Flagon Poems - Poems about Flagon

Flagon Master

...When I was all of twenty 
I sipped the wine of plenty
But it went straight to my head

When I was all of thirty
The wine just tasted dirty
So I switched to rum instead 

When I was all of for...

Nick Knack Paddy Whack

...
Paddy was a hit man
for the Irish Mob
hired to be slick
and do a whack job
but he didn't have the knack
or know the trick
without being caught
and put in the nick
behind bars
but n...

Mirza Ghalib English Translations 3

...MIRZA GHALIB ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS

Urdu poems about speech, wine, Paradise, poets, poetry, words and grief. 

To hear my rose-bestrewing speech,
first place the flagon before me!
—Mirza Ghalib,...

QUAFF OR SIP

...QUAFF OR SIP

In days of old one drank from a flagon
Some were even embossed with a dragon

Yet more recently, mugs then emerged
And demand for matching items surged

Whether in tin, porcelai...

Behold the Beast

...Behold the beast, wandering in astral night
From dark caverns he emerges by starlight
to quaff nectar from his ambrosia chalice.
A leering creature with evil eyes of malice.

What nefarious thou...

Confessions of a Teenage Boy

...
     This year I asked Santa for a Harley
     and a flagon of wine made of barley.
       Then I asked God alone
       for an angel of my own,
     only not one of His, one of Charlie’s!
...

Rye Whiskey, Rye Whiskey

...Snug in the corner I saw the lad lie,
Fire in his belly, a cork in his eye;
And wordlessly sleeping, a-snooze in his bed,
His words, when awakened, go straight to your head.

Alluring to look at...

Green Eyed Monster

...Two lovers smitten, cruel sister bitten
by envy, her tantrum, a spell newly written

‘This shall be so, when next they shall meet
His one desire, to roast her and eat
One empty flagon, then ...

Thirty-Two

...from island corner, big Antrim lad
  to Belfast city, a tiny pad
  shattered windows, tilted clocks
  Goliath had lost his socks
  gargantuan giant going mad

  Armagh apple girl, any topic
  ...

The Tyburn Tree

...The Tyburn wagon halts at every inn.
Tight stinking alleys
cobblestones and gin.
The condemned drink their fill,
none fear falling ill.
Harlots cackle and screech
the condemned grow hor...

Muddled View-

...Painted dragon 
walleye graphics
Crushing traffic
Plasma flagon
Paisley flower
Common hours


11/6/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2020...

Norbert

...Hagrid had an egg on his table
And according to the told fable
	It hatched a male dragon
	He drank a large flagon
Then he named it Norbert not Mabel...

Legandary - For: Your Favourite Legend Contest

...A chronological anthology
Of legends, folk lore and mythology
There’s no one called Eric
Or Ethel or Derek
For which I shall make no apology

Samson just got himself sheared
Delilah had cut of...

St George and the Dragon - In Boris' Own Words On Winning the Uk Election

...I wielded my sword
And slayed the foul dragon,
Then crammed the vile beast
Right back in his flagon.

Pickled and sodden
There will he lie
Few to remember
Fewer to cry.

Obnoxious his deeds...

Wendy

...She drank a flagon of cider
Whilst hubby sat down beside her 
When she broke wind
It did not offend
He just shrugged, "Where can I hide her?"...

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