I have heard of a Stanford Warren,
Who chose to live in lands barren,
Self submitting to predicament;
It was simply not God’s Commandment.
Warren tags it Rich Self-Denial
And swears “Decision is final!”
By full choice “Rock of Gibraltar’
“You can’t me change from your altar!”
Was he after A Transformation:
Out testing some dropped information?
Former neighbor: multi-millionaire
Former best friend stinking billionaire
He’d tried a fact-finding questionnaire
The First had slept in a dust bin,
The Second long punished his skin…
And to Fifty-Year-Old Warren
His surest bet: lands badly barren!
Categories:
fact finding, absence, allusion, evil, money,
Form: Rhyme
It appears the deeper we dig in the soil,
The foundation becomes clear about deceit.
As reinforcing rods look to be twisted,
Around all this compromised concrete.
Can the true nature be found in the footings,
That support this structure, constitutional?
While the layers have been crushed & compacted,
Leaving partisan levels to the judicial.
This search involves difficult fact-finding,
Tearing down walls with its demolition.
Where multiple efforts have progressed,
Seeking any fault to unearth by prosecution.
The finished product can hopefully resolve,
Massive tensions that are seen above ground.
While these cracks in our legal foundation,
Can be repaired to keep democracy sound.
Categories:
fact finding, truth,
Form: Quatrain
I find it fascinating how the human mind ponders
the origin and shape of ideas
and how everyone
wanders.
I wonder why I
can’t help but think
in terms of rhythm and rhyme
when oftentimes others
prefer a more subtle approach
to how their thoughts are imperceptibly
dreamed, derived, or discovered.
They say everyone's chemistry is a mixed bag
of good and bad, sour, sweet, sad, mad and
lugubrious to laughably glad.
And I confess I don't know much
about psychology, psychiatry, or the brain
but this I know like the moon that glows:
the mind is a wondrous, thunderous thing.
So, if you're anything like me and
hope to see
the intricacies and mysteries
of the human mind,
better
take a step back
as a matter of fact, finding
answers may be lying
still,
undefined.
Categories:
fact finding, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Mind if I tell you, honestly, I’m a seeker
Of truth in all things … a realist I’d say,
Who traffics in sound research, fact-finding, and
I have little patience with wild conspiracy theories
Misstatements, and opinionated talking heads,
“News” programs slanted to the right or the left
Rabble-rousing tricksters who dabble recklessly
With the lives of the weak and the undereducated
Gullible people who fall in line with the latest buzz,
Wallowing in the muck of shameful lies and deceit,
Who “gag at a gnat and swallow a camel,” I think,
And for whom an ill-gotten moment in the spotlight
Increases some bizarre hunger for public acclaim
So, I…I ask what have I done lately for the benefit
Of the “huddled masses yearning to be free,”
While others work feverishly to destroy democracy?
written November 1, 2021
Categories:
fact finding, how i feel, political,
Form: Free verse
Fortunately, this family friendly function,
finds me festive and not feisty in my fifties.
Forgive me if I am not the first
and you may have figured out,
that the fact-finding letter "F"
is my favorite letter
of the alphabet.
There are three thousand words
that start with the letter "F"
to which one hundred and ninety-one
are four letter words.
And like most of us,
coming from a foul mouth family,
I'm pretty sure we used
every one of them.
Now this is not football,
you must be full of fiber and feces
if you think I'm going to fumble.
Now! When it comes to women.
My fantastic fantasies and fascination
of the fine figures of the female form.
My favorite fun-loving fiancée
who I met at a Fountain?
was the final finish of a fetish.
Where I use to
find'em fix'em and forget'em.
Categories:
fact finding, fun, girlfriend, humor, humorous,
Form: Alliteration
On a fact finding mission, I traveled one day
Observing obstructions that got in the way.
I found, when I wandered too close to the hole,
I kicked loose the gravel and cankered my soul.
And, sometimes, I wounded some helpless one
Who hollered and scolded until I was gone.
"Forgive me," I offered. "I really am sad.
I hope to see good and put stop to the bad.
I know I've offended. I fell when I tripped.
No injury was intended, I'm sorry I slipped!"
"You really are careless! You ought to be flayed!
Get out of here mister!" But, somehow, I stayed.
The ranting and raving had gone to my heart.
I truly was sorry, but I still couldn't part.
I want to mend fences. I want to fix things.
I want to relate to all positive dreams.
I even am grateful for hurting and woe.
I accept of life's sorrows. But,
The Blame's got to go!
Categories:
fact finding, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme
How to Build a Spacecraft
First, consider:
1. The purpose for building the craft.
2. Mission goals
3. Comfort (while traveling through space… the staff.)
4. Technical matters.
5. The project plan.
6. Research results.
7. Anything and everything else.
8. Make decisions
(Decisions. Decisions. Ideas refine.
Then, draw several spacecraft designs.
Before construction, contemplate time.)
9. Ask questions.
10. State facts.
11. Evaluate.
(How long will it take to get to a star?
Or over to visit the near planet mars?
The edge of the universe is way to far!)
12. Finish fact-finding.
13. Formulate the time-line.
14. Begin drawing a model
(When you decide which Spacecraft to build,
Plan and develop; you will be thrilled.
Make a miniature model…with paper… skilled.)
15. Cut out the paper parts.
16. Assemble the paper parts (using glue)
17. Evaluate the design.
18. Upon approval, make a phone call!
To: N.A.S.A. Let the experts build the real thing, baby!
19. Your work has only just begun.
20. Consult through lift-off!
© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
January 2, 2010
Categories:
fact finding, funny, science, space
Form: List