Bar Napkin Sonnet by Moira Egan

Bar Napkin Sonnet #11

BY MOIRA EGAN

Things happen when you drink too much mescal.

One night, with not enough food in my belly,

he kept on buying.   I’m a girl who’ll fall

damn near in love with gratitude and, well, he

was hot and generous and so the least

that I could do was let him kiss me, hard

and soft and any way you want it, beast

and beauty, lime and salt—sweet Bacchus’ pards—

and when his friend showed up I felt so warm

and generous I let him kiss me too.

His buddy asked me if it was the worm

inside that makes me do the things I do.

I wasn’t sure which worm he meant, the one

I ate?   The one that eats at me alone?

I like this poem because it is very unique poem. What makes it so unique is that its uses humor to express the way they love this person. Also I have a great sense of humor so I could really relate to it. The poem is also so well described, I almost feel like I'm at the same bar as they are talking about.

How do people live up to their dreams?

People live up to their dreams by staying focus on their dream. By staying focus I mean they don't let anything get in their way of achieving their dream. Along the way of living up to there dreams something may distract them but you have to be strong minded enough to stay focus. Also to live up to your dreams you have to be dedicated to whatever your dream may be. To stay dedicated goes "hand and hand" with being focus. When you are dedicated to something you have to have a tremendous amount of focus. People usually don't live up to their dreams because they lose track of what their dream is along the way of achieving their dream. They tend to have a little trouble in trying to complete their and they give up because they are not determined enough to live up to their dream. I think the most common reason why people don't live up to their dream is because they are not willing to put the work in to achieve that dream. Which in some cases is sad because they give up when they were so close to achieving their dream. If you have a dream that you are passionate about then you should try to do everything in your power to try and accomplish that dream. And you shouldn't give up till you have lived up to your dream. Because you never know if you could have lived up to your dream until you try.