Glug glug glum
I swim in sorrow, deep and wide,
Against a tide that won’t let me hide.
Each thought is bleak, each stroke is weak,
My breath is weak, I cannot speak.
If I stop to think, I start to sink.
My eyes glue shut if I blink.
I'm slunk in a glum, glug slug of gunk.
Stuck in the oooze of blues, I'm
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Categories:
glug, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Glug
He said he will do it or die
I huffed, “Okay, give it a try.”
He starts with our pool
The silly young fool
He wants to drink Canada Dry
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Categories:
glug, drink,
Form: Limerick
Glug
I dashed out to have winter fun
To skate on the lake in the sun
At zero degrees
The surface will freeze
I’m soaked: It was just above one
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Categories:
glug, humor, winter,
Form: Limerick
Burble and Glug
moored in glade and rill
resting in claggy stodge
boggy green and juicy with rain
my walk sloshes with plunger feet
Mire of the Northern Rain Forest
May 16, 2020
Brians Choice G Poetry Contest
September 8, 2020
Rithimus Divisa 5 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Gregory Barden
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Categories:
glug, nature,
Form: Free verse
Glug, Glug, Glug
Glug, Glug, Glug
Drink it on down
Glug, Glug, Glug
My devil is brown
Sip, Sip, Sip
Between the lips
Damn this stuff
And its poisoness grip
It drains the life
It drains the cash
And still demands
To keep some stash
Put it in a closet
Put it in a shoe
The only one fooled
Is the person named YOU!
Rockman
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Categories:
glug, life,
Form: Rhyme
Glug
Wannabe escape artist Ed's first trick
took place in a tank of water
Tied up with chains.
Wife swapped padlock key.
Also final trick.
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Categories:
glug, funny,
Form: Free verse