Champagne Mugs
...They arrived in rusted cars and ancient trucks
slugged blue collar champagne from coffee mugs
playing one eyed poker with calloused hands
laughing like jackals -cussing like burning crabs.
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Categories:
lunkers, fishing, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Longing For a Lunker
...Longing for a Lunker
When I was but a lad
Butch and I would fish.
In any stream or river
To catch a “lunker” was our wish.
As we reached our teens
Our angling skills we honed.
But still ou...
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Categories:
lunkers, dream, faith, fishing, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
The Fisherman and the Lady
...'Twas April Fourteenth, Seventy-Eight.
Lest any should repudiate
what on this very special date
the two of them were doin',
Let's for a moment contemplate
their entry to the grand estate,
the...
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Categories:
lunkers, anniversary, celebration, fishing, wedding,
Form: Rhyme