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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Carpe Diembryo! Yeggi's BEiword; or, The Names of the Roes

Epigrammist Yeggi Beaurra 
tells la dansoeuf A. Pavlova,
tells Venetian Casanova, 
tells Grand Slammer Sharapova,
tells six scientists from "Nova," 
tells paisanos near Padova... 
...even tells the God Jehovah: 
"Ya'll ain't ova till yall's '-ova(h)'."

Of Pontiffs, Personas 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...