Swilling Poems

Steward's Folly

...A sommelier was known to whine
at pairings made with pork.
The shoulder was in fact divine,
so tender, lightly forked.
Yet she was deign to recommend
a cab or chardonnay.
Esteem I’d had came to...

Apophasis Now

...Apophasis is such a cool word.
Not to mention how it sounds
like a popping fist and fireworks, 
though I wouldn’t dare suggest
I’ve ever blown things up
just for grins and giggles.

It’s cousi...

The Seance

...


“The Seance” 

It was macabre you see,
we were all summoned,
and therefore found ourselves
in the front parlour of Ballylee;

In our dreams
we thought we were poets
...

No objection to cold weather, but

...No objection to cold weather, but...

ah jest wanna boomerang 
back into the womb
versus being threatened 
courtesy beastie boy gang
beating me to a pulp 
after accurately discerning 
being s...

Trade Winds

...Last call for alcohol, embargo 
              on the cargo headed for Fargo? 
                      Bootlegging articles of? 
                          "ConfederationNow", 
Boot logger, droned Ov...

Blood and Cold Water

...They were swilling blood from the road
into the gutter,
policemen with buckets
of cold water.

And all I could think of was you
and how you had left me.
It was not your blood but someone else'...

The Bullingdon Boys

...

The Bullingdon Club was founded in 1780 about 240 years ago.  An elite
private club for male Oxford University students, selected for their wealth,
and willingness to take part in club acti...

I Wish I Were Irish

...I Wish I Were Irish 

For the gift of gab, the blarney stone I’d kiss
Upside down by ankles dangling, I’d do this
A story-teller I’d surely be
Risking life and limb ‘tis me
To spew flattery amo...

No Objection To Cold Weather, But

...No objection to cold weather, but...

ah jest wanna boomerang back into the womb
to escape unrelenting forbidding gloom.
perhaps cuz mine generation 
nsync with baby boom.

No matter birth can...

Sentimentality

...… is a drunkard
Swilling vintage regret,
Tears falling for undared dreams, 
Anger spewing over unrequited love.

… is endless replays of yesterdays
With circular insightful wisdom 
As likely t...

The Brown Bear

...The brown bear


During Yeltsin years when he sold Russia down the river
People in the west loved the brown bear
we patronized the Russian as vodka swilling village idiots.
The cuddly bear died...

Intermission Fool - Cafeteria Monitor

...Can I go to the bathroom? This place is full of jackasses. This place is full of jackasses jerking each other off. This place is full of ignorant, parochial, zit-sucking jackasses undeserving of thei...

Before Dawn

...Its the breathing of relax ! which mingle mixes beneath the roof of tamping rain drops, beyond the road salt stained glass, i know ! Its cold, of passing wheels, at early o'clock and the spitting, in...

A Gin-Swilling Riverboat Captain Tb

...glare eye to eye
gin ship lie stuck
spent idle lost


11/25/20202


Than-Bauk Me Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: charles messina


A Than-Bauk poem consists of 3 lines.
Each line consists o...

True Winners

...I love men and women who stand for what is right.
Most cave to evil, thinking to be part of a group is true might. 

Mouse minds untrained in human transformation.
Follow media like sheep, drunk ...

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