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May 2022 · 389
The Drums Of War
the drums of war never
seem to
cease
hence why the world cannot find
a lasting
peace

in every corner of the globe
the people ask the same
question
is it necessary for yet
another warring
session  

the drums
reverberate
the drums
won't abate
the drums
constantly beating
the drums
not retreating  

and so the drums of war
stay
thereby negating that peaceful  
day
Mar 2022 · 210
Haiku
during winter months
trees are naked silhouettes
without their leaves
Mar 2022 · 339
Haiku
a magenta hue
showed in this morning's sky
as first light dawned
Mar 2022 · 166
Haiku
war is a maddness
causing much too much saddness
let saneness prevail
in his hands
he held a chunk of rock
within it lay
a diamond of beauty
he pined to extract
her from the ore
for he so wanted
to see her perfections
yet she'd not be
cajoled
out of her mother load's
material

he pondered
over the gem
so exquisite
how he yearned
to sense
her facets gleaming
exclusively for him
but she was embedded
and unreachable
there she'd stay in the
rough mantle's ore
ne'er could she be
his to embrace  


he'd not feel her heart
palpating along side him
all hopes were dashed
his longing would remain
the lovely diamond
not releasing out of the
rock's permanent casing
Jan 2022 · 656
Hey Mo
hey Mo I ain't ever seen you
looking so
low  
why oh why are you
looking so
low
I really reallly
want to
know

well the reason why I'm
looking so
low
is cause I've been
cancelled
bro
          
my act didn't well please
the ones afflicted with that
cancel culture disease

cancelled for good
cancelled for life
cancelled like a six  
p.m. flight

hey Mo you can't get around  
looking so
flat
you just got to get off that
cancelling
mat

don't let that cancelling
get you
down
cause I don't like looking
at your downcast
frown
  
yeah a smile is the
thing I must
wear
that'll show them
that I don't
care
Jan 2022 · 287
502 Bad Gateway
it is patently obvious that the HP site's server
isn't functioning
well
as the 502 Bad Gateway notification
does regularly
tell

the webmaster hasn't yet repaired
the faulty connection at his
end
and in not doing so he's losing many
a poetry writing
friend  

with the ongoing problem
being left
unresolved
how can his ill attention to the matter
ever be
absolved

sooner rather than later the poets
will desert the
place
for they'll grow tired of the message
constantly hitting them in the
face
Jan 2022 · 123
No Blazing Sting (Rondelet)
no blazing sting
the summer sun hasn't displayed
no blazing sting
there's been little heat in its biting
milder temps have so arrayed
prevailing as the days played
no blazing sting
Dec 2021 · 163
Rain's Salvo (Tanka)
a dark band of clouds
massed in the northern skies
late this afternoon
they threatened rain's salvo
however it didn't happen
Biden begins to feel the gelid winter air/
for his polling numbers aren't so fair/
the people of the country did opine/
his leadership isn't all that fine/
hence our disappproving despair/

they were in need of administration flair/
which would bring urgent repair/
yet none was on offer in his mine/
Biden begins to feel the gelid winter air/

our hopes our dreams of sunny alair/
being an unmaterialized affair/
his policies falling short in twine/
like that of a poorly directed vine/
his current percentages lowly of stair/
Biden begins to feel the gelid winter air/
Rondeau

A Rondeau is a French form, 15 lines long, consisting of three stanzas: a quintet, a quatrain, and a sestet with a rhyme scheme as follows: aabba aabR aabbaR. Lines 9 and 15 are short - a refrain (R) consisting of a phrase taken from line one. The other lines are longer (but all of the same metrical length).
Dec 2021 · 293
Christmas (Haiku)
a brilliant star shone
o'er Bethlehem the very night
Jesus was birthed
Dec 2021 · 132
Wish
be careful what you wish for
as you just might get
it
and after a while you'll certainly
regret
it

the Democrats had their wish
granted in
full
they got a dream team who were
possessed of supporter
pull  

yet now the team seems to be
falling
apart
somehow they've lost that
unity of
heart

with the relationship being on
the
rocks
how can the beleagured Democrats
recover from the
shocks  

the President and the Vice President
the much wished for
ideal
has so regretfully waned
in its
appeal

be careful what you wish for
as you just might get
it
and after a while you'll cretainly
regret
it
Dec 2021 · 137
Haiku
amid sparkling stars
sailed a luminous moon
chartering night seas
Dec 2021 · 160
Haiku
a brilliant blue sky
presides o' er our region
in indigo rule
Dec 2021 · 99
Pfizer's Warehouse Door
Pfizer's share price has quite
literally gone through the
roof
as investors are cashing in
on the dividend's
proof

no doubt there's plenty of
money on
offer
when Pfizer sells more and more
vaccines for its
coffer

to bring the profit margin
a helpful
elevation
Pfizer says we'll need a third jab
in each
population
  
there's been a boom
on the stock market
floor
since Pfizer has rolled vials
out the warehouse
door
Dec 2021 · 63
Holiday Break
will be so nice to get a holiday break
away from micro-managing
colleague
as I'm suffering terribly
with her supervisory
fatigue

I've spoken to others
at my place of
work
and they also say she's right
into every small detail's
perk

my recovery period will begin
this coming
Friday
then I can do things in
my own undirected
way
Nov 2021 · 88
Haiku
bright sunlight splinters
cut slender pathways down to
the vale's dim lit floor
Nov 2021 · 960
Electric Car
I dream of owning an electric
car
but to buy one is a dream too
far

with a price tag of above sixty
grand
how can I get that sort of money in my
hand

I only receive a meagre
wage
and to pay it off would take an
age

I wonder if Elon Musk could loan me some folding
stuff
then I'm sure I'd be financial
enough
Nov 2021 · 967
Winter Lingers (Rondelet)
winter lingers
down in the southern hemisphere
winter lingers
still we're feeling those cold fingers
spring's warm touch hasn't yet arrived here
as the days stay so dismally drear
winter lingers
Nov 2021 · 77
Appeal
be careful what you wish for
as you just might get
it
and after a while you'll certainly
regret
it

the democrats had their wish
granted in
full
they got a dream team who were
possessed of supporter
pull  

yet now the team seems to be
falling
apart
somehow they've lost that
unity of
heart

with the relationship being on
the
rocks
how can the democrats recover
from the
shocks  

the President and the Vice President
the much wished for
ideal
has so regretfully waned
in its
appeal
Nov 2021 · 163
One Point Five Degrees
in the year two thousand and thirty
Desmond was expecting a rising temperature
of one point five degrees
so he scampered outside to sit in a
cooler southern breeze

but much to his surprise the temperature
wasn't as hot as that
therefore he wasn't in need of a sun shading
broad brimmed hat

the horrendous predictions that were made
at COP 26
didn't appear to be in its temperature
mix  

he thought unto himself how could
climate forecasters get it all so wrong
thence he rushed back inside to dress himself
in a woolen coat which was ankle length long
Nov 2021 · 117
Catastrophists
catastrophists
here
catastrophists
there
catastrophists
everywher­e

they're predicting the globe
shall see catastrophic
warming
and that we must heed
their catastrophizing
warning

yet catastrophic events have
occured since time
began
where increasing temperatures
had a longer life
span

the green lobby's coming catastrophe
wants to hold us all
hostage
by dramatizing their dire  
alarmist's
message
  
catastrophists
here
catastrophists
there
catastrophists
eve­rywhere
Nov 2021 · 168
Haiku
across late eve skies
volleys of thunder echoed
like far canon fire
Oct 2021 · 255
Haiku
at Glasgow's altar
green zealots offer prayers  
for carbon cut backs
Oct 2021 · 130
A Martian Named Zurdidoit
a martial named Zurdidoit was flying
over the Earth just the other day
and his antenni were tuned into what
the airwaves did say

world leaders at Glasgow are
adopting green guidelines
to save the world's population
from higher emission bines

he thought to himself aren't
these earthlings a dumber than dumber lot
for they've not yet invented a miraculous  
energy providing plot

Zurdidoit was of the opinion
that fossil fuels must not be thrown out
by humankind who require
supplies of them being about
Oct 2021 · 326
Net Zero Heroes
the world's population
went looking for heroes
and perchance they found
those very heroes

the heros were the
net zero heroes
who had a no concept
of being real heroes

the heroes but a destructive
mob
who introduced a costly
energy hob

the heroes weren't heroes
no not at all  
yet they professed to be
heeding a noble call

around the planet
electricity issues arose
whereupon the lights
fast dimmed on the heroes

the world's population
went looking for heroes
and perchance they found
but inept heroes
Oct 2021 · 133
Death Wish
fast forward
to the year of 2050
all countries who
adopted the net zero target
in the year 2021
became failed nation states

their industries were decimated
their jobs disappeared
their people became beggars
oh yes and extinction
did visit upon them

the fanatical believers of global warming
such as Greta Thunberg and Joe Biden and Sir David Attenborough
wrought damage untold on every society
  
and the footnote
to this tale goes like this
they administered
but a death wish
Oct 2021 · 1.3k
Haiku
drab low hanging clouds
encircle our township to-day
with their raining drear
Oct 2021 · 2.7k
Pitch Black Velvet (Haiku)
night's darkened mantle
respendently adorned
in stellar sparkles

tis like looking at
encrusted diamond jewels
on pitch black velvet
Oct 2021 · 102
Iota Of Tact
a most reliable birdie source
informed my good self
that the notorious pair
have guises aplenty on the shelf

on some days they'll employ
but a meager few
then on other days
they'll use a staggering slew

spotting the guises
is quite an interesting task  
it's a matter of peeling off
the interchangeable mask

now let's go back to
the notorious pair
they both possess
a masquerading air

J aka Lionheart aka Tommy
are thespians of diversification
along with Violet aka DiamondM
who make up the operation

over nearly half a decade
birdie has observed their act  
trotting out many guises
without an iota of tact
Oct 2021 · 156
Old Men
old men who are no longer
mentally or physically fit
take on roles that have an
arduous sort of identikit

on reaching a senior's age
they shouldn't be world leaders  
who require handlers and the
omnipresent teleprompter readers  

a president or prime minister
needs youthful robustness
so that they can well manage
government stress  

more fresh faces must be
elected in
not the tired and weary
elderly kin
  
most persons will retire before
three score years and ten
so they can live out the rest of their days
as unburdened men
Oct 2021 · 189
The Sword Of Damocles
the sword of Damocles
hung above his
head
and it suspended with
a very slender
thread

the sharp edged blade
did swing to and
fro
deciding at which time
his cranium would
go

though he is a man
in a powerful
position
nothing will save him from
the cold steel's
exhibition

sooner rather than later
we'll witness the sword's
drop
as it makes
the inevitable
chop
Sep 2021 · 108
The Crown
there stood the queen in her dressing gown
upon her face she wore a very long frown
someone had stolen her diamond and ruby crown
she hoped it would be found before sun down

she called Scotland Yard to search the entire realm's locale
as without a crown she'd be an unadorned gal
chief inspector Jones arrived at Buck House in his ex-army jeep
telling the queen that he'd catch the theiving creep

he thoroughly combed every inch of England
he even looked under the white Dover sand
a lady in central Manchester gave him an address
stating that a felon in Soho had the crown of queen Bess

high and low in the streets of Soho he did look
to find this most stealthiest pilfering crook
by a measure of luck he found him sitting on a park bench
talking to a criminal associate named Roger Dench

the inspector siezed the felon and cuffed his hands
saying that looting wouldn't be tolerated on British lands
at Scotland Yard the crook was grilled for information
about the queen's crown which was pinched without hestitaion

some three days later he fronted an Old Bailey judge
who sentenced him to sixteen years of gaol drudge
overjoyed was the queen to have her crown back
whereupon she wore it around the Ascot Race track

chief inspector Jones was knighted by good queen Bess
cause he'd been a fine detective of profess
Sep 2021 · 347
Dystopian Times
the dictator's unjust message
is of
socialism
and soon we'll be caged
in its
schism

the voice of the inflicters
shall
increase
as the sole individual's  
suffering won't
decrease

the leftists want
total
hegemony
over our minds bodies
and
souls

the world's population
will need to comply and  
convert
as this transition
shant be
inert  

the dystopian times
draw ever
nigh
whereupon tyranny's
rule shall
apply
Sep 2021 · 891
Power, Control and Greed
Power...  
the power of health bureaucrats  
has never been more
greatly exercised
since the advent of the
pandemic in our
daily lives

Control...
governments have taken
full control
by which they can stop
us from freely partaking
in an outside stroll

Greed...
big phrama being granted
exclusive rights
to sell millions of jabs
world wide  
thereby excluding other
forms of treatment

oh yes
power control and greed
in these recent times
have become
the cardinal creed
Sep 2021 · 553
Haiku
glimmering sunlight
danced o' er the lake's surface
in a glister's jig
Sep 2021 · 197
Oration (Terzanelle Poetry)
the supreme leader addressed the nation
on this hundredth year of the party's jubilee  
his words being powerful in their oration

the people listened to the propaganda spree
which spoke of the country's future dominance
on this hundredth year of the party's jubilee

the western world surely listened to the parlance
that spilt forth from his totalitarian lips
which spoke of the country's future dominance

the speech was aspirational in its goals quips  
to not of heard the stated aims would be unwise    
that spilt forth from his totalitarian lips

history's pages will show how communism did rise
on this day we were reminded of what lies ahead
to not of heard the stated aims would be unwise

on this day we were remided of what lies ahead
the world coming under one controlling stead
the supreme leader addressed the nation
his words being powerful in their oration
Sep 2021 · 193
Haiku
magenta billows
bedecked the morning skies
in a lipstick pink
Sep 2021 · 80
Ice-Age
our planet is gradually
heading into the next
ice-age
but we of this generation
won't see its freezing
cage

over the millenia changing
conditions have been the
norm
fifty thousand years ago our earth
became more heat
warm

science has proven that these
transitions do take
place
the study of core samples
showing the past age's
trace
Sep 2021 · 254
What Makes A Poet Sing
what makes a poet sing
is an innovative accord
on the words flowing
from a quill's written chord

what makes a poet sing
the imagery of the land
where blue hued mountains
majestically stand

what makes a poet sing
deep emotions in the heart's core 
of love enduring like
the lasting waves upon a shore

what makes a poet sing
sunshine of bright array
kissing with a warmness
so smiles can on a face play

what makes a poet sing
the harmony on the paper
sung through thoughts
in a scripted draper
Sep 2021 · 459
Haiku
from tight bud jackets
camellia blooms bursted out
to show red petals
Sep 2021 · 85
X
X
X marks the spot where
the treasure can be
found
but can we rely on the
marker's X being
sound
  
do any of you remember
that childhood treasure hunt in the
backyard
yet finding what you were
seeking was buried elsewhere in the
yard
  
oft the letter X is deceptive
of placement
which leads to a fortune's
estrangement

an imprecise marking
on the map
means no gold or silver
landing in the lap
Sep 2021 · 405
One Hundred Percent Clear
the Coronavirus is here to
stay
and it isn't going to go
away

on a virus becoming
established
never does it get completely
banished

we must accept that we have to live with
it
and know we cannot do much about
it

viruses have dwelt among us for many a long
year
and of them we'll not be one hundred percent
clear
Sep 2021 · 113
Retirement Page
there's a retirement home
located in the state of Delaware
and it wishes to have
Joe Biden residing there

Joe would really
enjoy a place like that
for he could sleep all day long
as a dozing cat

the strains of office
are beginning to tell on him
and were he ensconced
within the home's rim
those heavy burdens
wouldn't trouble him

given that Joe
is advancing in age
the time has come for him
to turn the retirement page
Aug 2021 · 198
Well Tarnished
the shine is already
fast fading on
him
shortly there will be
no gloss to his
trim

the people have recognized  
that realization
light
whereby they've quickly learnt
he's not terribly
bright

as time marches on
all his glint will be stripped
away
leaving but a well
tarnished man's
display
Aug 2021 · 165
The Earth's Body
within the earth's body
lies a treasure trove
and man has thirsted
for its rich grove

over the centuries
he's quested the vein of gold
that which isn't neath
his homeland's fold

to gain the precious
resources
he's taken to all manner
of warring courses

and to-day he seeks
commodities rare
by firing the desirous gun
in want of share
Aug 2021 · 1.2k
Endearment Forevermore
the couple pledged
a lifetime of devotion
vowing to be loyal
to one another
as the years rolled on
the bonds of affection
increased in steadfastness
theirs being a true
endearment forevermore
Aug 2021 · 108
RIP Charlie Watts
the sad news was conveyed
today
that the great drummer passed
away

for over fifty years he kept the band's
beat
and his foot tap on the pedal was so
neat

the lovers of music in heaven
now receive him with
a standing ovation

Charlie Watts the man
whose rhythm's rocked
many a nation
Aug 2021 · 97
Reviving (Italian Sonnet)
old forms will never go out of fashion
if poets keep scribing them onto the page
there's timelessness in their long staying stage
as seen by writers who hold a passion
tonight one reprises the sonnet's stock
bringing past master back for a re-run
so readers twill enjoy couplets of fun
e'en including some lines that shall rock
let not tradition fade on the paper
tis said things of age can be new again
yesteryears vogue showing its surviving
well into a modern era's draper
penning the craft of the lasting refrain
whereby they'll be constantly reviving
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