Quarterly Report
Squiggly lines, short and tall lines. Back in a classroom eating a box lunch with Donna, my attentive husband and other strangers.
—by Poet
pie charts & graphs
nodding
need coke & understanding
flipping
pages & eyelids
nibbling
caffeinated cookie
all
the way through
presentation
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Categories:
report, drink, food, humor, mystery,
Form: Free verse
A Qualitative Report on a Single Subject Ego Death
Hypothesis:
What is an ego anyways
Are we born with it
And from the moment we have the willpower
we’re tasked with muting it
Or does it grow from experiences of rejection
Fed by whom?
Is it intrinsically preserving,
Extrinsically repelling…
For the sake of avoiding philosophical debate
Let’s say we have an agreed upon theory
Experiment:
I’d like to think my ego dissolved
The moment
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Categories:
report, change, death, mental health,
Form: Free verse
PROGRESS REPORT
I have finally used up all my COVID toilet paper
Am still finding MASKS in various places
The rubber glove supply is slowly waning
The alcohol wipes dried up six months ago
The foot prints in the supermarket have totally faded
I’ve even seen people in the checkout lines talking
So much for six degrees of separation
Hand shakes are making a
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Categories:
report, fun, silly,
Form: Free verse
US Sports Report
When playing basketball
being tall is best it's thought
but that's not all
wearing saggy baggy shorts on the court
needs keen hand-eye coordination
plus being fleet of foot
and have no quibble with dunk or dribble
if through the hoop a Wilson you wish to put.
As for American football
boring from the sideline I find
it's more talk less action
namby-pamby as opposed to
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Categories:
report, baseball, basketball, football, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Science Report or Who Prays for the Mantis
Praying mantises, those arthropod thugs,
prey upon other, unfortunate, bugs,
"But who prays for the praying mantis?", I ask,
"And what lurks behind that killer's mask?"
After the males have fulfilled their function,
the females seem to lack compunction,
practicing sexual cannibalism, they say,
enjoying a nice meal after a roll in the hay.
While males consider this distasteful,
females say,
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Categories:
report, humor, insect,
Form: Rhyme
Book Report - Phantom of the Opera
The phantom of the opera was sincere,
but, with him, I wouldn't want to share a beer.
Not only that, but furthermore, in any case,
have you ever happened to see his face?
A spectral figure, clothed in red,
he had no face upon his head.
High o'er Paris on an opera house roof,
she described that phantom
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Categories:
report, silly,
Form: Rhyme
weather report
a tempest gathers on my horizon
with limited purview and cloudy vision
encroaches quickly on my unsettled mind
my true soul and nature is threatened
by downpour rapids and torrential rain
blighted foreboding develops as
the parsimonious option
a rainbow in doubtful reflection
so wished for is yet so far away
half-conscious daydreaming becomes a nightmare
powerful stallions of gloom dominate the scene
the
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Categories:
report, courage,
Form: Free verse
That School Report
A lot of time was spent at school.
I always liked to play the fool.
It was written in my school report,
although the teachers would exhort.
The teachers wrote their report letter,
'Mrs Wilde, your son, he must do better.
His behavior, we just can't approve.
Your son, he knows, he must improve'.
'Your son he likes to
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Categories:
report, cheer up, children, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Priority Report
I came home to find that my door was ajar
And someone had stolen my keys and my car
“I’ll just get a new one tomorrow,” I said
And then told my wife that I’m going to bed
She came up behind me and that’s when she said
“Am I going mad or have we got no bed?”
I told her
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Categories:
report, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
nothing to report
nothing much to report
except renewal
continual
of vibrant stillness
that betwixt bliss beats
enlivens presence
with the flow
of soma nectar
dripping through nadis
bringing thus to life
dormant nodes
that all then conjoin
tango dancing in unison
creating a rhythm
that amplifies
bliss reverberations
fixating fickle attention
in the world within
aglow aflame
with magnetism
transmuting our form
into living light
at our core
wherefrom stirs
ethereal reverberations
fulfilling will of God
here and now
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Categories:
report, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
report, weather,
Form: Lanterne
Spacemans Report
Earthlings are pink and furry, they look like yetis spaceman said.
The king of Utombbiblia rolled his three eyes under his head.
That’s not the report I got from the last two missions, weirdly enough.
Take my word for it, spaceman argued. You know I know my stuff.
The king was confounded, confused, at a loss as to what
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Categories:
report, science fiction,
Form: Rhyme
Alexa Weather Report
when did it get cold, slipped
right under my nose; surprised
when Alexa told me so
this snow job so-so
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Categories:
report, weather,
Form: Free verse
Mosquito Massacre - Shocking Report
Well, fellow stinging malarial insects
They really chloroformed us this time
You got the latest stats, Buzzer?
Check, Bleeder: Read 'em and weep
3,400,000 dead; 1 wounded
Just a minute, there, Buzzer. One wounded?
That's right, Bleeder. Critical condition too
What's this weirdo's diagnosis, if I
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Categories:
report, death, humorous, insect,
Form: Dramatic Verse
A bushies report
( Aus government says)
Suicide is your best option
Or we intervene.!
Choices have a shelf life
Choose wisely choose at length!
Reply suddenly (to death?)
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Categories:
report, appreciation, courage, education,
Form: Senryu
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