Short Martini Poems

an olive
                             when feeling shaken or stirred
                             a dry martini...

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I dream of a fantasy vacation 
At a steamy, exotic location 
I’d pound Monkey's Martini 
In my polka dot bikini 
And sip water for added hydration....

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My own favorite spy, James Bond 007,
He loves stirred Martini, but not shaken.
He is very lovable and blue-eyed blond,
That’s why sexy spies gave up their gun....

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GOTHICISTA 
perceptible
 & transcendental
contra
  distinctive
     votives
neo realistic
fundamentals
 in
  fabulous
detail
of the sophisticated
refined& elegant
panoramas...

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Shaken, not stirred

Pour into tall angled glass...

Drop in olive orb.

 

(January 18, 2011  Wausau, Wisconsin)

(c) Copyright 2011 by Christine A Kysely, All Rights Reserved...

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Charles Dickens walked into a bar quite pissed
Seems in his latest reviews he was dissed
  To eat, 'Side of Linguini'
  To drink, 'Double Martini'
Bartender had to ask, 'Olive or Twist'...

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martini cocktail 
on the rocks, agent james bond,
shaken, not stirred



~Contest: Ice, Snow, Frost Haiku
~Sponsor: Tania Kitchin.
~Syllables count: Howmanysyllables.com...

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Twenty-one means you can have your first drink.
Not soda, milk, orange, a Roy Rogers, nor shake.
Yes, a beer, wine, whisky, martini, vodka. Just think -
Remember good strong coffee will put on the brakes....

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A spy named James Bond, suave and so cool, 
Ordered martinis, breaking each rule. 
He'd fight villains with glee, 
Then say, "Shaken, not... eee!" 
When his gadgets would fail, like a fool.

©bfa031625

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They thought that I was a damsel in distress
Tied unto their railroad tracks, until I took a bite..
This main course a franchise her vanilla cream skies ?
Tipping a martini two cherries virgin hues; the grateful dead....

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MORE evil

   than gods &

loathing smiles 

while wringing my

hands -- at two-lips

so beveled

  god the martini slog

~ so brutal taking life as 

it is and miles to go

before I am useless.

:: 06-22-2017 ::...

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For such a large intimidating dude, he has a dainty sip.
We were tiptoeing around him, hoping none of us would slip.
He is a bruiser of a bear, probably weighs eight hundred and two.
He’s been nursing that martini for an hour whispered my cousin Sue....

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The last drops of a drink
    crumbs of cake on a plate
  The olive in the martini
    lone blueberry left to fate

  Shan't we save them for posterity
    morsels and sips to treasure ~
  Or rather down them callously
    for the slightest second's pleasure...

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I can’t handle
ornery
brooding
detachment
My parental figures
romantic
warm
close
Oh, they yelled
momentarily
harmlessly
humorously
(to me at least)
like when Dad
spilled sugar
sugar lips
martini cheers
against her urn
I can’t handle
grief
tears
a broken heart
...

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"faute de mieux" 

le revolver 
poétique devient 
de mieux en mieux

(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)











"Je ne veux pas travailler" / Pink Martini
https://youtu.be/P7kzsM05Yso
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I was tempted by angels of Addiction
and the devil of Alien affection. My
dying wish, a dirty martini enema
to scour my sanguine soul and write
poetry to suit my heralding headings.
Leave your dreary dungeon self behind
No pain for time served.
No time for pain served.
Love is all around...

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  Wheaties in beer to start the day
    Off to work I stumble and sway

  Cocktail at noon to set the stage
    For the nap I need ‘due to age’  

  Double martini at 5:05
    Reflexes take a nosedive

  Night cap at 11:10 p.m.
    Wake up tomorrow
         ~ do it all over again

...

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yam yam I went to the store to buy six eggs
and twelve cans of club soda
campari tomatoes smiling at me
I love my negroni and can make a mean martini
spinach came along to make a tortilla
mariposa a butterfly 
walking the street with my bag
they chant we love your tattoos
nothing like the shit we see today...

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A dirty martini on her deck
A well placed kiss behind her neck
On the nape right at the base
She turns around, I kiss her face
Nothing crazy, just romance
I ask her, may I have this dance?
I lead and twirl her round and round
A princess in a satin gown
I dip her under soft moonlight 
The beginning of a special night...

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Snow and ice can be very nice
When you're cozy and warm with a friend

Looking out from a nook with a guitar and a book
Of old songs that at one time you penned

You took poetry and put it in key
The words came alive on that day

Now they fit like a glove, these old ballads you love
And with her now you share the bouquet...

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the madhouses of paris filled with retired teachers
got their point across
song of waterloo
this napoleanic labyrinth stearing
children to the brink 
madame martina martini
academia nuts cracked open wide

I see a few on the cliffs of burndom
harping their humdrum at the gods of charred sea eternity
and wonder about the love they made...

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The ache in my back
  puts me on track
for a double dose
  of rum and cognac

The pain in my feet
  I'd like to delete
Pour me a double martini
  stick of cherry zucchini

The throb in my head
  makes me feel half-dead
I know this sounds risky
  a liter, 90-proof whiskey

Thus fortified
  no need for bromides
We're flying to Prague
  make mine an eggnog...

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the death inside
of me tried to
become alive

my jaws of life
screamed not
to let it free

tranquil from
another pill
bartender

what's a good
mix with this
martini well

stirred
preferred
but i'm sure

you'll be
shaken
once

again when
the olive's
skin be

gins to release
the gin from
underneath

the second
time around

i'd like a third...

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What good is a martini without an olive?
The gin and vermouth have nothing else to give.
This drink is something with no class.
Something else has to be put inside the glass.

Here comes a member of the Gibson family.
This bartender appears to have a quick remedy.
He brings a bunch of pearl onions in a jar.
Gibson has an idea that will go far.
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I relax and sip my martini cruising at 40000 feet.

If only my bags arrive with me, all will be complete

I arrive in Tokyo and watch the carousel go 'round and 'round.

Although it made many circuits, my luggage could not be found!

Here I sit forlorn in the terminal in Tokyo, Japan.

Alas, my shirts and drawers ended up in Kyrgyzstan!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired...

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