"Thinking outside of the box keeps you from suffocating inside of one."Matshona Dhliwayo
Thinking Outside Of The Box-buzzwords
The four tall walls
Suffocate me.
I can no longer,
Breathe.
I kick and scream and cry
I need the light
Please, I beg.
Oh, I beg.
Rocking in the corner,
I see the light I so crave
I run and run and run
Never looking back again
Once the light is hitting every part of me
Only then I realized
I'm outside of the box
And the four tall walls collapsed to nothing
Jade Ashlyn 2/21/22
They say; think outside the box
It’s foolish, but innovative
Such a simple idea, right?
Well, unless you’re trapped
You’re mind is locked inside the box,
With no way out
Maybe you don’t even know it
Maybe you’re scared
Maybe, it is all just your imagination
«Outside the box»
Just a sentence with no exit.
"Have your siloes become fortresses?"
Anna Sundt
Pictures are Anna Sundt's product; visual art, the occupation
Her job achieves its mission when customers are living well.
Wheat is one product; farming, the occupation.
Its job succeeds when company siloes are full.
Siloes can be a fortress; old siloes merely provided storage.
New siloes destroy team effort during pandemic lockdowns.
Siloes hinder
communication observation
participation integration
expectation motivation
accountability
February 17, 2022
Contest: Buzzwords
Hostess: Kim Rodriguez
Note: Anna Sundt is a an award-winning artist and graduate of the Glasgow (UK) School of Art. She is Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. She founded ABSTRAKTOLOGIE and creates unique pieces of art to take you forwards on your journey... Their mission is to create original abstract art to share lessons in living well.
When people say they’ve "learned to think outside the box”
and want to share their innovative thoughts with me,
I don’t speak up; I don’t like being one who mocks.
They fail to see the situation’s irony!
That phrase is NOT a sign of creativity.
How quickly catchy metaphors become clichés!
The most used buzzwords make some sigh and roll their eyes.
It’s easier to use one than create a phrase
that’s fresh and more expressive. Here’s advice that’s wise:
Leave buzzwords IN the box and hope the whole lot dies.
February 10, 2022
Entered in the Buzzwords Contest Placed 1st
Sponsor: Kim Rodrigues
Life is full of Catch-22s. You can and you can’t; You shall and you shan’t; You will and you won’t;
"You will be damned if you do, and you will be damned if you don’t”
~American evangelist Lorenzo Dow
Without the battle of Armageddon
there’s no Kingdom of Heaven,
There’s no salvation
without the Crucifixion,
There’s no concept of good
without the presence of evil,
No light of day
without the darkness of night,
No yearning for Heaven
without the threat of Hell,
There’s no God
without the devil,
There’s no life
without death.
~02/06/22
~Contest: Buzzwords
~Sponsor: Kim Rodrigues.
“Just two weeks to flatten the curve!”
So wear your mask! Of all the nerve!
Yes, two arms’ length, six feet apart
to save a life and show some heart.
We can’t let the old covids roam,
So send them to the nursing home!
Hydroxychloriquine? No thanks!
They sell that where you buy fish tanks!
Joe Rogan says, “Ivermectin!”
It’s goat dewormer for the win!
So get two jabs; before it’s through
You’ll likely need a booster too!
Pandemic of the crude unvaxxed;
Mandates will stop this in its tracks!
The blue checks moan their moral fall;
Seems omicron has come for all.
(for the Buzzword contest)
"Work pals who Zoom together, stay together." (taken from an article "36 captions for Zoom Meetings, not attributed to anybody in particular)
I’d never heard of Zoom before a few short years ago.
But in my teaching it became a thing I had to know.
It took about a week to learn, for I’m a little slow,
but after two years I can say I still am not a pro!
I made up terms: Zoom on; Zoom off. I only can suppose
that others working from their homes have made up terms like those.
These days I teach while in the classroom, yet up on the screen
are kids I bet are still in “jammies,” just their faces seen!
Some young adults opt to stay home. It makes things hard for me.
Games can’t be played when half the class is learning virtually!
Things can get crazy when somebody isn’t using Mute,
and you might hear some background noises not exactly cute.
We teachers know not everyone is focusing on class.
One good thing is no one has to know if you have gas!
Yes, it’s a crazy world, and even Zoom dating’s a thing,
while Zumping is the latest craze to dump a Zoom-time fling.
Feb. 2, 2022 for the Buzzwords Contest of Kim Rodrigues
Zero Tolerance is a prime example
Of the all-too common phenomenon
Of weasel words -words are words
designed to limit critical thinking
they sound good but they limit
one’s ability to see the real truth
behind the lie
George Orwell would be shocked
To see these double think words everywhere
Zero tolerance leads to zero common sense
When every infraction of the rules
Becomes a class A felony
Where a ten-year can be charged
With felony drug dealing
For offering a classmate a Tylenol
Under Zero tolerance for drug dealing
"I'm good at thinking outside the box, so much that you begin to realize it's not a box at all" Will.I.Am
circle back, low hanging fruit
leverage this new route
bottom line touch base, pivot
quick win feel your spirit
boil the ocean you rockstar,
empower all your dreams
drill down in the weeds shots are
fired top of mind believe
stay with me on the same page
put a pin in it gauge
that you are a game changer
move the needle saner
your best in class gameplan
is the bang for your buck,
just jump ship from the wasteland
think outside the box good luck
01/24/2022
Think outside the box
Is easy for some to do Hard life in the box
Why outside the box
Is it small~large~good or bad
What is your answer
Date Written:1/23/2022
1 Place
A BRIAN STRAND 1091 Contest Judged:3/18/2022
Sponsored by: Brian Strand
Psychic is the new normal - Chad Mercree
It was the flowing time then
I flew free with the flock in convivial sky
I could join the kith and kin
Sing together the spring song.
It was the flowing time then
I returned to the lively nest
To be with you all in fond closeness
Of unrestrained cordial intimacy.
It is the stalled time now
The menacing shadow of invisible virus
Turned the nest into a cage
Morale languishes isolated in abyss.
It is the stalled time now
Changed scenario redefined intimacy
Struggling to recoup the secluded psyche
I adjust with the ways of new normal.
_______________
January 22, 2022
Contest :BUZZWORDS
Sponsor : Kim Rodrigues
“Home, Sweet Home” by John Howard Payne
Home Sweet Home -Buzzwords
(Poem Sweet Home)
I’ve been to a lot of lovely places
But the poem-stead is my home.
I’ve seen a lot of friendly faces
But there’s only one place I call home.
It’s where rhyme meets with free verse
And alliteration’s free to roam.
A place where most of us don’t curse
Yes, the poem-stead is my home.
1-19-22
BUZZWORDS Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Kim Rodrigues
"It's easier to think outside the box if you don't draw one around yourself"
Jason Kravitz
It's ok to be different
to be original in your thoughts
think outside the box
and jump off that beaten path
if everyone thought the same
then these poems would sound the same
so don't draw a box around yourself
break out, be wild,
fuel your imagination
be the problem solver,
not the problem maker
above all
BE YOU!
January 17, 2022
I’m constantly reminded to think outside the box
So I thought I would apply it, when looking for my socks
It’s a dilemma I face that my socks are often mixed,
I must think outside the box if I’m to get this problem fixed.
Thinking inside the box must be where I’m going wrong,
That was my rationale at least, figuring where my socks belong?
But how exactly does one, think outside the box?
I should ponder this carefully, like a wily old fox.
What exactly is the problem as to why my socks don’t match?
Could it be that when I bought them they were from a different batch?
Could it be that when I wash them, they somehow separate
And trying to match them afterwards, is no good when it’s too late?
But I cannot think outside the box of that I’m now assured
So I’ll have to ask my wife about this problem she’s endured!
‘We need to think outside the box’ is simply all I said,
She replied ‘then throw them in the wash basket, not under the bed!!’
Buzzwords poetry contest
Sponsored by - Kim Rodrigues
Date - 15th January 2022
“We live in a strange bubble”
Brian Molko
The world has gone viral
Down a steady spiral.
The fix lies in a jab
Born in a brand new lab.
Don’t have a second thought,
Just get a darn first shot.
If you get your double,
You may burst the bubble.
Covidiot! Beware!
You’re in Anti Cold War!
January 11, 2022
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