Posts Tagged Poem
Efterårsdigt / Fall Poem
Posted by Brian Dan Christensen in Autumn, blessed, fall, literature, Poem, Poetry, time, Uncategorized, Verse on November 3, 2019
(bilingual)
It’s like snow
The way the leaves are falling
It’s like fog
The way the crows are calling
It’s like time
The way the light is burning
It’s like thanks
The way the heart is humming
Det er ligesom sne
den måde bladene falder
Det er ligesom tåge
den måde kragerne kalder
Det er ligesom dug
den måde tiden svinder
Det er ligesom tak
den måde hjertet nynner
Nobel Limerick
Posted by Brian Dan Christensen in Humor, limerick, literature, Nobel prize, Poem, Poetry, satire, Uncategorized, Verse on October 4, 2016
Honorable Nobel Committee
When you award me for being witty
Don’t share the prize
With three other guys
Or my mother will say, What a pity!
Twelve Bar Blues
Posted by Brian Dan Christensen in Music, Poetry, Uncategorized on February 6, 2015
Feed the cat
Feed the birds
Glance at poem
Change a word
Boil some water
Grind some beans
Brush your teeth
By all means
Turn the dial
Morning news
Lover’s kiss
Twelve bar blues
Sonnet 1
Posted by Brian Dan Christensen in Poetry, Uncategorized on June 25, 2014
The Great Molasses Flood of 1919
Killed twenty-one men and a closet queen
It was ten years before the stock market crash
But stuck in molasses, you don’t think about cash
Horses were trapped in the sticky mess
And very nice people shot them to death
Even the elevated train was destroyed
What a let-down for Sigmund Freud!
The tank was filled just to spite Prohibition
The country, like the booze, was in bad condition
It’s amazing what a population will entertain
To keep their supply of fermented grain
But the lesson to be learned is that tacky goo
Should be in kept in small jars labeled “George W”
Sonnet 2
Posted by Brian Dan Christensen in Poetry, Uncategorized on June 25, 2014
It’s a blind date, and they say lovers don’t eat
But I buy crustaceans and bake bread, whole wheat
I cook a stew in this huge oven of mine
While you’re on your way, taking your time
And then I see your face—you’re a vegetarian!
So I whip up a feast quite unbarbarian
Made of the choiciest organic ingredients
Just to show I adhere to experiments
I may not be the man of your dreams
But I know how to sizzle ‘em Boston baked beans
I may not be tall and handsome enough
But I serve Champagne Pierre Leboeuf
And if this night doesn’t end as I planned
At least I’ll have won your digestive gland