(A New Zealand Poem)
In thought as I sit here, 747 flying by, in contrast to the isles of white clouds cruising eastwards across the Manukau sky yet another 747 passes by.
Tourists keep on coming, knowing nothing of the struggle within, local tribe just trying to stop those damned metal tanks from being dug in.
new motorway forms
wiri losing shades of green
falcon stress in flight
L P G plant being created far away (of course) from politician and speculators dreams. To appease the youth ‘Diesel’ are playing, ‘Watts in a tank’ featured, defies the misery, civilization; are like that, the source of the purpose soon forgotten.
yesterday’s showers
glittered like diamond dew drops
beginning to fade
Today they enter the world of different race, one’s sentiment for the environment is taken, deep within the abyss of total despair, darkness descending upon the alleys of a lifetime tradition centuries old, with minds searching vigorously for reasons while veils of happiness entombed within a memory.
land taken forthwith
the world now needs to move on…
brand new limousines
© Harry J Horsman 2023
Categories:
speculators, anger, angst,
Form: Haibun
Steps on mud, a stalking thread,
Red strings wind through dying groves
Where life needs time, to find footing,
Red strings halt hands in greed which hold
The axe of ignorance, the axe which bleeds
A people in flight from homes bulldozed
For one brute mine more, to feed empire
Which jangles keys, which confines in loaned
Dependence made, our trough withheld
By bloated old speculators whose cold
Lies obscure serfdom; worded as freedom,
And the east wind is chided,
For fetishism, advert slogans uphold
Impotence among them who create,
They are given consumerist mirrors,
As leeches of mankind are weighed in gold;
And as burns away our way of life,
All bonds formed in toil shared,
The market-canker births hedonism
The imperial axe bloodies us, brothers of old
But hold tight onto the strong strands
Of crimson in the heartlands,
Seize imagination, seize thought
Beyond nettle laden garlands
And thorn crown of parlay,
Rip with the iron of hardship
All parasites, them whose is the whip,
Can’t be pleaded with, can’t be controlled.
Categories:
speculators, class, community, political, poverty,
Form: Free verse
New York state is paying 20 cents for gloves that normally cost less than five cents, $7.50 for masks that normally go for 50 cents, $2,795 for infusion pumps that normally cost half that, $248,841 for a portable X-ray machine that typically sells for $30,000 to $80,000.
Who's pocketing all this? An array of producers, importers, wholesalers and speculators. State laws against price gouging usually don't apply to government purchases.
Some of it may be finding its way into this fall's election campaigns. The veteran Republican fundraiser Mike Gula and Republican political operative John Thomas just started a company selling coronavirus testing kits, personal protective equipment and other "hard to find medical supplies to beat the outbreak". They call themselves "the largest global network of Covid-19 medical suppliers".
Asked how he'd found such equipment, Gula explained: "I have relationships with a lot of people."
Thomas added: "In politics - especially if you're at a high enough level - you are one phone call away from anybody in the world."
Categories:
speculators, 12th grade,
Form: Bio
Emerald envy nestled on velvet
several thousand away from paid
Puce tulip promise inducement
secluded juice, palliation delayed
Ivory aspire ripped wide envelope
plump with numbered requirement
Absinthe ardent delerium implode
paper stack compiling assignment
Cerulean satin adorns a champion
swanky speculators chase plethora
Fuchcia blooming futures chiming
swindle hopeful fast hoof investors
Magenta dash magic, risky fingers
probe probable, middle of pack peril
Bronze woebegone pilfers millions
prestigious month end ear emeralds
19th January
Naples Yellow, Ginger, Gold
Emerald Earrings
Categories:
speculators, business, class, green, horse,
Form: Rhyme
Grammar school speculators
charlatan math
trading the currency
of borrowed youth
optioning the investment
in forsaken dreams
hedging their futures
with diminished returns
margining interest
—that will never compound
(Radnor School Board: February, 2021)
Categories:
speculators, corruption, teacher, youth,
Form: Free verse
Straitened are the times
And tight is my pocket.
A glass of brandy
Consumed with contemplation
Is hard to bargain
As speculators have poured in
Shouting ‘buy’, ‘buy’, ‘buy’.
Since out is the signal
The hoarders have barged in
And have emptied the market
Of all the brandy, inclusive of
The liquors that brandished
Even a semblance of flavor
That reminded them of this brand.
After the run-on brandy
Its prices have rocketed sky-high.
Engulfed by indignation
But still the avid lover
That I am of this brand,
I emptied my purse
To offer me a bottle of brandy.
Sipping the liquor in a glass
And immersed in happiness
I sat reinstated to my senses
And to the art of philosophizing,
And wondered whether the glass
That I held in my hand
Was half-full or half-empty.
Misfit to this treacherous art
But tied to pitfalls in my daily life,
I sat there and gazed contently
Through my half-filled glass
With intent and pride, enthralled
That I did not have to complain
About things I can’t change.
Categories:
speculators, humor, philosophy, poetry,
Form: Free verse
There is tension at the pumps;
folk's eyes look glassy and glazed.
And a sense of frustration;
keeps concerning eyebrows raised.
Feeling they've been bamboozled;
customers contain their rage.
Yet, they curse under their breath,
at the numbers on the gauge.
Siphoning off hard-earned cash;
speculators rob the till.
And manipulate markets;
not caring who foots the bill.
Keeping us oil-dependent;
big business has become crass.
And governments love to add
taxes to the price of gas.
Categories:
speculators, anger, anxiety, feelings, how
Form: Quatrain
COPLA 111 RESOLUTION : This Bad Guy World
Criminals and cowards are blood brothers
Both operate in stealth to inflict
Harm to increase wealth
States multinationals speculators
Rely on spineless banks to restrict
Works for GoodGuy health
Tyrannosaur States join hands with culprits
To protect criminal states’ interests :
Make bad banks bulge
Sinistre hollow cowardice hides hits
When blood brothers threaten interests :
State banks indulge
© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2014
Categories:
speculators, bullying, conflict,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
why
soil sun
keshagesh?
your children need
light
*Tribute to Buffy Sainte-Marie.....A Real North American Hero
Many have asked for more info on my write...
Buffy Sainte-Marie, singer, songwriter, teacher, Native-American political activist, has just
released her newest CD..."Running For The Drum" her first in 13 yrs..... born in Canada, she
espouses her heritage as 'Native North American...and in this CD, she has a song "No No
Keshagesh" ( a Native American...'Piapot-Cree' slur for ...'greedy-guts') that admonishes the
actions of modern-day speculators and bankers...hope this helps explain my lanterne!
Categories:
speculators, political
Form: Lanterne
When in my old home,
Land speculators and
real estate companies
knocked on my door
every day
Mostly Israelies or
Russian Jews,
They always had a lot to say
There were various attempts
to bribe me
Some quite inventive,
as you'll see
One of those, an agent
showed up with a shopping
bag full of cash!!
It's a miracle that I
didn't take it and to
the bank dash!
Now, to a guy down
on his luck
This temptation was
hard to duck
But I somehow did
Too this day I wonder
where he learned
such a trick
An Israeli intelligence
schtick?
They tried booze, women
and so much more,
Until I learned not
to answer the door
Categories:
speculators, funny, imagination, life,
Form: Burlesque