Short Kiri Poems

Those chickens commit harra-kiri daily said Nan
Of free-range livestock with beaks, she was not a great fan
How do they do it? Asked her cousin curious Scar
Easy; they run out in the road, in front of my car...

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valor that taunts, defies danger,
   thumbs its nose even at death,
      makes dying most honorable
         for this wounded war creature;

         life worth living and killing for,
      mind so benumbed by violence,
   inured by pain and suffering,
jaded stiff, deadened by death;

in the face of crushing defeat,
   seething self-pity, quiet rage,
      loathing thoughts of surrender,
         the warrior plunges his dagger!...

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For long bookcase-bound,
Some books committed suicide.
‘Few readers were found’,
The suicide note had decried,
Sobered, the rest of books cried.

The shock of the news
Caused many in library
Feel a stiffened noose,
Some of them on poetry
Thought of mass hara-kiri!
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Tongue-in-cheek |24.12.2020|
Topic: books, poetry

Poet’s note: More and more books are being printed, less and less, read; too many digital bytes chasing too few readers....

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