Short Stout Poems

skittle icicle town
abacus boot
chuckle fry stout...

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Stout, stern, flying high
Regal stance for all to see
American made...

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gain penetrates doubt
diffusing stuck, stout, tricky
qualms and confusion...

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fall stout honor guards 
canopy red brown gold tan
leaves final slow dance...

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Each night he is stout, imperishable	
Conviction built of granite
When he awakes… sheer gloom...

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The
Tulip
Drinks the rain;
A colored cup
On a large and stout
Stem.
...

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eplete
adjective rih-PLEET 
1 : fully or abundantly provided or filled
2 a : abundantly fed
b : fat, stout
3 : complete...

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Seven slurring stout sociable salty sailors
Standing stealthily silent
Solo
Sharing secret salacious
Stirring sailing stories....

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Stout foundation, strong enough to withstand
All relationship earthquakes
An everlasting bond


Date written and posted: 04/14/2019...

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Mark wore biking shorts to work out
Poorly sewn seams were not too stout
	He ripped a hole
	exposing…uh oh!
Everyone saw what he’s about...

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A single bloom on a thorny cacti
Cheerful and resilient. 
Scorching sun beating strong
Wild flower’s heart  stout and proud
O’er the barren land....

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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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The farmer sowed seeds and said: 
These will, by God, surely sprout;
Not he; those got, by them, fed,
Turned hippopotamus-stout...!


03 May 2022...

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All conquering tree
each limb stout and assuring
transforming young life
our need our escape
magpie lunge to drive us out

© Harry J Horsman  2010...

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I decided me cottage to paint
And I worked til I thought I would faint
So I drank a large stout
when me colors ran out
and it is what it is til it aint....

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A stout mug o ale
    needs be a fixin'
  whatever's ailin' ye, lad  

  And if that doesn't do it
    Here's what comes next
  You'll be eatin' the cookin' of Dad...

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Ash Breeze


        Pull on the stout oar
        row the dory through the tide
      time to cast the net


              GINSU-KNIFE     EASTPORT . MAINE   USA...

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walls crawling 
inside out 
Escher etching
fingernail grout
staring at stares
plaid throughout 
plied and played
guts splayed out 

wailing away 
in bars in stout...

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There was a hungry saddle-billed stork,
     That went for a wading walk,
        With his long stout bill
         He caught fish at will,
   It sure made the other birds gawk....

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I cannot fit into my corset.
No matter how much I force it.
As I can't appear stout,
With my rolls hanging out,
My dinner I may have to forfeit.

For Linn's BITE SIZE contest....

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I once met a man from Poughkeepsie
Who appeared to be rather tipsy
Wandering about;
Drinking his dark stout,
I'm fairly certain he's a gypsy.

June 2, 2021...

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Just a simple man, nothing to rave about
Put my pants on one leg at a time though I'm stout
Three meals a day
Snack every pay
Quite fat, need to lose some pounds no doubt...

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From inside a locked room with walls strong and stout
Come shrieks and the sounds of scratching about.
The people downstairs 
Don't know what's in there
But make sure that it never gets out....

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Stout Hearted Men

Alas for the Irish ‘tis fate
to drown in Guinness this date
and “quietly” shout
hoorah for the “stout”
‘Tis an insatiable thirst I must sate


John G. Lawless
©2/25/2018...

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ALIVE (nonet)

Well    it’s a splendid day for a walk
Sun riding high    a cloudless sky
My old dog whining    urging
A fine stout cane waiting
I’m out the door
Head held high
Fresh air
Joy!...

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