Best Toast Poems

*Drunken Master *


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sweet lavender lips
I heard it through the grapevine
transform from sweet grapes

sweet lavender lips
I heard it through the grapevine
libation of wine

sweet lavender lips
I heard it through the grapevine
intoxicating -----X----- beverage 
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by;pd 
4th place
CHEERS!!!...

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Forgive me once this Yuletide whim
           With Champagne bubbling to the brim
On wanting to find Mistletoe 
                  ...

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There once was a picture that wormed itself into my reverie
On a gray, cloudy morning, whilst it was raining and cold.
In this one picture were four slices of toast and five beverages.
Three glasses held tea the color of honey, and two were raspberry tinted.
Somehow it...

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Here's a toast to you America on this glorious Fourth of July!
May the grand old flag, the emblem of our nation, ever wave on high!
As we toast your birthday, may we always keep in mind,
That you're the grandest nation ever established by humankind!

Here's to the...

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To ALL those 
who think 
their thinking 
will understand 
life and love, 
war and peace, 
hate and forgiveness, 
good and evil, 
hell and heaven...

To the intellectuals 
who loudly declare  
hope an illusion, 
belief delusion,
religion refuge 
for fools, and 
science to be 
the only true...

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Here's a toast to you America!  May you ever thrive!

May the Grand Old Flag, the Stars and Stripes, ever wave on high!

Here's to the stalwart patriots who endured the Revolution!

A toast to those who framed the Constitution, our Founding Fathers!

You are the grandest nation...

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To butterflies, bats, and midnight creatures,
To the brilliant, the dark, and things unseen.
To roses, wine, and satin dresses,
To a lucid child-like dream.

To the musty scent of ancient places,
To thoughts distilled on a fragile page,
To open-ended expectations, and
Eccentricities of a secret sage.

To the promise that lies...

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The crescent moon overlooks
The pink taffy sky as it melds 
With the grey mist that rises 
From the creeks and gently rolling hills

I read a long time ago
To avoid criticism one should
Say nothing, do nothing, be nothing
But even in doing that one gets criticised

Many politicians...

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Here's a toast to your good health
and to multiply your wealth
May God's blessings overwhelm you with delight

Tell your worries and your debts
and those lingering regrets
to go take a running jump and fly a kite

May your joys outweigh your tears
all throughout the coming years
too much dreariness...

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Attempting imagery after googling it once
This was supposed to be the blurb
But it's becoming the poem
My measure of success 
Is getting it right, with minimal effort
Because when I try 
And no one notices
I get a bit...
I don't know, maybe 
Splaying and unsplaying my fingers
Like I've...

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Difficult it becomes, the secret of
the judgement and metamorphosis of
the painted cotton into a stained truth.

To save the present tense. A dangerous
crowd of vowels to express the incomplete
moment of watery teeth,

so hung, while misspeaking painfully
in dyslexic manneo. I would not
understand the hour-glass proxy.

An undersized leash...

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A hint of cherry
     burst of strawberry

   O, let us make merry
     o'er drinks of fine sherry...

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    "A Happy New Year Toast"




Another New Year is traveling around

Happy expectations of wonders profound
Accentuate upon Life's positive things
Promised resolutions to achieve brings
Palatial gardens of kindness with care
Yearning for love and peace everywhere.

Nuture the families and friends so cherished
Embrace all humanity before...

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Scorpios are known for their passion
Their resourcefulness and compassion
Since a Scorpio I is
Here's a toast with sloe gin fizz
May our traits always be in fashion

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
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Placed No. 6 in LeeAnn's "Zodiac Race" Contest - September 2010...

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'Twas the twilight of the year 
     a twinkling tiara.
December 31st, digits dancing dunes 
     in the Sahara.
One, two, three, one, two, three, 
     it's a prance.
A numerical Irish step dance 
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