Terry Flood Poet Monoku

Monoku En Masse

people insist on speaking French to me  c’est la vie

smelling salts in a ten gallon vat  that’s not to be sniffed at

the mouse met an elephant so prim  she looked down her nose at him

I must learn to type more quickly  before the grimy rapper gets me

in prison no convict would moan  if all rooms had a cell phone

scrape the bottom of the barrel and you’ll find the one who emptied it

I can’t have an inferiority complex  I’m not man enough

only the good die young  heaven must be tedious

If we learn from our mistakes  I’m some kind of genius

behind every great man  is another with a tongue tan

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Tom Cunningham April 21, 2021 at 1:44 AM Love these one liners, you'd be good on stage. Tom

Jan Allison April 19, 2021 at 3:35 PM ha ha ha these are hilarious one liners!:-) hugs jan xx Terry Flood April 20, 2021 at 2:04 AM Glad you enjoyed, jan. Terry

L Milton Hankins April 18, 2021 at 6:51 PM Very, very insightful, Terry. Some made me chuckle, while others made me stop and think. I really like "heaven must be tedious." I've thought that for a long time now, and I'm approaching the age when I should be very careful what I say about heaven and hell!!!! Terry Flood April 19, 2021 at 11:50 AM Thanks ‘L’. Got to confess that I struggle to differentiate between a monoku and a one-liner, such as a comedian might use. That’s half the reason I snuck a ‘rhyme in a line’ into a few of them. Glad you liked. Terry