Short Lederhosen Poems

My life slowly passes before my eyes
As time for me draws slowly to a close
I see us in our younger years with sighs,
I wore lederhosen, you wore nylon hose.

written July 7, 2021...

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From Lederhosen
  a monster chosen

Whose Reich is damned
 —gas slaughtered lambs

The eagle rises
  truth despises

A country shamed
 —those quiet blamed

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)...

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MANNERS MEAN IN FOOD FIGHT

Atrocious manners - crunching baby ruth.
Will q’s in alphabet soup help to soothe?
I throw some peas in shepherd pies,
of those poor lederhosen guys.
Can you digest peas and q’s, tell the truth!

12/24/2017
Viv Wigley’s Food Fight Contest

Baby Ruth is a candy bar
P’s and Q’s we are told to mind. Mind our manners, that is....

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Sunshine turned to cold sleet
Palm trees froze in place
Tourists walked down white streets.
to shop for hats and boots

Beach boys left the beaches;
 Surfboards were turned to sleds.
Rather than surfing waves
they slid down Diamond Head.

No more graceful hula;
grass skirts became passé.
Dressed in lederhosen,
slap-polka was the rage.

Don Ho found a new song
to thrill his many fans
 ‘Tiny toddies,’ every-
one, makes us all feel warm.


Suzanne Delaney...

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Stopped at an Oktoberfest
Just to catch the scene -
Big steins of beer, a German band,
Appropriate cuisine.

Some lederhosen wearers
Did compete at beanbag toss,
Then swigged their pilsners cheerfully
With every win or loss.

The port-a-potties waited
With a needed job to fill,
For after every jumbo stein,
I guess you know the drill.

We only stayed a while
On this bright day in Oktober
For I think it would be much more fun
To patrons not quite sober....

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Praise to the beautiful mountains and lakes,
The humble log abode that provides a home,
Where the parents and children of Austria live.
The wooden table where they sit and dine,
Delicious foods prepared, freshly baked bread,
Cheeses and cakes and cookies,
Dinners cooked to perfection,
The bright dirndls the women wear, 
And the lederhosen worn by the men,
Evenings of good music and singing,
An exquisite destiny to visit again.

Author:Gwen Meyer-Erlach Schutz...

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