Long Strong drink Poems

The THIRUK-KURAL on Women who know no bounds : Canto 92 – K913, K919 and K920

(Thiru-Valluvar comes down heavily on women of the « oldest profession in the world » in this Canto 92 consigned...

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I wrote the Invisible man poems many years ago. These poems, and I have not submitted them all, was for a little girl who died in a road accident. They are a tribute to her...

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When I was a kid, my county was 'dry'; meaning that alcoholic beverages could not be purchased legally. But there was always plenty of it, because there were home-made stills, and the next county was...

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There are times that we see everything but see nothing.                         ...

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Running this way and that, in search of some adventure new
The roads ran their course with flatirons the ruts not few
Over hill, mountain, river, valley, flood, glen and dale
To the open sea with long, sandy...

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The drunk

A thick plastic curtain of the type used in warehouses he could not see through
to other than shadowy figures moving around he knew he saw a past that 
no longer belonged to him.
He sat...

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They said a ticket to a man's heart is his stomach!

 seduce him with a hearty meal and a strong drink and you have his attention and maybe, 
possibly, friendship for life. I know many...

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Many years ago before I became a man
When i was just a boy having his fun
I had a grandmother whom i thought would never die
She would sit outside her house as I played by

She was...

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Off and running sure-footed, fast, and furious. "Under the sun, there's nothing new", says the writer. "Renewal, restoration in the new year", says the reformer.
          ...

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What is my sin never done before? 
What is my sin that won't be done some more?
Is it adultery, theft or murder?
Hasn't it been done in Sodom and Gomorrah?
It would still be done even by...

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You hear voices in the bar room, making merry, making a toast
They have offices and homes, but here is where they laugh most
Men from all walks of life, united under the banner of strong drinks
Here...

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In these long nights
 I welcome sleep, yet I am
 deprived of dreaming’s please, hindered
 by hot thoughts and lack of comfort
 strong drink and companionship; this eludes me
 crystal goblets stained with palm prints
...

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THE MAIDEN:
My little Juliette,
my hand floating over her back;
and her tiny hand with mine.
Now, we all sing songs to Capulet.
And they all pause;
they are enthralled.

Younger lads know their remedy;
no, not strong drink -
whatever you think.
But,...

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Wine is a mocker, strong drink
is raging: and whosoever is
deceived thereby is not wise
Prov. 20:1

Darkened oxidation
		 changing personality
Liquid fermentation
	altering perception of reality
Look long into the bottle,
you see fire in the water
It burns you as you...

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 Last good days of innocence

He did came 
with no trace
with no chain no fame
no frame or mark of true repentance
In skeletons of liquid pawns
carved in satirical steer

Streets bubbling
enchanted in silence
men wailing, 
choking, bundled like...

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She had many good days and bad ones. There were sad moments and happy ones.  There was a period in which she was a daily soft drink consumer.
But I must say that there was...

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He is addicted to the bottle
Despite what his words tell a friend
His hands reach out to the liquor
As if it contains the cure for his failures
He takes a drink, never thinking
Of all the pain this...

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Midst counselor roles, we work with wisdom
granted by God midst faith-braced healing might
praying for guidance in our ministry
while somehow serving as good detectives 
solving seemingly mysterious cases
putting an end to confusion and doubt.

We helped the...

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The house is boiled cabbage
goose fat, gizzard stew, and beets.
Windows steam and simmer,
you can write your name on the glass
winter or summer.

If you can live among rutabaga
or borscht; if pickled eggs haunt your palate
then this...

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I wake up every morning
Smile cemented to my face
Yet as always it evaporates
When I realize I am awake

Then I take my pills and brush my teeth
Applying cleanser to my face
Glancing in the mirror
Seeing nothing but...

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Inhibitions won't be sealed
when alcohol starts to reveal
Your deeply hidden desires
I need to put out the fires
Your strong drink is finally causing 
Please eat something to start pausing
The effects of your choice
You wont listen to...

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Inhibitions won't be sealed
when alcohol starts to reveal
Your deeply hidden desires
I need to put out the fires
Your strong drink is finally causing 
Please eat something to start pausing
The effects of your choice
You wont listen to...

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Well good evening and welcome...
to the BLUE MOON TAVERN
what in the world are you doing
out on this dreadful stormy night
here sit by the fire while I bring
you somethin’ strong to drink...
I usually don't take in...

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Still, I hold my head up high 
And why you might ask 
It was not I that left, but she 
I wear no mask 
My deeds are opened 
My life is before you 
I loved...

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I Am Laid Bare, Naked With Nothing To Hide

Just how much pain will thee, in hot anger inflict?
Enough that angels of mercy shall fall and weep?
Have I not paid for my faith being derelict,
this raging...

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