Go For The Gusto Poems | Examples


Premium Member Whatcha Got To Lose


What is love, can anyone explain it?
Is it something you can buy at the store?
If you could, how much would it cost?
Would it have a lifetime guarantee
What? No guarantee?
What if it breaks down within a short period of time
Well... you're just outta luck I'm afraid
But what if you just spent a pile of dough on a diamond ring
Just chalk it up to experience!
That doesn't sound like too good a deal to me
Aww just give it a shot... what could you lose
Not sure! Had my heart broken before
Took me years to get over it
You only get to go around once
Go for the gusto, grab the brass ring
Put your money where your mouth is and all that stuff
Whatcha got to lose!

Slowing My Passage

Sat in a car to get my shot.
Doc says it ought
to minimize
pending demise.

Knee joints are aging, sorely fast
They will not last
another spring 
nor highland fling.

My go for the gusto is spent
my frame is bent.
COVID vaccine
one more routine.

July 20, 2021

Sponsor	Joseph May
Contest Name	12 Lines In Rhyme

Don'T Go For the Gusto

“ahoy there!,   have you some beer”
“I’ve been sitting on the deck here”
“the engine coughed  then hit the dust”
“no paddles on board which is a must”

Hello me mate I hear you want some beer
that seems strange not to say a little *****
putting beer in the engine would upright your toes
 you would not sail again  for there she blows.

If you need a tow I’ll throw you some lines
I have no beer but I do have some wines
these are the best from a California grape yard
It’s y rope or wine that’s mild not hard

“I’d rather have the wines to sail in the breeze
“I have sails to rise and wine would be good with my cheese”
You’d not go far with the winds slowing down
my last offer is to bring you to shore.

“I’ve been a captain on these sailing rigs
“I need beer for  the engine and some for my swigs”
you guzzle some beer there won’t be a cheer
you’ll be  lost at sea, your calls no one will hear 

here take these bottles, you can  wine and dine
I’ll toss in some nuts, you’ll be just fine
but don’t put beer in the engine and never Smirnoff
else you won’t be cracking nuts when  you blast off


Premium Member Whatcha Got To Lose

What is love, can anyone explain it

Is it something you can buy at the store

If you could, how much would it cost

Would it have a lifetime guarantee

What? No guarantee?

What if it breaks down within a short period of time

Well... you're just poop outta luck I'm afraid

But what if you just spent a pile of dough on a diamond ring

Just chalk it up to experience!

That doesn't sound like too good a deal to me

Aw just give it a shot... what could you lose

Not sure! Had my heart broken before

Took me years to get over it

You only get to go around once

Go for the gusto, grab the brass ring

Put your money where your mouth is and all that stuff

Whatcha got to lose!


© Jack Ellison 2014

Talents Galore

To write, paint, or sing
What talents God does bring!

Go for the gusto
That is a must-o!

A need for expression 
So mind doesn't keep messin'

Sure love to create
Exciting as a first date!

To get rid of grief
All will find relief!

Tricky

taste me let me drip down your throat

                                                  swallow me whole until you choke

feel me inside and out

                                    swooshing all about

pump more of me into you

                                              until you overload

reach depths to man unknown

                                                          enter all of me over and over again

i need to feel you eating me up

                                                  i want to feel you teasing me inside and out

i understand this is all new for you

                                                                            i am willing to take it slow

i suggest you slide into it gradually

                                                then go for the gusto

you will never have enough
 
                                                        you will always want more

knowledge is something that we all yearn for

                        what did you think i was talking about


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