Sweetest Lie
...You may not believe me
But I know it so well
Every lilac tree
Has its own special smell
This I fail to describe
Its expressless to me
Each tree has its own type
Blooming easy and free
There's...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
meritocracy, beauty, freedom, inspiration, tree,
Form: Rhyme
Life is like Reality TV
...
Hyperbole hubris
Venal penal
Avarice abyss
Bucolic tonic?
Ironic…sardonic
Or
Vitriolic bliss mate!
Mendacious salacious
Algorithm schism
Audacious outrageous
Vicario...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
meritocracy, life,
Form: Rhyme
INCOHERENCE
...
The rich are getting richer,
the poor are getting poorer...
they call this meritocracy
and they still ask for and win votes...!...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
meritocracy, allusion, analogy, conflict, perspective,
Form: Epigram
BIG HOAX OR FALSE MERITOCRACY
...
In flashs and dances
all immemse merits drown -
pure vast empty minds....
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
meritocracy, allusion, analogy, confusion, extended
Form: Senryu
We Believe in Diverse
...
We believe in diverse in our universe
Our government’s a meritocracy in reverse
Red folks, brown folks, yellow and green
Indigenous Indians, Asians, Orientals, ‘Mar-sheens’
So...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
meritocracy, color, earth, humor, satire,
Form: Couplet
The Truth Of This Magnitude
...The Truth Of This Magnitude”
Obstinate defiance from an indignant child
Consummate reliance on the spirit of the Wild
Intricate compositions of meticulous art
A syndicate of derision that ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
meritocracy, creation, humanity, life, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Perpetual Quandries of Dischord
...Perpetual Quandries of Dischord
Permanent irreversible Attatchment disorder
A lemonade stand at the Mexican Border
A traumatised disorganised old lady hoarder
The incriminating evidence on an o...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
meritocracy, international,
Form: Rhyme
A Phantasmagoria of Nonsense
...I searched in vain for inspiration.
I even climbed the sacred Parnassus
Where all the muses reside.
I danced with them
Engaged in endless discourse.
All in vain.
Then I resigned to my fate.
...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
meritocracy, addiction, writing,
Form: Free verse
The Sentinel
..."Same ol', same ol'!",
Cries the Sentinel.
"He pits the parties
To perfect His will
In His heavens,
And on His Earth!"
"I trust Him to do the right thing
More than I trust my own judgment."...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
meritocracy, angel, bible, faith, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Hour Glass
...Rumbling thunders but wounded voices were more distinctly heard… Pouring wonders for my eyes flutter more than that beautiful bird….
Innocence blinded me to see hidden malice…Building Avenues for ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
meritocracy, courage, cry, emotions, for
Form: Free verse
Tell Me No More
...Friend,
Tell me no more...
Tell me no more about trust,
For trust is a barren risk,
A naked wire,
With no remorse or warranty
Tell me not about truth,
For truth has become a figment of imagina...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
meritocracy, allusion, anti bullying, art,
Form: Prose Poetry
Restoring Deeply Conservative Progress
...Our old nemesis,
capitalism,
is much older than democratic theory,
and even older than profoundly resilient democratic practice,
which is rather like Christianity--
often communion preached
and...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
meritocracy, america, culture, earth, health,
Form: Political Verse
Engaging the Family Laundry
...Perhaps infertile
incomplete
unwashed memories
of elder v younger,
Goliath v David,
crusades v communion
critical, yet part of chronic, events
speak extended family disengagement truth
to pow...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
meritocracy, culture, destiny, games, health,
Form: Political Verse
Christmas Political Correctness
...It's almost Christmas
when the news caster abouter announces
a precipitous new trend in the U.S.
Now, more tired and climate stressed citizens
are against non-violent Political Correctness
tha...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
meritocracy, bible, christmas, destiny, happiness,
Form: Political Verse
Ending Race Supremacy
...Ending Race Supremacy
Rafidah wants an end to 'race supremacy' among Malaysians
NATION
Tuesday, 23 Oct 2018
11:10 PM MYT
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/10/23/iro...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
meritocracy, anxiety, appreciation, community, education,
Form: Free verse
Related Poems