straight from the horse's
mouth where vets check its teeth to
determine it's age
*more to follow---check back
A straight line, laity,
And crooked one quite weighty,
In topsy-turvy
A poetic metre’s world,
Friend, why be such a straight bird?
And why so long winding
Where a crooked line softness shows,
One straight, harshness and stress,
In world of woes, oh warped that goes,
Where a crooked line softness shows—
In such an awkward world of woes,
What use straightforwardness
Where a crooked line softness shows,
One straight, harshness and stress!
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Triolet |12.07.2023| poetry, world
Poet’s note: What Tanka takes five short and sweet lines, a Triolet takes eight and longer ones.
Truth, justice and the American way…*
Back up to Pilate
“What is truth?”
If you can question it
than you can let go of it
An honest answer
forbidden, revoked, crucified
Who is truth -
the better question
His words stationed
before, during, and after the cross
a divine human being
has a way with words
clarifications not needed
where common sense prevails
He made them male and female
with corresponding body parts
gave women
the gift of carrying
the most precious thing on earth
Mary would tell the truth
Politicians pervert the truth
Pilate washed his hands of the truth
Where does America stand?
Praying hands
or idle idolatry
looking away from the cursèd tree
distaining Ripley
choosing
to believe not
what your eyes see
as straightforward
what they’ve always seen
from the beginning
Is this how we know it’s the end?
Kim Rodrigues © 7/21/2022
*From Superman