Clocks Ticking To Politicking
...(Read later stanzas for more of the humour part ; parody of politics)
I Can't think well of a democracy
if nepotism and false promises
are part and parcel of its idiosyncrasy
A system of govern...
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Categories:
lampoons, international, parody, political,
Form: Rhyme
Robinsons Wimbledon Weekend
...Two decades ago this story began
Founded by one of the Robinson Clan.
The weekend is always the second in July
Its the gathering of a unique group of guys.
In honour of The Late Arthur L. Heron...
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Categories:
lampoons, friendship, fun, golf, happy,
Form: Rhyme
Cupid Clinkers and Blinkers
...Love in its majesty and spendour
Visits hearts kind and unkind
Waxing her odour and ardour
To help the love-lost to find
Little spaces, loving faces
Enamoured enough
To rise from surfaces
Wh...
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Categories:
lampoons, poems,
Form: Free verse
Ah, Poetry
...I dabble poetic in occasional rhyme
but remain obtuse and dull witted in haiku,
prone to my mistakes in cadence and lyrical crimes.
I fight iambic pentameter
and laugh at doggerels and limer...
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Categories:
lampoons, poems, poetry, writing,
Form: Rhyme
These Changing Times Iii
...(The rehab of a supervisor)
My eyes! Saturated
with industrial crap, eventually
to intoxicate what’s left of one’s
bewildered brain.
My sight! Shackled to the
delusion of corporate inconsis...
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Categories:
lampoons, education, political, work,
Form: Narrative
The Butt of Life!
...The Butt of Life!
True faithful righteous
May find their butts bashed against
Thoughtless sharp lampoons.
© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
March 16, 2010
Poetic form: Senryu...
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Categories:
lampoons, angst, faith, life
Form: Senryu
That Invisible Friend
...Poets have an invisible friend,
a source of steady comfort, of reliable joy;
this is a companion whose trustworthiness
is transcended by images and sentiments;
always there to inspire the busy p...
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Categories:
lampoons, artfriend,
Form: Free verse
I Have Read
...I have read about the destruction of jerusalem
But i do not think the mortality was greater than in Mexico
When Cortez heard
that Monteczuma was approaching
Speaking through Malinche he hung rou...
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Categories:
lampoons, adventure, education, rain, rain,
Form: Classicism