Trump Poems and Epigrams V
...Trump poems and epigrams V
The prez should be above the law, he sez,
even though he’s no longer prez.
—Michael R. Burch
Mercedes Benz
by Michael R. Burch
I'd like to do a song of grea...
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Categories:
schlitz, america, political, presidents day,
Form: Epigram
Get What You Can
...At nights we’d sit out on the balcony drinkin
Breathin
That thick mug air
Of a New Orleans summer evening.
Livin as easy
As they’d let us
In the bowels of the Irish Channel
Where magnolias blo...
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Categories:
schlitz, drink, friendship, humor, poverty,
Form: Free verse
Two Bit Poem
...I bought myself a duck
I only paid a buck
I would have given five
If it had been alive
I bought myself a porter
I only gave a quarter
But if they’d had a Schlitz
I might have paid two bits
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Categories:
schlitz, nonsense, silly,
Form: Quatrain
Pelosi Vs Trump-Round Two
...Dazed and confused and buzzing hard
The aging duo now sorts their cards
They take a rest and search for air
Joe jumps on Nancy and sniffs her hair
A new concoction to fan the flame
Warm Pabst Bl...
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Categories:
schlitz, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Tequila Math
...Of my 36 halves: The latter, spent
accruing 2 subtracted former halves,
is 9, if equal parts divided mint
2 quarters passed 1 – done (tequila math).
Those under 18 have no place in this.
I was ...
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Categories:
schlitz, silly,
Form: Sonnet
I Don'T Cuss
...I DON’T CUSS
I don't cuss; but what th' hail?!
Is what I want to say,
Political news, the campaign ads,
The tweeting birds today.
The Schlitz have truly hit the fan!
What next will be sai...
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Categories:
schlitz, humorous, political,
Form: Rhyme
The Ballad of the Jack-A-Lope
...Above a cloudy jar of brine
That floated greenish hard boiled eggs,
Beside a Schlitz beer waterfall
That told bar time (ten minutes fast),
A taxidermied Jack-A-Lope
With rabbit ears and tiny rac...
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Categories:
schlitz, dedication, environment, humanity, irony,
Form: Blank verse
Dreams of Summer
...Navy blue bucolic blinds
Sneakers on the front porch
Songs never heard
Place to lay your head
When summer comes to pass
Didn’t know you cared
About why I cared
Dreams in drawers
Tucked away a...
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Categories:
schlitz, loss, remember, seasons,
Form: Free verse