ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

The Honeymoon

“Aaah yes!”I remember it oh so well.
We’d anchored that day in the cove.
She’d emptied a bottle of whiskey,
then into the water she dove.

Drunk as a skunk and legless to boot,
straight under the surface she went.
I thought she would float so big were her boobs
but she sank like a bag of cement.

Just once for a short time she surfaced.
“Grab onto this life ring.” I said.
But I’d had a few tipples myself that day
and it landed right smack on her head.

She went under again for the very last time
And I thought “Well that’s sure stuffed the trip.”
I looked round for the whiskey to send her a toast,
then remembered she’d had the last nip.

Merry Christmas everyone ...Wazza

Great stuff Warren you had me worried with the first line in verse two then I realised you were rhyming every second line


Cheers Mate a cracker

Bob

Thanks Bob I really enjoyed writing this one. I was tempted to add another couple of verses but figured I'd muck it up and decided to quit while ahead. Glad you liked it.
Wazza

And exactly which picture bought those thoughts to the surface pray tell Wazza Nicely done. taken overall

I'd be watching your back Warren because I've heard tell that behind every successful man there is a woman (waiting to push). I sense a long-suffering wife!

Heather

There are some poems I don't tell her about Heather.

Warren's secret other life! It will all come out in the wash Warren - be careful, be very very careful.

Heather

The Secret Life of W̶a̶l̶t̶e̶r̶ Warren Mitty.

Pretty sure I studied that book at school - most unmemorable...from memory....

Correct. Even the movie was boring and I saw the original featuring Danny Kaye. You probably don't remember him.
Wazza ... 1940.