April Drink Poems

April 6—Beverage, libation, liquid…

Daily Ritual Drinks Drink


in the morning
I drink a cup
of snarling hot coffee
while watching the news.

in the afternoon 
I shift to tea
either earl...

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Halka sa namkeen tha
Halka sa khamera tha
Teray peshab ka sawad
Teray peshab ka sawad.
Note.(GoLi ya TEKA)???...

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COURT DISASTER

I survey the court with a cock-eyed view
From the top of the basketball pole.
My hoop hangs it head in abject shame,
And the players look...

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A bottle of you was not enough,
I needed the whole case
With every drop and fragrance let,
uncorking my embrace

To deeply breathe your sweet perfume
and drown in...

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 I hear the tea pot singing
With the amber liquid sizzling
I see spouts of vapor ejecting
With sweet aroma spreading

A cup of hot steaming tea
Revives us...

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The Showers fall gently
giving all plants a drink
it is watering time
pretty flowers in pink
wow back ground of key lime  



The Showers fall gently
are they...

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When my father was in a drunken stupor,
He could be a disgusting, nasty pooper
His paranoia would send him into a rage
Everyone was against him took...

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Coffee Pot Blues

The coffee pot sighed
He was getting so tired
Of the whole covid lockdown thing

Every morning his master
Would make himself two cups of coffee
Using him...

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Propping up their drooping
Posture on dizzy stools,
Parched lips overly pleased, 
Pockets drained of money,
Prisoners of excess 
Pander to last resort:
Phew! Pop goes the weasel.*

[*An expression...

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Kentucky's Jim Beam
is hardly my friend,
and I do not know
neighbor Jack Daniel.
Uh, personally,
I favor a blend:
Common Old Crow or
Wild Turkey will do.
I have a good...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Gathering darkness lies in the desert dead 
Breathe the doom.  Black birds will follow
Few things grow in the wasteland
     ...

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warrants life experiences to entail electronic knighthood,
and/or his female counterpart secularly baptized
bitta bing bitta bang fiber optically blessed
communication courtesy poetry offers level best
modality as ye...

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Today is Enough

The morning came early. 
In fact I was up all night. 
I watched the coming and going…
of the stars.

God’s work ever at hand,...

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True Blue Music Lovers

Eyes squeezed, ears held shut,

When the Koto is plucked, and

Kimono girl shrieks in league,

After much sake,

The Zither is fined tuned, and

The Soprano...

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