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Soul of An Angel - Life of a Moonshiner

...He served as a deacon in his church and was as pious as they come. (But on the side, he sold whiskey from a thirty-gallon drum!) He taught junior high Sunday School and was a Bible scholar. (But o......Read the rest...

Categories: john barleycorn, humorous, religion,
Form: Rhyme

Yeah'R It Iz

...Furst night in Brockton new guy in town Again lost in a sea of Nauthinaz I'll get my bearings I'm an Ex-Sailor used to course less wanderings no boundaries have i aimless no to john barley......Read the rest...

Categories: john barleycorn, adventure, change, culture, places,
Form: Blank verse

Misty Memories of a New York Youth

...Thinking of my youth when we rode around in a light green VW beetle Listening to Stevie Winwood and the boys sing John Barleycorn Soon enough my friends scattered Some gone down S......Read the rest...

Categories: john barleycorn, friendship, memory, youth,
Form: Ballad

A Traditional Song Reworked

...They buried him two inches deep and for months there wasn't peep And then with barely a sound he forced his head out of the ground For months he grew tall and grew straight until it was time f......Read the rest...

Categories: john barleycorn, allusion,
Form: Verse

Booze Patrol

...Carrie Nation was renown for her scorn For the havoc caused by john barleycorn She wielded her axe causing dire consternation Wrecking bars with what she termed a "hatchitation" Robert L.......Read the rest...

Categories: john barleycorn, funny
Form: Clerihew

Soul of An Angel, Life of a Moonshiner

...He served as a deacon in his church and was as pious as they come. (But on the side, he sold whiskey from a thirty-gallon drum!) He taught the junior high Sunday school class and was a Bible schola......Read the rest...

Categories: john barleycorn, funny,
Form: Rhyme

Moon In Auburn

...Moon In Auburn As the stars were heaped upon a mantles Shangri-La The miniature toy town beneath its cape Quiet hung in yellow golden windows lit So silent in the dales and woods blanket Th......Read the rest...

Categories: john barleycorn, love, mystery, naturedog, cry,
Form: Free verse

Tight Skin

...September noon was hot I sat alone in a crowd My counterfeit leather boots were cheap vinyl, Like traces of gas in a puddle, They shone an iridescent rainbow I wanted faded “501’S” but wore ......Read the rest...

Categories: john barleycorn, angst, recovery from..., teen,
Form: I do not know?