Absinthe Minded
With the grace and delicacy
of a tea ceremony
Wedge-lipped crystal
with bulbous bottom
aswirl with the
green fairy muse of
Wilde and vanGogh
and so many others
A magnificent silver spoon
to pour water over
a sugar cube, to stir
the emerald drowse
Sipped silent/slowly
Connoisseurs’ craving
Slip into halcyon heaven
Linger and luxuriate
Imagine
Create
© 2014 Amy Barlow Liberatore/Sharp Little Pencil
For dverse Poets’ Pub, the third anniversary of a vital, vibrant voice in our community. Hope they have the proper equipment behind the bar to pour a round of these! Peace to all, and thanks to Brian, Claudia, and the bartenders for continuing this wonderful tradition. Amy
Sharp Little Pencil 
J Cosmo Newbery
Ooo…now I want to try one too!
Sabra Bowers
Totally delightful. I was hooked by the opening line.
brian miller
ha. in my youth i might have been crazy enough to try one…ha. hmm wonder now…perhaps in the right company…smiles…thank you amy…for being a vital voice as well…
Jeff
Lovely lines here–left a wonderful taste in my mouth!
Susan
Hmm. I have such low tolerance that I imagine I would be sleeping instead of creating. Probably, though, someone would put a coat over me and leave me to sweet dreams.
Gay Reiser Cannon
The real, the imaginative, the imagist, the surreal meet here alongside the Green Fairy and we revolve if not revolution. What a fantastic flight this was!
http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com
No absinthe for me, thanks Amy. I can get drunk on party spirit, and this has been a great party. Your poem puts a unique slant on the celebrations.
mybeautfulthings
A boyfriend once sent me a card, ‘Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder!’ love your poem! 🙂
claudia
my name’s van gogh… can i try one please…?
smiles
Roger Green
I like your poem more than the subject!
MarinaSofia
We were passing through the part of France where they produced absinthe in the past (and now again)… and it’s not quite as exciting to taste as they make out. But maybe the Green Fairy improves with quantity rather than quality… Your description of the ‘ceremony’ sounds very tempting though…
Cressida de Nova
I will have a Pernod instead….we can green them up with some fairy muses:)
Victoria C. Slotto
Is Absinthe legal here now? There’s an artist’s colony less than a mile from here where they offer “absinthe” and I’ve always wondered…but I don’t drink. For me the whole poetic process is intoxicating in its own right.
Ginny Brannan
I love the mystery and intrigue surrounding this spirit, it seems a favorite of many artists and writers. I should like to taste it one day.
@ Victoria, Absinthe was once thought to be a highly addictive and psychoactive drug, but has since been vilified. It is legal in the U.S.
Gunn's Cabin Fever
Delicious! One can almost taste the words – and what a great title!
Sumana Roy
what a delight…enjoyed each word..
Anthony Desmond (@iamEPanthony)
I’ll drink to that!
rmp
intoxicating and all I did was listen to how it was made.
ManicDdaily
Hey Amy–your absinthe poem is quite hypnotic actually–suits the subject! Thanks. k.
magalyguerrero
My Muse
imagines that Coleridge
would love a swig of this.
“For he on honey-dew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise.”