Short Bon Vivant Poems

bon vivant Gaston
precocious carefree Gigi. . .
courtesan or wife







Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
Published 2018 in "Hollywood Haiku" via wattpad.com...

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Benny was a high living’ bon vivant
Who ran around with his crazy old aunt
They traveled many countries afar
Playing Spanish flamenco guitar
Until she married a man named Ben Brandt

written September 30, 2021...

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Just “Gimmie” a Casserole
By: Tom
12-2-2019

I could never be thought of as bon vivant guy,
I prefer plain “vittles” that will stick to a rib.
Most fancy dishes I allow to pass my plate by,
and I never eat things that require a bib.
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Solitude
loves
parties
balls
bars
but
alone...

beauty
there is
on here
there
is at
any
place
just look with eyes to perceive
and feel...

winds
blow
smells
poets
sprinkle
dreams; ...

crowd
is where solitary people
most
feel
solitude

the splendid side of living,
it's always bon vivant

paradise
there is
where
there is
on here
 and there...

present
it's life
future
is
march...

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he was 
a bon vivant
not denying himself
any luxuries in life
did not believe
in abstinence

live to the fullest
was his motto
appreciate
the gifts of life
we will never
pass this way again

when he died
a starving artist
his pockets
were empty
but his heart
overflowed
not one regret              



AP: 3rd place 2021

Submitted on May 26, 2020 for contest BRIAN'S CHOICE W sponsored by BRIAN STRAND

Originally posted on June 29, 2019...

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