Sometimes to "loosen up" some creative activity, I'll write some intentionally bad poetry for fun. So I thought it might be time. Here's a real stinker I came up with tonight:
ODE TO BEER
O Yeast!
O Malt!
O Hops!
May the froth
(Red, Brown, Yellow, or Black)
cascade, cascade
into my thirsty glass
Like the lover to his waiting mate
O Brewer!
With great care you
tend and intend
The boil and the sweet fermentation
Your touch is that of a wizard
as you swirl that liquid ore
O Bottler!
O Tender to the Bar!
Bring to me
those effervescent jewels
the gems of Holy Libation
My tongue and throat,
my ravenous palate: my lusting mouth
O Ale!
O Lager!
My senses immersed.
As Dan Aykroyd, as Leonard Pinth-Garnell, would say, "That wasn't very good at all, now was it?" Garrison Keillor is on the phone, he wants to anthologize it. Hope you had a laugh.
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