The other day I saw a man with a very sweeping beard. It was parted in the middle and could be used as a slide for tiny insects. It has moved me to poetry…
Ahhehem, clears throat.
Beard
Oh beautiful beard
As you floated by you tickled me
Not with your fluffy, flicky, endy bits
But with your proud, pruned, preening prescence
on the chin of an otherwise unassuming, long past blooming,
octogenarian, with a hairy ‘un
A flowing avalanche from the chin
You made me grin as you ploughed, straight and proud
towards the crowd at Tesco
And you could keep things in it…where it flicks up at the last minute
Perhaps a pen, or a packet of polos or a tiny surfer going solo on a facial demi-wave
Or a biker called Dave who likes doing stunts, but even if the stunts were bad
oh beard, you are good, bud
Sighhhhhh
I was very cheered by that beard
(Jo Beaufoix July 2011)
ps It was a bit like the middle one of these three from the 2010 World Beard Championships (Full Beard Freestyle Category), but his was longer and had none of the moustache stuff going on. ’Twas fabulous.
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July 13th, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Teehee
*waves pompoms* another fine piece of poetry
His beard sounds AWESOME. Don’t tell Richard and Oli or they’ll want one too…
July 14th, 2011 at 5:19 am
Hee hee thanks. I had fun writing this one.
July 14th, 2011 at 1:45 am
Great stuff.
Next up..a beard haiku?
July 14th, 2011 at 5:28 am
Oh majestic beard
You swoop like a wave of hair
From chin to out there
There you go.
July 14th, 2011 at 4:52 am
Hairylairious! Beardy weirdies rock!
Mya x
July 14th, 2011 at 6:04 am
Mya it was the best beard I have ever seen.
July 14th, 2011 at 7:33 am
I assume a man with a beard like that would spend A LOT of time in the bathroom!
July 17th, 2011 at 5:19 am
I bet. I imagine he has beard stylists and only sleeps on his front.
July 14th, 2011 at 11:14 am
Was it ZZ Top good?!
July 17th, 2011 at 5:20 am
Heh heh, in its own way it was. It was the attention to care and detail you know?
July 14th, 2011 at 3:29 pm
He could possibly be my dream man. Love the poem.
July 17th, 2011 at 5:21 am
He was far too old for you lovely. But his chin was a work of art.
July 17th, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Ha ha. Fine poetry. Wonder what he was heading for at Tesco, i hear they have some good male grooming products
July 18th, 2011 at 11:41 am
Mmmm, I reckon he was after some gel and maybe a couple of hairslides. Nice.