Who is online?

50 users online:
-- 4 registered
-- 1 hidden
-- 45 guests

0 user in the chatroom

(User activity over the last 10 minutes)

1332 registered users
Members List

Poetry Showcase [Political] Moderators for this section: Weaver, ochsterboxter, CadenzRime, Lingua Pura, ososment, carolynrn, Inker

In Praise Of Thoughtful Drunkeness

Outline: A comment upon drinking quotes... and what happens after.
Why: fun
Review: any
IN PRAISE OF THOUGHTFUL DRUNKENESS.


"I drink now for the thirst to come"
wrote Rabelais in fifteen forty one.
Then Pope, who thought he knew a thing
said "Drink deep or taste not the pierian spring"
and when he'd done and woke again
wrote "Shallow draughts intoxicate the brain".

Then through the years to Cowper,
the sanest of them all
who said "Tis your country bids !
Gloriously drunk, obey th'important call".
So I obeyed the call of nature
and although the point be moot
I pissed upon my country
and I dribbled 'pon my boot.
Author Explanation: I dunno... This one gets asked for in some of the clubs I play. Like I've said before, I don't even attempt to try and work out peoples taste
Inker
[Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:10 pm]
So you're one of the rapscallions who cause health hazards by piddling in alleys?

You forgot to mention the other dribble of drunkedness - the vomiting of Vindaloo or Kebab onto the pavements after you've fulfilled your drunken munchies.

Could see the funny side of this, before you think I'm going all anti-drink, but still think it's pretty disgusting what some peeps do when they're drunk.

Bestest,
Inker
Report to moderator
Chris Ripple
[Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:47 pm]
Take your point re vindaloo's and kebabs but hey, pigeons gotta eat.
Report to moderator
Logicus tracticus
[Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:08 am]
Yes can see this going down well in the clubs..more so towards the end of the evening, and you can always tell the officer you were putting out a ciggie someone had dropped carelessly and since you are a fully paid up member of the green party you save water at the same time a putting some nitrogen back onto the land...

Off now to google cowper to refresh my memory see if the drinking song that came into my head was his..
_________________
read once for meter, twice for rhythm
thrice for rhyme, then again for
leisure or measure of pleasure;
you: parasites of no consequence:
Larkin
Report to moderator
metman
[Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:20 pm]
As we're in a Pierian mood let's muse that Rabalais et al have been replaced by Newcastle Breweries et al! I've ruined two good pairs of boots this holiday! A good amusing read Chris.
Report to moderator
Chris Ripple
[Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:04 pm]
Thanx for the crit's guys. I only wrote it as a 'throwaway' originally, but sometimes these things seem to strike chords with audiences... It is beyond my comprehension as to why ? Don't get me wrong 'cos I'm pleased that they do but I never saw this one as a contender.
Report to moderator
Inker
[Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:31 pm]
I think it's the self-deprecating tone, along with the irony, that hits the chord.

Ahh, we're Shepherd Neame down here with Bishops Fingers and Spitfires.
Report to moderator
newvoice
[Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:55 pm]
i liked this. for the way it contrasts between the high flown bits at the start before the humerous, drunken ending. nice one.
Report to moderator
Joss
[Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:24 pm]
Laughing I found this highly amusing and am reminded that of course Rabelais had his Gargantua pee upon burning Paris 'Par ris' (For a joke) so even the notion that you peed upon your own country may not be entirely original!
Joss
Report to moderator
Chris Ripple
[Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:47 pm]
To be honest I am suprised (and dead chuffed, too) that something I always considered a minor piece seems to be garnering a few intelligent remarks. When the crit's started going in that direction I re-read it a couple of times and think I can make this comment honestly... When I do it live it is probably fair to say that 80-85 per cent of the audience don't have a clue as to who or what Rabelais, Pope and Cowper are, but, of course, they get the 'pissing' bit. On the printed page (which I've tended to resist for years) It seems to come across with a lot more depth, which, as an oral piece, it never seemed to achieve. Does that make sense ?
Report to moderator
arthurian
[Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:34 pm]
Hello Chris
Enjoyed this - a kind of informed humerous light verse - the quotes lulling us into the 'toilet humour' at the end. Be good to hear this live
Enjoyed
Gordon
Report to moderator
Inker
[Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:47 pm]
Our council have not been out and cleaned the streets over the festive period, so, yep, there are splatters on the pavements around here. Mainly because there is a pub and ten takeaways within three minutes walking distance. Anyway, the foxes, the birds and rats have been having a field day, cleaning up for the council. Sheesh, they'll be expecting us to pay these animals soon. Then they'll be bleating about lack of work, pah. Rates, what do we pay 'em for? hehe
Report to moderator
Chris Ripple
[Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:56 pm]
Well in that case you will be pleased to know that I was working this morning clearing up our local town centre...
The ulterior motive is the overtime which will be paying for my imminent trip to Africa. Looked like a s***hole as usual...
Report to moderator
1