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9 February 2017

Succumbing

Sailing straight-up,
but caught
in stormy passion,
too soon tilted tipsy –
went hurtling three sheets to the wind
shaken, twisted, hammered
by dirty rain and whiskey-coloured ocean,
to crash on the rocks: kamikaze.

De Jackson at dVerse Poetics: Muse Mixocology asks for 33 words or less, some of which must be from this alcohol-related list – but we must use them in some other way/s:


shaken stirred rum sour whiskey last call
elixir on the rocks straight up twist round chaser
back dirty proof tumbler three sheets to the wind
tie one on shots hammered tipsy hair of the dog
absinthe vesper tonic kamikaze spritzer
tie one on liquid courage name your poison drown your sorrows
wet your whistle
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10 comments:

  1. ✿9 February 2017 at 23:40

    I'm so glad I'm not the only one who "went there" with this list. :) Your awesome poem makes me feel much better.

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  2. De Jackson10 February 2017 at 01:31

    The alliteration and word bump here make me so happy, Rosemary:
    "too soon tilted tipsy"

    Love this whip-smart piece.

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  3. Sanaa Rizvi10 February 2017 at 02:09

    shaken, twisted, hammered
    by dirty rain and whiskey-coloured ocean,
    to crash on the rocks: kamikaze.


    This is absolutely awe-inspiring Rosemary!!❤️

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  4. Sherry Blue Sky10 February 2017 at 02:33

    I love the whiskey-coloured Ocean!

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  5. brudberg10 February 2017 at 02:45

    The way you use the sky and the ocean as a metaphor for shipwrecked beings works so very well...

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  6. adcitlali10 February 2017 at 07:05

    Oh! Succumbing, dirty rain and stormy passion... What an evocative poem! ;)

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  7. Frank Hubeny10 February 2017 at 11:17

    Interesting description of a metaphorical shipwreck.

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  8. Anonymous10 February 2017 at 11:24

    Great poem of moment before the fall

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