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Authors

Helen Aitchison

C.J. Anderson-Wu

Helen Aitchison

Last Orders

Tobi Alfier

C.J. Anderson-Wu

Helen Aitchison

Hot Coffee, Irish Whisky, Sugar, and Whipped Cream


The Poorest Bar in Town


White

C.J. Anderson-Wu

C.J. Anderson-Wu

C.J. Anderson-Wu

The False Identities of Cocktails


A Vanishing Verse


As the City Slips into Curfew

Duane Anderson

C.J. Anderson-Wu

C.J. Anderson-Wu

Unknown Brand of Beer


Celebrating National Beer Day

Tohm Bakelas

Bobby Steve Baker

Bobby Steve Baker

soon there will be one less


5/18/22


Wednesday Night


Exchange Poem

Bobby Steve Baker

Bobby Steve Baker

Bobby Steve Baker

Beer Belly


Bourbon and Branch by the Arkansas Missouri

Sherri Bale

Bobby Steve Baker

Cynthia Ball

The Realist

Cynthia Ball

Bobby Steve Baker

Cynthia Ball

Shift drink


DRINK, DRANK, DRUNK

Shamik Banerjee

Bhargavi Chatterjea Bhattacharyya

Shamik Banerjee

A Dispute


In a Family Gathering

Danny D Bennett

Bhargavi Chatterjea Bhattacharyya

Shamik Banerjee

A Double Shot Of Vodka

Bhargavi Chatterjea Bhattacharyya

Bhargavi Chatterjea Bhattacharyya

Bhargavi Chatterjea Bhattacharyya

Driving and Drinking

Hugh Blanton

Bhargavi Chatterjea Bhattacharyya

Bhargavi Chatterjea Bhattacharyya

Cleaning Poetry's Gutters


Think Inside the Box


Friends, Lovers, and Wailing


Smooth as Silk


A Tale of Addiction and Self-Aggrandizement


It Won't Die


A Terrible Death in September


The Art of Solo Drinking

Rick Blum

Philip Dean Brown

B.A. Brittingham

Jumpstart

B.A. Brittingham

Philip Dean Brown

B.A. Brittingham

Ode to Gin

Neil Brosnan

Philip Dean Brown

Philip Dean Brown

Barnahinch

Philip Dean Brown

Philip Dean Brown

Philip Dean Brown

City of Lost Dreams


Dreams


Bobby Ray


At O’Rourkes

G. Lynn Brown

C. Angelo Caci

G. Lynn Brown

Christmas in Throgs Neck, 1991


Zinfandel Wishes


Hard Kisses


It Was A Dark And Stormy Night


Two-For-One Night

Bethany Bruno

C. Angelo Caci

G. Lynn Brown

A Simple Order

C. Angelo Caci

C. Angelo Caci

C. Angelo Caci

Reelin Inn the Fog

Jay Calhoun

C. Angelo Caci

C. Angelo Caci

White Christmas

John Carew

Kathleen Chamberlin

Wendy Cartwright

Salubrious Doyle

Wendy Cartwright

Kathleen Chamberlin

Wendy Cartwright

Waking Up With a Black X on My Cheek in a Drag Bar

John Cassap

Kathleen Chamberlin

Kathleen Chamberlin

Closing the Door

Kathleen Chamberlin

Kathleen Chamberlin

Kathleen Chamberlin

Covid-19 and The Ides of March

Con Chapman

Pacella Chukwuma- Eke

Emecheta Christian

Waiting for a Liver

Emecheta Christian

Pacella Chukwuma- Eke

Emecheta Christian

Whiskey and Ink

Pacella Chukwuma- Eke

Pacella Chukwuma- Eke

Pacella Chukwuma- Eke

Another butterfly is on a transit to the sky and high

JD Clapp

Pacella Chukwuma- Eke

Pacella Chukwuma- Eke

Squandered Drunken Genius


The Rare Old Times


Diaper Danny and the Two A.M. Cowgirl

Rebecca Clifford

Karen Cline-Tardiff

Karen Cline-Tardiff

Lager Summer


Under the Influence

Karen Cline-Tardiff

Karen Cline-Tardiff

Karen Cline-Tardiff

In This Place

Rye N. Coke

Karen Cline-Tardiff

Peter Colson

Shadows in a Shifting Snow


Anthony Bourdain: Connecting the World through Drink


Fairy

Peter Colson

Karen Cline-Tardiff

Peter Colson

Hitchhiking the Alcan, New Year’s Eve

Sam Cottle

Douglas K. Currier

Gary S. Crawford

Drinkin’ Whiskey Watchin’ Original-ass Joe-mo-fuckin’ Rogan

Gary S. Crawford

Douglas K. Currier

Gary S. Crawford

COUNTRY INN


The Day After

Douglas K. Currier

Douglas K. Currier

Douglas K. Currier

Barstool

Bill Cushing

Douglas K. Currier

Douglas K. Currier

Recalling Dad on his Birthday, a Son's Recollection


Drinking With St. Nick


The Captain, Baseball, and Me


Crazy George


Learning to Drink: Barstool Etiquette?

Mike Dailey

Lois Anne DeLong

Mike Dailey

Drinking With the Devil


Devil in the Bottle


Reaching for the Bottle


Times


Drinking to Forget


Why Do You Drink


Sunday Morning Absolution


The Wife Wants to Know


Old Thatched Pub


Beer, Boobs and Bacon


Belly Up to the Bar


National Vodka Day


Throwing Them Back


Hard Drinking Buddy of Mine


Jim, Johnnie, and Jack


The Barstool is Empty


Old Fashion

Colin Deal

Lois Anne DeLong

Mike Dailey

Last Call


Saint Gary


Drinks with Santa


The Glow of a Neon Martini


The Savage Dawn of Morkkis


The AA Chip Exchange


New Bartender


The Twilight Lounge


An Independence Day Toast


My Fake I.D. - Thank You James Darren Lascot 

Lisa DeAngelis

Lois Anne DeLong

Lois Anne DeLong

Easter Island

Lois Anne DeLong

Lois Anne DeLong

Lois Anne DeLong

Mr. Livet and Mr. Black Meet on Memory Lane

Alex B. Diamond

Alex B. Diamond

Alex B. Diamond

An Ode to the Forgotten Drunk

Taylor Dibbert

Alex B. Diamond

Alex B. Diamond

One in the Afternoon


Munich to Amsterdam


Winter Wonderland 


Minus the Love


Poya Day


At a Liquor Store in North Carolina


Big Bourbon Blindspot


Broken Family


Blended Scotch Mistress


Rotten


Count Him In


Not Even the Regret


Three Beers In


Christmas in Nicaragua


Christmas 2020


Slobbering Love Affair


The Thirst for Tomorrow


Separation


The Forgetting Part


Drinking

One in the Afternoon


Munich to Amsterdam


Winter Wonderland 


Minus the Love


Poya Day


At a Liquor Store in North Carolina


Big Bourbon Blindspot


Broken Family


Blended Scotch Mistress


Rotten


Count Him In


Not Even the Regret


Three Beers In


Christmas in Nicaragua


Christmas 2020


Slobbering Love Affair


The Thirst for Tomorrow


Separation


The Forgetting Part


Drinking Right Now


Not Enough


Heineken Zero


Sacred Place


When the Bourbon Runs Dry


The Bigger Part


Cruising to the Bahamas


Tinder


Geography and Jack


Bottom Shelf


Bladder Control


Booze Blanket


DC to Doha


The Thirsty Crow


Just Sit Back


This One Time in Guatemala


London Update


Back in Sri Lanka


Christmas in Canada


Steady


Heartbreak on the Rocks


Shaken Up


Pain Management


A Nice Surprise


Here Right Now

Ash Douglas

Alex B. Diamond

Ash Douglas

Let Me Practice Walking First


Dukes of Habit


Pool Boys


A Walk to Bartender


One of the Best Chapters Bar None

Jack Dowd

Alex B. Diamond

Ash Douglas

Melancholic

J. K. Durick

George Gad Economou

J. K. Durick

Dregs


Spin and Fall


Hour


Plague Poem for Day Eight Hundred and Sixty-Five, Empty


Plague Poem for Day Eight Hundred and Fifty-Four, Time Enough


Plague Poem for Day Eight Hundred and Twenty-Seven

Sally Dwight

George Gad Economou

J. K. Durick

One for Me and One for Reynard

George Gad Economou

George Gad Economou

George Gad Economou

One of the many Lost Angels


simple moments of sanity


Next to Last Drink


The Endless Rivers of Time


Buying Santa A Drink


Christmas Night Drinking


Kings, Queens, and the Peasants


Zombies are Coming


Drunkard


The Quitter


A Bottle of Wild Turkey


have you heard the good news?


A Tale of the Whiskey


Merry Fucking Christmas


Six AM Drink


The Importance of Stockin

One of the many Lost Angels


simple moments of sanity


Next to Last Drink


The Endless Rivers of Time


Buying Santa A Drink


Christmas Night Drinking


Kings, Queens, and the Peasants


Zombies are Coming


Drunkard


The Quitter


A Bottle of Wild Turkey


have you heard the good news?


A Tale of the Whiskey


Merry Fucking Christmas


Six AM Drink


The Importance of Stocking Up


Long Night


A Good Date


Ear for the Heartbroken


Coffee Daydreams and Bourbon Reality


Hangover Sundays


Dedications


Hooch Affair


Challenge


Ghost from an Old Haunt

Scott Ennis

George Gad Economou

George Gad Economou

Sweet Wine Kisses


Sonnettic Wine


Chateau L


Vintage

Frank William Finney

Frank William Finney

Frank William Finney

Talking to Walls


Jack-in-the-Bar (After the Audition)


The Winebibber’s Prayer


Burns Night

Cher Finver

Frank William Finney

Frank William Finney

You Gotta Know When to Hold ‘Em

Mark Fleisher

Frank William Finney

Mark Fleisher

Good Time Girl

Dan Flore III

Frank William Finney

Mark Fleisher

Sitting with the Broken Glass


Strawberry Daiquiri

Marianne Forman

Cynthia Gallaher

Marianne Forman

Seduction: Mae West Style

Diane Funston

Cynthia Gallaher

Marianne Forman

Civility

Cynthia Gallaher

Cynthia Gallaher

Cynthia Gallaher

Damiana Mama

Lee Garrett

Cynthia Gallaher

Cynthia Gallaher

Pub Epic

Stacy Goebel

Joey Dean Hale

Eugene Goldin

Who Wants It?

Eugene Goldin

Joey Dean Hale

Eugene Goldin

Gin Martini

John Grey

Joey Dean Hale

Joey Dean Hale

Religious Experience at Joe's


Hangover Man


In the End, It's Just Me 

Joey Dean Hale

Joey Dean Hale

Joey Dean Hale

Whiskey Bar Remodeled

J. Rosina Harlow

J. Rosina Harlow

J. Rosina Harlow

The Longest Night

Jerri Hardesty

J. Rosina Harlow

J. Rosina Harlow

Just for Tonight


Faux Pas


Just Give Me A Minute

Eamonn Harvey

J. Rosina Harlow

Eamonn Harvey

Gout Attack

Westley Heine

J. Rosina Harlow

Eamonn Harvey

Karaoke


Harvest Day


Just a Bar

Cindy Ellen Hill

Cindy Ellen Hill

Cindy Ellen Hill

Hugo


Kin to all who whistle


The Macallan


Limoncello

Trish Hopkinson

Cindy Ellen Hill

Cindy Ellen Hill

My Brother Told Me


In Praise of Hendricks

Stephen House

Cindy Ellen Hill

Heath Houseman

bar games (and survival)


Gay Bar


When I Write


Walk-Crawl-Wasted


On Top of the World

Heath Houseman

Cindy Ellen Hill

Heath Houseman

Love at the Wreck


After Nine


Cool


By the Pint

Colin James

Connie Johnson

Colin James

Tasks for a Utopian Mongrel

WR James

Connie Johnson

Colin James

Christmas Dinner

Zeke Jarvis

Connie Johnson

Connie Johnson

One Last Vial of Richie

Connie Johnson

Connie Johnson

Connie Johnson

If I Was a Drinking Woman


On the Day That You Forgot Me


All I Asked Was One Question


As For My Confession


Barroom: Haiku


What I Can Recall

Derek Kannemeyer

Derek Kannemeyer

Derek Kannemeyer

In Which I Jump Off the Right Train


An Absurdist, an Absurdist, & an Absurdist go Into a Bar

Kees Kapteyn

Derek Kannemeyer

Derek Kannemeyer

A.O.M.U.


2 Incontinent Men

Katrina Kaye

Derek Kannemeyer

Scott Kingdon

The Talk


Drunk in a Hotel Room


To the Ex Lover I Ran Into at the Bar

Scott Kingdon

Derek Kannemeyer

Scott Kingdon

Whisky

Craig Kirchner

Craig Kirchner

Craig Kirchner

After Dinner


Tuesday


We met at the beach


Ajax Liquors


Red Light


Green Aura


Gran Denial


Blue Notes


DUI


Barter


The Reader


cocktails at the McCafferty’s

Emily Kite

Craig Kirchner

Craig Kirchner

Bukowski Boy

Pek-êng Koa

Craig Kirchner

Lorhenz Lacsa

Brewing Qi

Lorhenz Lacsa

Craig Kirchner

Lorhenz Lacsa

The Bonanza


Northville

Shikha S. Lamba

Shikha S. Lamba

Shikha S. Lamba

Delirium


Because She No Longer Drinks

Jim Landwehr

Shikha S. Lamba

Shikha S. Lamba

PBR: A Near Death Experience


Out of Dodge

Christine Law

Shikha S. Lamba

Christine Law

Booze Train


New year [Bow Bells]


Christmas Eve [The Roebuck Inn]

Misa Levey

Shikha S. Lamba

Christine Law

Beer Lover


Last Call

Lindsey Linnette

Victoria MacDonald

Lindsey Linnette

Alligator Boots

Jon Jon Lopez

Victoria MacDonald

Lindsey Linnette

The Room Where it Happens

Victoria MacDonald

Victoria MacDonald

Victoria MacDonald

Magic Elixir

Scott MacLeod

Victoria MacDonald

Victoria MacDonald

The Importance of Defining Your Terms

Marieta Maglas

Alexander A. Manzoni

Alexander A. Manzoni

Our Last Tango

Alexander A. Manzoni

Alexander A. Manzoni

Alexander A. Manzoni

The Ancient Dithyramb


I am Thine Own Beer Brewery


Saturday Evening Cider Sipping-Slipping


Monks

Don Mathis

Alexander A. Manzoni

Rob McClure

Neutral Ground in New Orleans


Never Going Back


Once in a Bar in New Orleans


Sometimes the Alkies Drink Here


Tequila & Truths


Silent Sounds


Dunk Love

Rob McClure

Alexander A. Manzoni

Rob McClure

Lines Composed a Few Feet Beneath a Table in Duffy's Tavern

Thomas M. McDade

Thomas M. McDade

Thomas M. McDade

From Here to Barcelona


Long Lost Brother


Education


Percentages


Puckish Life

Robert McDermott

Thomas M. McDade

Thomas M. McDade

The Headless Men of the Nahanni Valley

Matt McGee

Thomas M. McDade

Alex McGilvery

Breakfast With the Moose


No One Plays Oasis Anymore


Hit Reset


Stem to Stern


Poopstone Jones

Alex McGilvery

Thomas M. McDade

Alex McGilvery

The Bottle

Derek McMillan

Derek McMillan

Derek McMillan

At the Sign of the John Selden

Bruce McRae

Derek McMillan

Derek McMillan

A Christmas Tale


Well Oiled

Ed Meek

Derek McMillan

Tina Meeks

Driving Home in Black and White


Hungover Sundays


Crown Royal


So Many Men

Tina Meeks

Derek McMillan

Tina Meeks

January 28th, 2016 (Drunk Thoughts)

Madhu Mehrotra

Bradford Middleton

Madhu Mehrotra

Raise a Toast


Drunken


Bar 10 - Dress


A Tale True


The Tradition of Beverages in Bharat


Bottle or Friends


The Homemaker


Heavenly Queen


Agdam Bagdam Sulabh Saralam


The Enchanted Drink


The Robot at the Perfect Haunt


The Happening Day


A Tavern Tale


My God First


Drinks in Pinks 

Bruce Meyer

Bradford Middleton

Madhu Mehrotra

Merganser


Vintage

Bradford Middleton

Bradford Middleton

Bradford Middleton

Tonight I Drink to Remember


The Mad Nights are in the Rear-View Mirror Now


Escaping Life Through the Bars


A Mad Life Is Easy For Some


Those Nights Are Gone Now, Never To Return


Have The Wild Times Passed Me By?


Tonight Reminds Me


You've Got to Be Mad to Go In There


Poetry Readings


Beautiful Hungover Day


I Got This Drinking Bug Early

Tempest Miller

Bradford Middleton

Bradford Middleton

The Whale Has Been Drinking


Despair


V8 Ford Young Drinker

Sharon Wright Mitchell

Sharon Wright Mitchell

Sharon Wright Mitchell

Buying Liquor on a Bible Belt Tuesday

Jacob R. Moses

Sharon Wright Mitchell

Sharon Wright Mitchell

Drunken Pioneer

Leah Mueller

Sharon Wright Mitchell

Leah Mueller

Last Cocktail Before Lockdown


Plexiglas


Another Practical Degree


Strange Tequila


The Proposition

Ben Murigu

Sharon Wright Mitchell

Leah Mueller

Tata’s Santa

Terry Mulcahy

Ben Nardolilli

Ben Nardolilli

Barstool Cowgirl

Ben Nardolilli

Ben Nardolilli

Ben Nardolilli

Plumped Into the Reeking Chest

Daniel Newman

Ben Nardolilli

Daniel Newman

JP’s Ultimate Guide to Drinking

Mark Novak

Ben Nardolilli

Daniel Newman

Fucked Up


They Tossed Me Out Of A Dungeon Bar


The Hotsy Totsy

Cari Oleskewicz

Carl “Papa” Palmer

Carl “Papa” Palmer

Wine and Salsa (not that kind of salsa)

Carl “Papa” Palmer

Carl “Papa” Palmer

Carl “Papa” Palmer

Gamblers Hands


Retired


Belated


Blind Trust


The Majestic


Rat Tale


Poached Egg


second hand smoke


reunion photographer


Conserve Gas – Ride the Bus


Yard Darts

Patchez

Carl “Papa” Palmer

Diane Payne

A Farewell Toast to Mojo Nixon

Diane Payne

Carl “Papa” Palmer

Diane Payne

Six Beers and a Dog

Bernard Pearson

Bernard Pearson

Bernard Pearson

The Local

Tony Pena

Bernard Pearson

Bernard Pearson

One Man’s Happy Hour


Hosed


The Imp


Awash With Words

Ron Perovich

Bernard Pearson

Joseph S. Pete

Medicinal Purposes

Joseph S. Pete

Bernard Pearson

Joseph S. Pete

Sir, I’m So Sorry

Paulann Petersen

Steen W. Rasmussen

Paulann Petersen

Being Merely Who I Am


A Protean Story: Highway 101, circa 1973

Drew Pisarra

Steen W. Rasmussen

Paulann Petersen

Your Royal Hiccup

Kanwal Preet

Steen W. Rasmussen

Steen W. Rasmussen

Respected Bottle

Steen W. Rasmussen

Steen W. Rasmussen

Steen W. Rasmussen

Editing Charles (A Monodrama)


Counting Days


In the Dying Embers


The Painful Sunrise

Wayne Russell

Cynthia Strauff Schaub

Jeff Santosuosso

Motel Sunset


Here on Angel Street


White Russians


Introduction to Drinking

Jeff Santosuosso

Cynthia Strauff Schaub

Jeff Santosuosso

Wingman

John Saunders

Cynthia Strauff Schaub

Cynthia Strauff Schaub

I Start at Three Each Day

Cynthia Strauff Schaub

Cynthia Strauff Schaub

Cynthia Strauff Schaub

Dumas, pere

Ben Siegan

Richard Stimac

Richard Stimac

Nightlife

Richard Stimac

Richard Stimac

Richard Stimac

Zulu

Nicole Taylor

Richard Stimac

Marianne Tefft

A Lonely, Solitary Independence Day

Marianne Tefft

Richard Stimac

Marianne Tefft

Love Is So Cliché

G.M.H. Thompson

G.M.H. Thompson

G.M.H. Thompson

Tomorrow Never Knows


No Good Service Goes Unignored: Elegy for a Dive


Real Chemistry


And All Our Yesterdays Have Lighted Fools


Whiskey Mystics and Men


Fred Friction: Patron Saint of Saint Louis Dive Bars


Sapporo


Nightclubbing

Chris Timmons

G.M.H. Thompson

G.M.H. Thompson

Happy Rum

Owen Townend

G.M.H. Thompson

E.C. Traganas

What Are the Chances


Santa’s Liquid Lunch

E.C. Traganas

G.M.H. Thompson

E.C. Traganas

Wormwood


The Game of Golf

Doug Van Hooser

Scott D. Vander Ploeg

Scott D. Vander Ploeg

The Back of the Drawer

Scott D. Vander Ploeg

Scott D. Vander Ploeg

Scott D. Vander Ploeg

Seventeen Miles to Mannington

Rp Verlaine

Scott D. Vander Ploeg

Rp Verlaine

Christmas Luck


Christmas Concussion


2 Gifts


Drink Whore


Bar Talk 1


Alluring Poison


A Touch Of Class


Whatever The Consequences


Renee


Not Quite Happy Hour


The Ladies Man


Slumming for Kicks


Memories


Nature Poet's Reading In A Bar


Safe Distance


Seducing Tella


For K


Lisa Marie


The Drive in Movie Was Sold Out


Zanaida


Trashy Dive Bar Nights


Inventory


Natalie 5


Escape 

Christmas Luck


Christmas Concussion


2 Gifts


Drink Whore


Bar Talk 1


Alluring Poison


A Touch Of Class


Whatever The Consequences


Renee


Not Quite Happy Hour


The Ladies Man


Slumming for Kicks


Memories


Nature Poet's Reading In A Bar


Safe Distance


Seducing Tella


For K


Lisa Marie


The Drive in Movie Was Sold Out


Zanaida


Trashy Dive Bar Nights


Inventory


Natalie 5


Escape Has its Benefits


When 3 Poets in a Row


High School Days


No Xmas Tree


No Chaser


Last Chance In A Dry Town


A Blind Date


A Girl of the Streets Wanders In


This is Someplace Else


Hell's Gates


Winter Arrives

Scot Walker

Scott D. Vander Ploeg

Rp Verlaine

One More Beer for Suzi

Anthony Ward

Mercedes Webb-Pullman

Mercedes Webb-Pullman

In Companionship of Loneliness


Nighthawks


In Solitude of Strangers

Mercedes Webb-Pullman

Mercedes Webb-Pullman

Mercedes Webb-Pullman

Lines on the Lip of a Skull Cup


Mercy


Broken Bottle


Bring More Wine! (Conachlonn)

Mike X Welch

Mercedes Webb-Pullman

Tyler Whetstone

The First and Last Drink of Ilona Odd

Tyler Whetstone

Mercedes Webb-Pullman

Tyler Whetstone

How do You Make a Sour Drink Creamy?

Bruce E. Whitacre

The Woodside Writers

Bruce E. Whitacre

Haikubes


Chorus of Elixirs

Christopher Woods

The Woodside Writers

Bruce E. Whitacre

Let Go

The Woodside Writers

The Woodside Writers

The Woodside Writers

Black Daphne

Maria Zerva

The Woodside Writers

The Woodside Writers

Inspiration Gone


The Game of Dating

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