Kentucky Derby
...The gates open as a large crowd starts rushing in
A day of pomp and pageantry is about to begin
It is the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs home of the Kentucky Derby
Top 3-year-olds from...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
juleps, horse, people,
Form: Rhyme
Candy Shop
...I stopped at a candy store that I hadn’t been before
the delightful aroma hit me just when I opened the door
shelf after shelf, tables galore, even boxes of stacked mint juleps’ on the floor
...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
juleps, candy,
Form: Rhyme
Stirrup Irons and Wailing Sirens
...I am from the synthetic turf,
Of which I never wish to touch myself.
I’m from beyond the mint juleps and fancy hats,
Where there isn’t such thing as wealth.
I’m from the steeplechase barns,
Wi...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
juleps, horse,
Form: I do not know?
Bawdy Beverages
...JACK DANIELS met JIM BEAM at the CANADIAN CLUB
to discuss their upcoming trip on the CUTTY SARK.
They were planning a vacation to a Caribbean cove
to get some SOUTHERN COMFORT.
JOHNNY WALKER, w...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
juleps, drink, fantasy, humor,
Form: Free verse
Musings About the Confederate Flag
...Musings About the Confederate Flag
By Elton Camp
When the Confederate flag Joe saw
He gazed at it, apparently in awe
What is going through his mind
Is he honoring the days behind?
Or th...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
juleps, america,
Form: Rhyme
Kiss the Rain
...New Orleans summertime temperatures rise.
Mellow sounds of smooth jazz softly plays.
I drink mint juleps on these long lazy days.
It's sticky and too hot until it rains.
Drops fall gently, it's a gl...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
juleps, happiness, rain, summer, rain,
Form: Free verse
Natures Bounty
...Articulate Beautiful Colors, Design Elegant Floors – Gleaming Hyssops, Immaculate Juleps Kiss Lovingly Mornings Nectar – Organized Pearls, Quite Rejuvenating, Succulent - Tenderly Until ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
juleps, nature,
Form: ABC
The Mississippi Delta
...Mint juleps in the sweet air
Catfish are jumping everywhere and
The Mississippi River is flowing
Fireflies serenading in the moonlight...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
juleps, imagination
Form: Free verse
Preserving the Floor
...Winter is a time
For magic spells
From the snow that fell
To preserve the loam
That’s been entombed
And to defend the ear...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
juleps, nature, seasons,
Form: Lyric
The Derby
...Riving home form a trip
gargoyles swimming
in my thought - Laden
head,
gives me reasons to launch
thissle blueprint maiden...voy Age
and allows me to gauge
allsuch ou...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
juleps, angst, introspection, parody, social,
Form: Rhyme