Let it be beg, borrow, or steal,
What matters is getting it still,
Not how the Prize is won,
The truth is I’ve got one,
Nor who deserves, who not,
Favourite I’m so hot--
Me a champion maker of deal.
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Happenings | 29.01.2026 | humour, political, USA, limerick
Note: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gives her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump. A US official says: the Prez intends to keep the medal. What next? Auction of the Nobel?
need not be conspiracy
nor parade of lunacy
or ignore bear
and fold in despair
putin put in prison
with warlords clinton bush
obama trump biden
to gehenna all push
this coincidence
though not providence
consequences still apply
when russians die
iranian friends fry
hezballah hamas fail
gazans who live do so in hell
created by modern israel
who is loved by corina machado
asking hatchet for maduro machado
and gives aid to our good saint zel
so progressives pink washed
don't want you be squashed
but let this sink in
as advocate violence
and boost cause silence
merrikka israel win
time after time again
for sake of all love god
don't be a brain clod
while ukraine remains cannon fod
It's a recurring event
in our lovely household,
every time it's someone's birthday
Crystal gets a bit angry
and with a hilarious comment says,
" I am the queen, let me shine! "
Her mom, Anna, holds up a glass of wine
and shakes her head,
" Let's gather to celebrate
a wonderful occasion tonight,
it's Corina's turn, not yours;
hug your sister and participate! "
Crystal still looks upset
and won't share the glamorous glory,
and as Corina anxiously
blows out the candles so joyfully,
Crystal's tears roll wistfully
as they all sing, " Happy Birthday,
Corina " yet, Crystal remains silent.
A birthday comes once a year
and kids get excited and scream,
what makes them happy
is each other's company;
do expensive gifts really matter
when all they want is icecream
on their cake made with chocolate,
but do they count calorie intake?
Crystal's birthday has come,
she has turned sweet seventeen...
what a beautiful teen!
Today she got the attention she wanted,
her wish is finally granted...
nothing else pleased her more than fame!
The sun
sliding toward the west on a ruby strip,
the tired sky sighs
sunlight bouquets,
open dawns from dawn
they start to draw their shutters,
from the subway, a great crowd
salty and grieved,
with sober and windy air
It cuts its way from the ground,
to the arranged houses,
on the city's metal skeleton
on the streets no rule,
cars - apocalyptic flies,
rushing down the boulevards,
only THE KINDNESS is waiting polite,
at the shimmering red light.
Corina Junghiatu
Bucharest, Romania
The same mask
firmly held on the face
with a strong wrist,
no chills, no regrets, no shaking!
Nights in turn I wondered,
what is hidden behind the mask,
to discover: Nothing!
He had no face, only a strong hand,
a mask, contradictory feelings
and fashon´s weaknesses.
For the human condition,
Genesis is cyclically repeated
genesis gives birth to beginnings
genesis gives birth to the ends, too
Corina Junghiatu
Bucharest, Romania
From Angels jump shrapnel,
The wise men of the time gathers them,
Then they hide them at the top of the plopar,
Or on the root of the mountains.
Explosion!
In the womb of the Cosmos
The Earth is born, the human is born
And the book of divine figures
Gather and share the life.
A human becomes a sham
Of qualities and defects,
Feverish starts looking for mystery,
But the roots of the mysteries
Are not of the man,
Are of the heaven
Are of the earth.
Man... Explosion!
Corina Junghiatu
Bucharest, Romania
(Dedication: For Corina)
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Charm flavours poise when joy lives here,
Opt your calm voice with happy cheer,
Reach with warm choice a blessing clear,
Intent feeds flow in that sure light,
Now beauty shows why truth feels right,
Ask that you know love that blooms sight.
Yield to the feel where joy floods more,
Etch a fond thrill with zest galore,
End with goodwill that fills your store.
Leon Enriquez
09 November 2017
Singapore
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