--------------------------------------------- Gwendolyn Rose Ojeda A top ‘o the morning To the Irish mead To the bartender more tips For this pleasant mead was Sweeter than a fair maiden's lips Over to the brisk taste of an amber The refreshment of a smooth pale I was hanging on the edge Waiting for my cask-conditioned ale ------------------------ Brian Hutton Golden, amber, pale or porter, doesn't matter, just bring me a beer clear as the Northern night, fresh as the company I keep. And maybe just one more before I sleep. ------------- Marcus Kevin Fishly There once was a man who did not have a fear when he sat down and drank a six pack of beer his belly did bloat, his weight it did rise but the beer gave the feeling of being so wise The thought of it cooling, so frosted and near in the mug it sits so golden that beer the taste is so good never bitter or queer bringing always a laugh and never a tear Many a time in that room full of cheer a wrong emotion did come from that beer it was never right to hold it so dear replacing importance with just another cold beer ------------ William Butler Yeats A statesman is an easy man, he tells his lies by rote. A journalist invents his lies, and rams them down your throat. So stay at home and drink your beer and let the neighbors vote. ------------------------ Oliver Holmes Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning; Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius better discerning. Special thanks all for sending in the poems! Be a Beer Muse. Send your poems/stories to webmaster@beernexus.com |
--------------------------------------------- Beer by George Arnold O, finer far Than fame, or riches, are The graceful smoke-wreathes of this cigar! Why Should I Weep, wail, or sigh? What if luck has passed me by? What if my hopes are dead,— My pleasures fled? Have I not still My fill Of right good cheer,— Cigars and beer Go, whining youth, Forsooth! Go, weep and wail, Sigh and grow pale, Weave melancholy rhymes On the old times, Whose joys like shadowy ghosts appear, But leave me to my beer! ------------- Beer by Francis Saltus Saltus What merry fairy, oh cool, delicious beer, Gave thee the power through centuries to maintain A charm that soothes dull care, and laughs at pain; A power sad hearts to vitalize and cheer? ---------------------- The Workman's Friend by Flann O’Brien When things go wrong and will not come right, Though you do the best you can, When life looks black as the hour of night — A pint of plain is your only man. When money’s tight and hard to get And your horse has also ran, When all you have is a heap of debt — A pint of plain is your only man. --------------------- English Drinking Song by A. Nonymous Let us sing our own treasures, Old England’s good cheer, To the profits and pleasures of stout British beer; Your wine tippling, dram sipping fellows retreat, But your beer drinking Britons can never be beat. The French with their vineyards and meager pale ale, They drink from the squeezing of half ripe fruit; But we, who have hop-yards to mellow our ale, Are rosy and plump and have freedom to boot. -------------------- Hops by Barry Fitsgerald Hops, hops, oh wonderful hops For you, our passion is true. You flavor our beer And at least once a year We grind you up in a brew. Cascade! Chinook! Amarillo! These are our favorite cheers. For without these friends We’d rather have the bends. Our life would be moot Things just wouldn’t compute! ------------------------ Drinking Beer by Jimmy Witherspoon (Drinking beer) Well, early in the mornin' (Drinking beer) Yes, in the afternoon (Drinking beer) Yes, in the evenin' (Drinking beer) Ah, in spring Wine is fine but give me lots of beer Now lite beer is real beer Dark beer's real gone too You drink too much ale, you get put in jail So I think I'll stick to home brew -------------------------- More Beer by Dog Eat Dog When I get home from work and I'm dyin' of thirst All I want is more beer I run into the kitchen and I tear off my shirt All I want is more beer Open up a six pack I'll be downin' it first All I want is more beer I can open up and finish faster than you All I want is more beer Gonna kill a case or maybe two All I want is more beer If there was no more beer then what would we do All I want is more beer Special thanks all for sending in the poems! (BeerNexus does NOT validate authorship of submitted material) Be a Beer Muse. Send your poems/stories to webmaster@beernexus.com |