Box Of Wine. by Geoff Bagman is a cheeky bush poem about finding a forgotten box of goon and wondering whether age has done it any favours.
From the back of the fridge to a glass waiting on the table, the poem turns an everyday discovery into a playful question about summer heat, vintage promises and whether it is wise to take the label too seriously.
Box Of Wine.
By Geoff Bagman
Does a Box of wine
get better with time
is this info ridgy-didge
I found a Box of wine
I’d forgotten for some time
at the back of
the top of
the fridge
All through the summer
it’s sat up there. bummer!
really hot days
and tropical nights
now that I found it
it’s time to get round it
sampling the joys.
vino vintage delights.
I should read the label
while I’m still able
it says “best before Thursday”
ohhhh deary me.
second Thursday in March
o-kay
yeahhhh March 20-23.
ahhhh well, what the hell
who knows? and
how do we gauge.
if that box of goon that you found on your fridge.
has only gotten better with age.
Cheers 🥂
Keeping The Verse Alive
Box Of Wine. is shared with permission from Geoff Bagman through Keeping The Verse Alive, Country Campfire’s bush poetry preservation project.
By preserving poems like this, we’re helping ensure the stories, humour and characters of country Australia continue to be enjoyed for generations to come.
Geoff Bagman
Bush Poet • Poetry Reciter • Entertainer • Professional Fool
Geoff Bagman is a Queensland bush poet, poetry reciter and self-described professional fool from Banana. His work mixes storytelling with self-deprecating humour, dad jokes, ham acting and good-natured mischief. His Country Campfire collection begins with Old Scar and will grow as more of his poems and performances are shared.
Poems, recitals, photographs, stories and original works remain the property of their original creator and are shared by Country Campfire with permission.
