Drunk as a skunk?
Interesting.
I like this. 'tis pretty. ^_^

Awww love the poem truly confuse but yet sweet (^_^)

This was a laugh out loud moment or should I say lol. I actually did laugh. Although I think there is a deeper meaning, than "Now I am drunk as a skunk, I surmise!" Love for a special someone and how they make you feel. Very creative work.

Hello Michael

I said I would trawl your back catalogue and here I am, thrown nine years into the past when I was a youthful man of 25, and you were the age I am now (or thereabouts)!
Anyway, I will comment on this because one, it rhymes and two, it is written in a rhyming pattern that I have never come across! It actually reminds me of a poem I wrote recently that was inspired by a Larkin write, insomuch as the rhyme scheme is fairly haphazard and hard to achieve.

The title is amusing and falls perfectly into the love section as we tend to associate Champagne with love and/or special events - and a lot of money! But also, with a few light heads at the end of it all - hence the aptly placed 'hic'!

After reading it through, I 'surmise' that Champagne is simply an extended metaphor for having eyes that are drunk in love with this woman before you; pull yourself together man! Champagne itself isn't (perhaps) part of the equation - you are literally drunk in love!

Technically, I like this poem for a couple of reasons. I mentioned the first one above (the rhyme scheme which you execute well) but also for the words you rhyme with each other.
As you know, I love to write rhyming poetry, and I am often aware of repeating myself with the same end-of-line words; it is too easy to stick to the tried and trusted single syllable rhymes. 'brain' 'Champagne',
'bubbles' 'puddles', and 'eyes' 'surmise' all shout originality and an obvious effort to push the boundaries. It always lends a rhyming piece a more sophisticated air when two or three syllable rhymes are thrown in; it can often lead to half-rhymes, but mastery of half-rhymes is (in my opinion) a key component to writing a 'respectable' rhyming piece otherwise it can strike as forced.

What I love, however, about this piece is how well you stick to that Champagne metaphor and never once deviate - it keeps the poem tight and the reader's mind firmly on the point: Champagne, doe-eyed love and all round soppiness! It even leaves you feeling lightheaded by the end. "Champagne" "bubbles" "puddles"
"pools" - constant reminders of the 'liquid element' of this piece and the drunk love you find yourself in!

Michael, this is a clever and 'bubbly' write that is well executed and one I enjoyed.

All the very best,
Ben