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Friday, May 6, 2022

So Long, Singsong!

We used to live in stylish times,
when ev'ry verse occurr'd with rhymes.
But current bards have barr'd that door.
(Does one hear like sounds anymore...?)
     In stylish times we used to live.
Then, rhyming was determ'native.
Adieu, Jay Z! Ciao, Dr. Seuss!
Auf Wiedersehen, Mother Goose!

Of Pontiffs and Potables: A Rhyme Spree

Each verse in the  poem  below selects  from two to four  beverages ("pick'd  poisons"), the  last- mentioned of which  is alw...