
I-nternal
B-eauty
E-mploying
T-he
H-eart's
L-everage
A-bout
S-weetness
T-o
U-se
A-ffection
Topic: Birthday of Lilibeth B. Lastua (May 01)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
S-tart
U-sing
N-ew
S-trategy
H-aving
I-nnovated
N-otable
E-xceptional
L-everage
A-nd
P-owerful
U-nequaled
T-echnique
Topic: Birthday of Sunshine S. Laput (February 14)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
K-eep
Y-our
L-ife
A-live
M-inding
A-ny
R-emarkable
I-mprovement's
E-lement
A-s
L-everage
V-ictoriously
E-nds
S-orrow
Topic: Birthday of Kyla Marie D. Alves (March 11)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
A-lcohol
R-emedy's
L-everage
L-ets
Y-our
N-eatness
C-ontain
A-nd
S-top
I-nvisible
P-andemic
O-f
N-asty
G-rime
Topic: Birthday of Arllyn F. Casipong (May 20)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
A-lcohol
R-emedy's
L-everage
L-ets
Y-our
N-eatness
C-ontain
A-nd
S-top
I-nvisible
P-andemic
O-f
N-asty
G-rime
Topic: Birthday of Arllyn F. Casipong (May 20)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic