"memoranda" poems - Hello Poetry

The staff, who are stuffed full of paper, stapled, on white, are to be circulated with minutes, full of minutiae, but only the chosen staff will receive such chaff, intricate, in triplicate, and the others will have to wait for memoranda, definitely not grander, on subjection, objection and rejection for the weary and unwary. The brochure on staff conduct will be grosser, and superannuation won't be super. There will be no more staff resolutions, no revolutions, so that managers can preserve the status quo and hasten slow. Talent is banned, promotion is underhand, ass-kissing is in, no sin, and perks, no jerks, are for the executive few. ***** you.

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Feb 21, 2013

Feb 21, 2013 at 12:10 AM UTC

mike-t-minehan

Bureaucracy Blues

The staff, who are stuffed full of paper, stapled, on white, are to be circulated with minutes, full of minutiae, but only the chosen staff will receive such chaff, intricate, in triplicate, and the others will have to wait for memoranda, definitely not grander, on subjection, objection and rejection for the weary and unwary. The brochure on staff conduct will be grosser, and superannuation won't be super. There will be no more staff resolutions, no revolutions, so that managers can preserve the status quo and hasten slow. Talent is banned, promotion is underhand, ass-kissing is in, no sin, and perks, no jerks, are for the executive few. ***** you.

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THIS handful of grass, brown, says little. This quarter mile field of it, waving seeds ripening in the sun, is a lake of luminous firefly lavender. Prairie roses, two of them, climb down the sides of a road ditch. In the clear pool they find their faces along stiff knives of grass, and cat-tails who speak and keep thoughts in ****** brown. These gardens empty; these fields only flower ghosts; these yards with faces gone; leaves speaking as feet and skirts in slow dances to slow winds; I turn my head and say good-by to no one who hears; I pronounce a useless good-by.

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Carl Sandburg

Memoranda

THIS handful of grass, brown, says little. This quarter mile field of it, waving seeds ripening in the sun, is a lake of luminous firefly lavender. Prairie roses, two of them, climb down the sides of a road ditch. In the clear pool they find their faces along stiff knives of grass, and cat-tails who speak and keep thoughts in ****** brown. These gardens empty; these fields only flower ghosts; these yards with faces gone; leaves speaking as feet and skirts in slow dances to slow winds; I turn my head and say good-by to no one who hears; I pronounce a useless good-by.

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half toothless and half truthless his stubborness can be ruthless living half a century ago not up to date with what we currently know he move's so slow you wonder if he's ever passed go calls current truths propaganda he look's for knowledge in outdated memoranda living in the past because modern days are too fast a young fellow shouldn't listen unless he wants to end up in last but he still has some soundness what he says is sometimes the profoundest he can make you think twice and doesn't care if it isn't nice but he'll still show compassion in his outdated fasion long lost was his life filled with passion the young and the old will continue to clash but it's up to the youth to not act rash because at one point that old man was like you so decisive that his convictions were absolutely true wouldn't the world be perfect if we both only knew

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Oct 15, 2013

Oct 15, 2013 at 6:41 PM UTC

dan-stevens

Old Man

half toothless and half truthless his stubborness can be ruthless living half a century ago not up to date with what we currently know he move's so slow you wonder if he's ever passed go calls current truths propaganda he look's for knowledge in outdated memoranda living in the past because modern days are too fast a young fellow shouldn't listen unless he wants to end up in last but he still has some soundness what he says is sometimes the profoundest he can make you think twice and doesn't care if it isn't nice but he'll still show compassion in his outdated fasion long lost was his life filled with passion the young and the old will continue to clash but it's up to the youth to not act rash because at one point that old man was like you so decisive that his convictions were absolutely true wouldn't the world be perfect if we both only knew

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When I look at from the varendah I saw only a green grass floor on my table full of memoranda my bed is behind the french door I am alone standing how lonely! sure it's not a tranquility when my room will be homely? future is unpredictablility Longing for the day when we can be marry and having a chat without a pause while teaseing and tasting one candy sometime doing a bit of faux pas

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Dec 21, 2018

Dec 21, 2018 at 12:33 PM UTC

Wai-Phyo-Win

A Room

When I look at from the varendah I saw only a green grass floor on my table full of memoranda my bed is behind the french door I am alone standing how lonely! sure it's not a tranquility when my room will be homely? future is unpredictablility Longing for the day when we can be marry and having a chat without a pause while teaseing and tasting one candy sometime doing a bit of faux pas

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Istanbul of friend and foe Spinning on their dime Sanctions are all waiting Legitimacy waning Hegemony on the line

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May 29, 2025

May 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM UTC

TravelerTim

The Memoranda

Istanbul of friend and foe Spinning on their dime Sanctions are all waiting Legitimacy waning Hegemony on the line

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"Donald, you are learning fast. Let's see what tomorrow brings. Excuse me for a minute while I adjust the puppet strings…. "Fooling the public is a must. Listening to me will ease your fears. I have been duping people All over the world for many years. "You are learning in leaps and bounds. Sometimes I even think you're smart. Calling the press the enemy Is a wonderful way to start. "Controlling the media is a must. Your tweets are useful memoranda. Your Sinclair Group and Fox News Can help you spread your propaganda. "It's very important to keep up the lies. Let your admin team transmit them. They will ride roughshod over The people; they won't know what hit them. "When your attacks on the FBI And DOJ are intensified, I can't help admitting that I get all tingly inside. "Of course, one thing that makes It easy for you to break the rules Is the fact that many of your Republican members of Congress are fools. "You also must remember that NATO Countries are your REAL foes. When you trash them, I say to myself, 'Donald's hit it on the nose.' "Oh, about those deals you mentioned... Well, we can discuss them later. We appreciate all you're doing To help us make Russia greater. "Don't forget: When people mention Subjects that for you are taboo, Just stop and ask yourself, 'What would Vladimir Putin do?'" -by Bob B (7-17-18)

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Jul 17, 2018

Jul 17, 2018 at 9:45 AM UTC

bob-b

Advice from Putin

"Donald, you are learning fast. Let's see what tomorrow brings. Excuse me for a minute while I adjust the puppet strings…. "Fooling the public is a must. Listening to me will ease your fears. I have been duping people All over the world for many years. "You are learning in leaps and bounds. Sometimes I even think you're smart. Calling the press the enemy Is a wonderful way to start. "Controlling the media is a must. Your tweets are useful memoranda. Your Sinclair Group and Fox News Can help you spread your propaganda. "It's very important to keep up the lies. Let your admin team transmit them. They will ride roughshod over The people; they won't know what hit them. "When your attacks on the FBI And DOJ are intensified, I can't help admitting that I get all tingly inside. "Of course, one thing that makes It easy for you to break the rules Is the fact that many of your Republican members of Congress are fools. "You also must remember that NATO Countries are your REAL foes. When you trash them, I say to myself, 'Donald's hit it on the nose.' "Oh, about those deals you mentioned... Well, we can discuss them later. We appreciate all you're doing To help us make Russia greater. "Don't forget: When people mention Subjects that for you are taboo, Just stop and ask yourself, 'What would Vladimir Putin do?'" -by Bob B (7-17-18)

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