(a series of Senryu poems)
We no longer own
our music or software, we
we rent them - subscribe
Think streaming music,
productivity software,
like 365.
A company can
make one product and never
innovate again.
Once, you’d buy software
and they’d have to win your bucks
with something improved
But now you fee pay
monthly, forever - or you
lose that whatever.
Homes are out of reach
so people rent apartments,
Ubers replace cars
Think of subscriptions
as techo slavery, we
need alternatives
None of us can change
the housing situation
unless we team up
And elect people
who aren’t total thieves and fools
enriching themselves
It’s a crazy thought,
I know - are we capable
of it anymore?
.
.
A song for this
Touristy Places by Paul Russell
suddenly it was as if someone had put a dark cap on the sky
we went from balmy and breezy with a gentle wind to tornado alley
oak leaves had been dancing and tittering
Now their branches were bending in half
and their maniacal laughter had stopped
our weather turned instantly from frolickingly fun to serious
I ran inside the house to fetch our car keys
Raised the garage doors and parked both cars
My husband was sleeping, he is a shaman
storms put him down as if he had been bundled by his mama
Before those garage doors were down cold hard rain pelted me
It was as if I was being doused with freezing anger
I watched the hail from the windows
Remember the old fashioned 1960 square ice cubes?
They looked like those, only asymmetrical
Thunder warned of further storming
I crawled into bed too
there is no reason to tease this kind of storm
both dogs jumped up and hid their faces in my covers
we live in Kansas; no reason to tempt the wicked witch to come get us
sassy, sexy, seriously solid seahorses
each one enviable evidence of environmental energy
always alluring, ambivalent, aligning with allies
humane helpmates, hereditary friendly, heroic hierarchy
Organisms of oceans, outstanding and extraordinary
Reposing, relaxing, regenerating, rejuvenating
sassy, sexy, seriously solid seahorses
Emoting, encouraging, enthusing excitement
I love the way you cleverly
pontificate and think you know it all ~
so quick to dole out your advice.
I close my eyes,
take a deep breath
'cause here we go again.
Under the guise of altruism,
you rank right up there with other pests ~
wish there was a prize for 'most annoying'.
I close my eyes,
take a deep breath
'cause here we go again.
You don't need any details
the solution's already in your head ~
who wants any of the facts?!
I close my eyes,
take a deep breath
'cause here we go again.
Do you even hear yourself ~
your words and tone are laughable
but there's no stopping you.
I close my eyes,
take a deep breath
'cause here we go again.
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
It’s all not making sense to me .
You are there and I am here
I thought you were the one
What about the plans we made
The love we shared
I guess it was all a lie, you and I .
Why me
Is she better than me
I guess she is
Did I not try ?
Please tell me why?
I wish I could fight for you but I can’t try .
I must give up on you because I shouldn’t need to fight for you.
I am doing fine , I still wish you were mine.
But I understand everything comes to an end.
I am just not the one
Study Talks
Maths, Science, English, Hindi,
Sr. Newton why u discovered gravity? ,
Formulas and experiments,
books took our brain on rent
Day or night root and Square
always have frustating fight.
My bat and ball are waiting for me,
I also wanna play out suddenly.
It's been a long time,
Since I have drawn something.
I just want to free myself
to achive more and more...... everything,
English has its Grammar,
Math and physics are undiscovered
chemistry and biology
they even make me feeling lazy.
History for me is like a mystery,
I would learn photography
rather than geography.
?? thanks
Sometimes my poetry flows like honey
and sometimes it's been misunderstood.
That's when I tend to find it seriously funny
that some take it personally, as if they should.
That's the way a narcissist's mind thinks.
They see themselves involved in everything...
The center of attention. The one getting winks
in every line of poetry or songs people sing.
It's always the guilty who reason that way,
giving themselves credit where none is due.
It's seriously funny and by the end of the day,
buried in their mind is what they misconstrue.
*for Mark Toney's Challenge
“But seriously”
Said the mouse
“I don’t eat much.”
“But Seriously”
Said the Lobbyist
“It won’t cost much”
“But seriously”
Said the Congressman
“How much is too much?”
“But seriously”
Said the toddler
“do you not know what happens
“IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE”
©7/22/2023
you can’t smile, they won’t take you seriously
Deadly, Gravity is,
Yanks us back to earth
Thrust down in our graves
Wiggle and wriggle out!
Lighten up!
Get away!
Fly high!
Whew! Close shave!
More salad days…
What's that she says?
Words aren't her play
Seriously
You look so serious
when I am not.
Why do I joke
while you do not?
Do we dislike each other?
If so, why do we share a table
and are able to sit,
have done for so long?
Yes, you seem so serious but
are masking a smile?
Are you so jolly but
concealing it,
looking so serious?
Or are you grave and solemn -
seriously serious -
while I try to joke?
(April 2022)
Dying is highly difficult,
no one should be born,
just to die...
life should be so young
and that could never got aged...
Death should be so eld,
that I should never die...
Take it with a grain of salt,
View something in the result.
what if the push that you had had left
holding oooh so tightly
and letting out all breath
i have never been above the bottom
no need to take that call
no-one i want with me
nowhere left to fall
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