Poetry & Stout

Curtis offered a first at P&S: a call and response poetry puzzle. He's no Will Shortz but a couple of Guinness' make it sound great.

Poetry & Stout

This party is so grind it has a name,
but does it reveal the reason we came?

Or it is something more tame?
Let's see if we can make it into a game.

So let's juxtapose poetry and beer
to ponder which is more dear.

In the game, rhyming is king
to fill in the blank is the thing

To start, a simple example should do:

Verse can serve to express
Beer I often drink to excess

Noble is the effort to produce witty rhyme
Drinking beer is unquestionably sublime

Poetry often explains ones troubles
Beer has such beautiful bubbles

Would I rather take to pen and ink
or simply stop and enjoy a drink?

A thoughtful verse is hard to rebut
Drinking too much adds to your gut

Poetry is often a sign of taste
Beer is something we should never waste

While poetry ploughs fertile ground
Beer simply makes the world go round

So between Poetry and Stout
Is my favorite in doubt?

Kind of like preferring rhyme over reason
to pick one approaches treason!

- Curtis Woodcock