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lil  ·  3644 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Essential Tremor by Elizabeth Metzger

I sometimes write things for hubski under the tag #todayswritingprompt. The real poets on this site include _refugee_, humanodon, rezzeJ. thenewgreen has amazing song lyrics and even flagamuffin has impressed me over the months with a verse or two.





user-inactivated  ·  3643 days ago  ·  link  ·  

EVEN LIL OL' FLAGAMUFFIN

lil  ·  3643 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The capital letters suggest that you are imbibing as you finish writing up your research. I forget what your usual Saturday night drink is. You've been known to linger in Motels in states that are not Texas.

user-inactivated  ·  3643 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Working and quite guzzling But the state of the economy to come

Is dark scary and puzzling When I'm drunk on kahlua and rum

Come on lil - you know me well Certainly you've got it right

Would indeed be a cold day in hell Ere I was sober on a Saturday night

yeesh

_refugee_  ·  3643 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Here is my funny short low-effort poem of the day:

Challenge

  Show me a single
  literary magazine
  without a cigarette in it 
I shall shelve it for my short clever poems book along with my brunch poems.
thenewgreen  ·  3643 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A cold day indeed!

This reminds me of Ogden Nash. I keep one of his poems in my pocket to use at parties and events to seem clever. Here it is:

  There is something about a martini 
  Ere the dining and dancing begin
  And to tell you the truth
  It's not the vermouth
  I think that perhaps it's the gin
Boooya!

That's right, I said "booya" after an Ogden Nash poem. There is a first time for everything.

thenewgreen  ·  3643 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hey, at least you are a poet, I'm just some lyricist.

user-inactivated  ·  3643 days ago  ·  link  ·  

check my most recent effort I think I may have to throw in the towel