It’s always been this way
But now it’s plain for all to see,
Crazy not only draws crazy to it
Like a moth to flame, it also is contagious,
A flame now uncontained, blowing in the wind,
Spreading to the susceptible.
Like the corruption of minors
The insanity of our time
Grows while we passively absorb
In schools and entertainment,
In daily news and inner dreams
What was never meant to be consumed,
What never intended to be contained.
9/5/26)
Zipper on my lips
A contagion in my veins
paralyzed spirit
the song bird’s tremolo sent a shiver down her spine
through a crack in melancholy and exasperation
with a sigh she vowed to notice the voice in her head
transparent epiphanies struck a chord with quaint joy
that she was alive despite sorrow and cascading despair
what had seemed a lullaby was merely a new beginning
Sit back and enjoy the celestial view,
you’ve climbed a volcano to get there.
I wish for every star to shine upon you.
The definition of ‘Dreams Come True’
step out in front watch them all stare.
Sit back and enjoy the celestial view.
Every wall faced you pummeled through
even when the starting line was unfair.
I wish for every star to shine upon you.
Knowing that one and one equals two
building blocks don’t lead to a scare.
Sit back and enjoy the celestial view.
Head down, plot, sip that cold brew,
flip the Powers That Be a high end swear.
I wish for every star to shine upon you.
Their jealousy is a neverending flu,
don’t let that contagion ruffle your hair.
Sit back and enjoy the celestial view,
I wish for every star to shine upon you.
a Senryu poem
Oh, that my love were
contagious - you’d catch it and love
me, as I do you.
Ahh-choo!
the chambers of Auschwitz are never far away
ashes do not disperse genocide that easily
cracked skulls in Rwanda don’t break away
from bone master’s lost conscience
agent orange is not yet whiter than white
Saigon holds more memories than a musical
killing fields in Cambodia famine in the Yemen
should speak a clear message to what true hardship is
all I have to do is wear a mask and wait for an injection
though there is no vaccination yet for stupidity
in the face of what is a minor incursion of freedom
compared to slaughter and crusades for a false crown
Causative agent of disease
One of several variants to appease
Void of any discriminating abstractions
Interaction breeds human contagion
Distress inflamed in us by slow vaccination
Vaccine does diminish Covid effects
Antigen activity does reject
Chills that instill fear among us
Coughs that grip lungs, with expulsion dubious
Immunizations, please make haste
Never ending cautions are relentless
Ensuring man’s safety is quite precarious .
C-ontain contagion of poison,
R-epel rabidity of virus;
I-solate the positive person,
S-top the threat so serious.
T-ry to contain contagion
I-n each and every country;
N-eatly bring it to oblivion,
E-liminate the mystery:
J-ust contain contagion
O-f the monster's morbidity;
Y-ou should control the infection,
C-areful steps make it
E-asy.
M-asks contain contagion,
A-s they combat the dirt;
N-egate the contamination,
G-rime can cause pain and hurt.
U-pend the eerie epidemic,
R-epulse the alarming affliction;
A-bate the parlous pandemic,
Y-ou must contain contagion.
Topic: Birthday of Cristine Joyce A. Manguray (June 17)
R-abid
E-nemy's
Y-ucky
L-ink
E-mploys
N-asty
P-andemic
A-s
L-ockdown
E-rases
N-oxious
C-ontagion's
I-nvisible
A-ssault
Topic: Birthday of Reylen O. Palencia (June 15)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
amazing
how quick joy spreads
it casts
so wide a net
much like a virus.
starting with
a host,
it spreads out;
wildfire
engulfing...
all that it
captures here and there.
a wondrous contagion!
joy...
makes the world go round!
(Yalto)
"Yalto" is a form invented by yours truly
Line 1- 15: 3,4,2,4,5,3,2,3,2,3,3,5,6,1,5 syllables
G-rime
A-nd
Y-ucky
Z-one
E-mploy
L-ethal
C-ontagion
A-s
L-ink
A-pplies
G-ruesomeness
O-f
S-pread
Topic: Birthday of Gayzel Calagos (June 04)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
N-ew
O-utbreak's
R-abid
M-ystery
A-pplies
N-otorious
C-ontagion
O-f
R-isk
O-nce
N-efarious
A-ttack
C-arries
I-nfection
O-f
N-astiness
Topic: Birthday of Norman Coronacion (May 29)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-itigate the cruel contagion
O-f the invisible illness;
N-ullify the dreaded danger,
A-nd the spreading sickness.
O-bliterate the cruel contagion,
L-et lethal link finally fade;
I-mplement the proper hygiene,
V-accine and medical
A-id.
N-egate the rabid risk,
A-bate the contamination;
T-otally erase the virus,
E-liminate the cruel contagion.
Topic: Birthday of Mona Oliva Nate (May 28)
M-ysterious
E-pidemic's
R-abid
L-ink
I-mplements
T-errible
A-ttack's
D-readed
E-eriness
L-etting
A-trocious
C-ontagion
R-egains
U-nknown
Z-one
Topic: Birthday of Merlita dela Cruz(May 25)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
S-ilent
U-nknown
S-preads
A-trocious
N-astiness
E-mploying
S-ickness
C-ontagion
A-s
L-ink
A-pplies
N-otorious
T-hreat's
E-pidemic
Topic: Birthday of Susan Escalante (May 21)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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