In those hallowed halls,
speaking harsh truth to power
is a real career zugswang.
~
Given that climate,
heed “War Games” sage advice, “the
winning move is not to play”.
Month: August 2018
Long May It Wave
Battered tattered and torn,
This banner proudly stands,
A tribute to hope and love.
The New Dean Asks
Has the bully learned
that the threatened may get tough
and protect themselves?
No True North
Transitory truth
Makes the journey… interesting;
Navigation sans compass.
Subjective Perception: Objective Dissonance
“Oh! You look so thin!”
Help me with that calculus;
I still mass twenty four stone…
Ageless Trifectae
Ahhh! Teen age angst,
Existential misery,
And a crappy attitude.
Adolescent trifecta!
~
Ahhh! Middle Age angst,
Existential misery,
And a huh-how attitude.
Middle Age trifecta!
~
Geriatric angst,
Existential misery,
And… uhhh… what was I saying?
Oh well. It doesn’t matter.
Adolescent Trifecta
Ahhh! Teen age angst,
Existential misery,
And a crappy attitude.
Adolescent trifecta!
Tiny Divine
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Humanity’s favorite microbe
Consumed by billions every day
From the glass lined tanks of old Latrobe
To old brick ovens in far Bombay
His body and blood in a very real way.
Ionic Ironies
Air filled with portents,
intangible potentials
seeking easy paths to ground.
~
How that huge old tree
must feel the charges building;
dread their incandescent leap!
~
And, yet, there he stands,
reaching up, ever higher,
as though to taunt the lightning.
~
Will that shocking bolt
strike him by complete surprise
when it rends him asunder?
~
What of his remains?
Will they stand for the ages;
A monument to folly?
Fighting Dark Fires
Stamping out embers
of fear and intolerance
one verse at a time;
a worthy occupation
for poets in burning lands.
Senryū 31 Jul 2018
If you can’t speak truth
In seventeen syllables,
More won’t yell louder.
Aroil in Pain 