Short Alcoholism Poems

alcoholism
lived with it for years
is it a real sickness?...

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Nepenthe numbs ye,
but wither away your soul
that lies neath the tree....

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he wasn’t himself
letting the bottle
have the last word



posted on November 8, 2018...

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abandoning
all those who loved him
~ choosing the bottle



posted on November 8, 2018...

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In hundreds of bars
If not in Casablanca 
his name is proudly displayed 
Hemingway
Alcoholism made trendy...

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ALCOHOLISM

Alcoholism
Cunningly 
Debilitating

15 August 2018
For the contest sponsored by Maureen McGreavy...

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dying grandfather
child of hot rods and whiskey
unsure bellowing at nurses
defines a life of loudness,
cargiving and alcoholism...

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he staggers out
after beating wife to coma...
cirrhosis is near



Contest:" Single senryu-No Nature poems please" sponsored by black eyed Susan...

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Alcoholism, the pariah
feeding on the collapse
of self-control 
befuddling the brain's sensibility;
transforming intelligence
into ridicule....

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A masquerader, masquerading so.  
As though a fellow friend, fog of pretend.  
Ourselves we must first apprehend so.  
Personal battles, freedom earthly end....

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she’s out of options
relationship gone sour
more like whiskey sour



Submitted on April 7, 2021 for contest ALL YOURS (APR 9) sponsored by BRIAN STRAND

Posted on April 3, 2021...

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This thing called
Alcoholism is
One hell of a beast
I’m fighting the urges
All day every day
It’s so strange
I don’t want to drink
And I want to drink
At the same time
Its maddening...

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“Sometimes too much drink is barely enough.” Mark Twain, on Alcoholism


05 July 2015
Poem of the Day - 07 July 2015
Write With the Wit of Twain Contest - 4th Place
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich...

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I feel sorry for every
Alcoholic in this world
because I know how bad
Alcoholism can be
I am happy for every
Aloholic in the world
who is trying to stay
sobe because I know
how good being sober 
is for me...

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Written by Gail DeBole
on July 7, 2015
Updated Feb. 22, 2023

At first...
          Cheerfully shared for liquid celebrations
           For all of the right reasons.

And then...
           Abruptly emptied to become a whine bottle
           For all of the wrong reasons....

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He asked for so little
Kept looking for the signs
Just enough to show
She cared
She loved him
He kept looking
His heart
Let down
Sinking with every miss
He finally had to
Admit defeat
She loved the bottle
And he just couldn’t compete



AP: 2nd place 2021

Posted on September 17, 2019...

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In this river we drown in light
A doorway blocked from me
Yet open to dry eyes

I can only hear your hands
Clutching that splintered wood as water
Rushes to ears like war

I cry at the notion
Of you stepping through that white door
Frame as you sip whiskey
In the next room over from me
Tv mumbling comforts...

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Things you cannot sugar coat:    LIST POEM
Child abuse
Sex trafficking
Killings
Murders
Rapes
STDs
Illegal drug use
Alcoholism
Cancer
9/11/01
Automobile wrecks
House fires
Natural catastrophes
Tsunamis
Earthquakes
Volcanic ash
Bullies
Pain
Anger
Rage
Unkindness
Disrespect
Ugly dogs
Dentists
Math...

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His game of choice
Russian roulette
The vodka bottle
In one hand
Shrugging at danger
Laughing at warnings
Then it was too late
He hadn’t thought things through
Death would have been
An outcome most welcome
He wasn’t quite so lucky
He hadn’t thought it through



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on November 5, 2018...

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He was thrown out by the evils of a wanton loose woman 
who had stolen him from his family weeks ago, 
The contrite father reluctantly returned home
begging forgiveness from his disillusioned wife 
The children were relieved when she said no
because he refused to reverse his alcoholism 
or change his gadabout, heathen-like behaviors....

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        Alcoholism is a family disease, my friend.
        But, the onus, sadly, falls on the drinker!
        Cocktails make him a big man, while we sit, righteously by.
        Denial by family and friends, the hallmark of this disease.
        Ending up dead or with avwet brain or may gets sober!


        5/20/2019
        9:15am  PST...

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She sat there
Reaching for another
A third a fourth a fifth
She’d lost count and
Wasn’t keeping track
Thought no one else was
She didn’t care
No one else was drinking

There was no difference
Between her and
Her alcoholic brother
Other than the opportunity
The one within her grasp
She chose to throw away



AP: 3rd place 2020

Posted on September 17, 2019...

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He tried to drown the pain
Demons from his past
Voices from his childhood
Mean drunks in an insane world
Feeling unsafe and 
Never good enough
A casualty in hot pursuit
Chased through the years
Malicious demons 
Bent on his demise
A vicious cycle of booze
Disintegrating his mind
Tried to stop the voices
The hurt and pain
And make them go away



posted on November 1, 2018...

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Can’t function without it
The conjunctional life
And punctures confounding
A subjugal strife

My endurance depleting
My inevitable fallacies
Determined to beat this
Chemical malady

but

Deep down in the ditch
Is where I feel safe
Weak in the grips
Of insanity’s embrace

You can’t lift me out
Try as you may
Insipid, I pout
Is this where I’ll stay?

(Written 09/17/2018)...

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              Dearest kitty, you drank my wine last night.
              No wonder, you avoid the bright sunlight !

              I shall make a small ice bag, for your head,
             Your petite, waif-like body, feeling half-dead.

              To Felines Anonymous you will now go.
              For you see, my Kitty,…….I do love you so! 



                                          7/28/2023


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