Short Brewer Poems

There once was a young man named George Brewer
Who was a very famous horseshoer
Shape a shoe
Nail a few
Till one day bad kick made him do fewer...

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There was a large stout man named Joe Brewer
Who once was a great tobacco chewer
Cut a quad
Chew the wad
Now with no teeth he gums the leaves fewer...

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RIVER RISING (PART TWO)

another month of rain
and noah
has completed
an ark of stone.
so much for his faith
in god.


Copyrighted
April 30, 2011
Jim Brewer...

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Old  granite face enjoyed  job in  sewer
He was king of the under ground brewer
Everyday he'd hide away
With the hot lines he did play
Then old bleached gator scared him away...

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EPITAPH - A LETHAL WIND

Here lies George, the sad deceased

Victim of flatulence released

The result: he would expire

Stood before an open fire


Geoffrey Brewer
15 Sept 2018...

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A LIFE CYCLE

Ejected
Dislocated
Passive
Activated
investigative
Never stop
Driven 
T’ward the top
Content
Paternal
Fulfilment
Feel eternal
Perceive mortality
Free
Just a memory


Geoffrey Brewer
September 2018...

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There once was a brewer named Darryl
Who when working wore such odd apparel
He’d remove all his clothes
Saying ‘I don’t need those’
And prance naked all day in a barrel

Jan Allison
10th April 2016...

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COMMUNION
                                 (for Frieda and Nicholas Hughes)

two pieces of buttered bread.
two glasses of ice cold milk.

communion for the children
locked inside the apartment

of a dead poet.

Copyrighted
July 21, 2011
Jim Brewer...

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sun-nets:

...for realism in action...

there be
a sound of silence
as to such 
natures wisdoms

they be
dated and buried
hidden in time
lists of dates

what be
such as combination
key to calendar
of poetic writings

be it

2020
2019
2018

or other?


stan sand...

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Lower
Score ~
Guess
Wrong
Fewer
Times


Words
Rhyme
Meter
Makes
Basic
Poems


Sunset
Always
Brings
Darker
Things


Awaken
Senses,
Mighty
Coffee
Brewer!


Engage
What is
Lovely,
Pursue
Divine


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30 letters, arranged as six 5-letter words, five 6-line words, five lines of 6 letters, etc....

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THESE ARE THE TREES

these are the trees
which were planted
as seedlings forty years
ago and are now as tall
as the towers
that fell
on 9/11.

these are the trees
planted as seedlings
hiding the house
hiding the fear 
of the people who live
inside incapable of escaping
the terror.

too high up white flags
cannot be seen.  the end

is inevitable.

Copyrighted
June 26, 2011
Jim Brewer...

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THE POETRY OF CANCER
                                                (For Shelly)

My editor says
keep it simple,

so here it is:
you died on Saturday

and your viewing
was Monday.

You were a good poet
but cancer

ate through you
so fast you didn’t have

time

to write a good-bye
poem.

Now here it is Tuesday
and I am 

waiting 

for an email
that will never 

come.

Copyrighted 
November 12, 2011
Jim Brewer...

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JESUS FAILED

Walking on the stormy
sea of galilee, Jesus,
glancing up
at the heavens,
shakes his fists
(at the pelting rain)
ignores his disciples
cries of pain
tires of playing
messiah miracle games.

He fills his pockets
with heavy stones
walks out to sea
alone
and declares loud
and clear
for all to hear:
I am
not to blame
for this lousy weather.

Copyrighted
May 7, 2011
Jim Brewer...

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THIS APPALACHIAN TOWN

up on the hill
the view of the ohio
river is magnificent
in the rising sun.
below a rusted barge
is puffing against
the current
working hard
to meet its
destination.
this is the rigid life
of this small
Appalachian town:
fighting the current
or stepping in
and drowning.
everyday choices
have to be made.

the barge chugs along.

Copyrighted
June 27, 2011
Jim Brewer...

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Leave it to the Scottish as the royal wedding nears
To unveil their latest, Viagra infused beers
A beer to stir the loins of the newly wedded prince
A beer to shock the royals and make the Queen Mum wince
A beer that’s sure to give the Brits a stiffer upper lip
A beer that makes this Scotland brewer appear a bit more hip
A beer that says “Arise Prince Willy” – “Celebrate Big Willy Style”
A beer best taken “tongue-in-cheek” guaranteed to raise a smile

4/21/11...

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Love tears are sweet
Like honey liquor
Shed in happiness and murky moments
Inevitable like death in life

Parting paints painful patterns
On lovers’ hearts’ books
Love is so binding
Yet forbidding when heartbreaking

I once received a calabash
Frothing with love like traditional beer
From a skilled brewer
My folly drained it with a quick wish

I gobbled it with a gush
I wished for more
But the giver had fled
Left drunk in sweet tears of love...
Oh! She was never to return!...

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