Best Tonic Poems

Another Gin and Tonic Horn Limerick

Must I drink another gin and tonic
To tolerate Trump who is moronic
Jumping from hole to hole like a rabbit
Constantly complaining when cannot have it
Grows on you like a plague that is bubonic.

Jim Horn...

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Beneath a parapet of color rich and bright
the shiny sidewalk beckons me to come 
closer to his revels closer to his warm caress, 
As the rainy afternoon remises light 
two mesic hearts begin to drum 
in keeping with the rhythm of love's guess  
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Was making dinner for my honey, mine.

I realized, alas, I added far too much thyme.

He whispered, “you are thinking way too much of rhyme!”

Quickly I filled us glasses, with ice-cold tonic, gin and lime.

That softened him and he softly whispered,

“Well, I guess after all, it’s...

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Oh the daily news got to her
But; she couldn't turn away
It was like watching a train wreck
Though it made her nerves so frayed

Each night she turned the tv on
And her head began to pound
Politics, crime, and taxes
Made her feel like coming unwound

Anxiety kept her up...

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Inspired by Jan Allison's brilliant "Eye Rowed My Hoarse", 
top winner of the July 2021 Word Play contest.

I'm knew to this language; it baffles me sew!
   With so many mysteries I wish too no -
I came to this country wile seeking warm climb
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Enticingly juicy
Melting on the burning 
Lips of passion
Stretching tongues to lick
But soured drops long left over
Icings of deadly venoms
Ooh greedy zealots
Gulping to stupor
Concoctions for all such gluttons...

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Time can't be forever hard
Don't think too much young lad,

Improving on oneself isn't bad
Secure a future like you're its guard,
Don't gamble it playing cards.

Dangote's of tomorrow are working
Hard now
Do same, so tomorrow you don't 
Look at them as cash cows,

Never let hard times make you...

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Someone is waiting, I hope not in vain
for you to greet them with words of acclaim.

They needn't be fancy or charming or grand,
just simple, honest, and easy to understand.

Identify something about them that radiates truth,
--dress, smile, posture, maybe their youth.

Cost to you, as you know,...

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Come cover me with taffeta blue
let the shine rub onto you
when joined with cotton the feel becomes joy
in its pure state

I love the touch of man-made materials 
when I speak with my cello silence prevails
when cloth unites with the subtle texture of painted wood
the touch...

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A TELEPHONIC TONIC

I can’t believe she remained on the telephone~
For years she’d been telling me to leave her alone~
But my heart had done the dialing while I could hardly speak~
Words etched for refinement and beauty so sleek~

Willowy was she as we picnicked under a tree~
But...

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The breeze, dank with autumnal chill
Sighs through the lonesome woodland trail
Yet whispers of sweet promise 
Waft gently through the bracing air



27.10.20


An excerpt from my poem 'Romantic encounters with nature'

Liberum Divisa 2 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Gregory Barden...

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He takes a
tea-spoonful
of reddish tonic.
Dried stubbles
sprout within	
his old skull.

Memories froth in the vast past…
His mom applies bitter neem paste
on her nipples like the inaugural
ceremony of denial on the earth.

Silhouette 
of a secret 
sorrow grows
against a wall.
Tear oozes out
of the past.

Memories
froth… A baby
sucking within the
frozen arms,...

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Pitter patter of voyeuristic neighbors on retreat
An obsurd rapper missing a beat
A noisy fan having his posterior put on his seat
The last gasp of a coffee pot removed from the heat
A pesky pan handler groaning when being taken off the street
Interrupting rain in a boring...

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what is u...b...what u r

stans sand...

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I love the way you twirl girl,
Love your moves, want your groove, 
Just prove to me you can, 
Give me your time and dues.

My beautiful angel, 
Give me song, make me grin, 
Be my tonic when I’ve none, 
Tune me and make me win. 

We...

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