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Friday, March 17, 2023

Mauditations

     ("Mau(n)dering"...? "A Mauder of Prose"...? 
"Maudern Thymes"...? "Maudus Operandi"...? 
You decide!)

Does 'Maud' rhyme with 'bawd'...?
Does 'Gonne' rhyme with 'faun'...?
Or does 'Maud' rhyme with 'god'
and 'Gonne' rhyme with 'naan'...?
'Maud' rhymes not with 'mud,'
nor does 'Gonne' rhyme with 'gun.'
Still, this whole freakin' prácás
I'll keep an eye on.

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...