Shank Poems - Poems about Shank

In the Nineties Clyde’s heart sank: The slowest to rise in rank! You’d think him some faulty shank, The air about his room dank But he was filling his tank For being no stranger to prank That made less rich a bank… Still, not the gods would Clyde thank. In life he’s at the bottom And to others An Atom: Some witch beating the tom-tom That...

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the great bard says we're all players * that play many parts but my shank hasn't shrunk that the world's too wide for-- my manly voice fills it just fine maybe after a pint or two in mid-speech a word (on the rarest occasion) eludes me so-- okay--when it does --don't you dare I'll find it myself don't deny my muscle its exercise don't cast me a child...

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I once spent a week in the drunk tank couldn't handle the spirits that I drank the cuisine wasn't half bad we even had a few laughs but I had to guard my butt with a shank ………………………………………………………………………. It used to be like a tidepool brimming with the hues and movements of life now the eyes are like midnight mimes stumbling about without reason...

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From stem to stern This ship sails across the ocean It’s helm turns it’s rudder Always in your direction Both lost in this bottle, out at sea I send this message to you Hoping it will find you Below in our cabin I lay with you Turning on your lighthouse light Spinning it around and around As the water flows above Through the cabin porthole I...

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I ate the shank of the turnips what a wonderful food Dipped the cornbread into the pot liquor Then shawshanked out of the room.. My mother-in-law said her father called her older sister, Shank And he called her Shawshank Just out of curiosity I looked them up..Surprise, surprise!! Shank means the top of a vegetable like the turnip tops,...

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The Seder meal approaches; A shank bone is required. In years gone by, the butcher smiled Whenever I inquired. I hardly know him, but these bones Are tossed when meat is cut And so he’d give me one for free; Today I got one – but… It’s nestled now in Styrofoam And shrink-wrapped – very nice, Until I noticed something else – A ticket with...

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