They who own charisma,
Speak, & we are #charmed.
They make promises,
And we are calmed.
Then we learn the truth,
And we are alarmed.
For we have been misled;
In truth, we have been harmed.
So now I serve the charming,
By heavily re-arming. π«
[Or would, if American.]
#emoetry #poetry #Doggerel
Even the poet,
Stalking halls of ebony,
Has little to say
Of agony,
Save only this:
Avoid if you can;
Endure if you must.
#emoetry #Doggerel #Agony
I'm undecided β
I'm open to novelty
...
Or paralysed?
#emoetry #haiku #Doggerel β the usual π
As memory fades,
As old age advances,
There is a memory that never forgets.
Once it's said,
It is recorded,
As if in stone.
Outbursts from years ago,
Return to haunt and shame.
Memory is a terrible thing.
And so we live,
#Threatened and terrorised,
By the Internet.
#emoetry #FreeVerse #Doggerel
ππ« ππ’π¦π«π€ π ππ¬π’π±
Magnificent in metaphor,
#Pensive in poesis,
Focus in composition.
Musing, seeking inspiration.
Losing concentration,
Rhyming verses.
#emoetry #FreeVerse #Doggerel β one does one's best... π€·π
Continually tempted by outrage,
I try not to be.
For I have reached that age,
When anger-thoughts repel me.
I crave peace now;
Understanding too.
For they deliver worth and value.
As we already knew.
[If we thought about it long enough
To consider our own view.]
#outraged #emoetry #Doggerel
Livid is blue-black,
Or it was.
Then it was "pale" or "colourless",
But no more.
Now, it means "angry",
And red. π€·
Tricky coves, colours...
#emoetry #Musing
#FreeVerse? π€
#Doggerel π―π
As the tensions of ecocide tighten,
Bringing conquest, torture, and war,
Brighter things are hidden.
Hatred has triumphed,
So joy is #ignored.
Time for change. π
#emoetry #doggerel
As we drift down
To the pit of despair,
Hope floats up, and away.
The hope is still there,
But we are not.
#emoetry #hopelessness #Doggerel
A #haiku exploring "flat"
Today, in my flat,
The floors and walls are flat too.
And I'm feeling flat.
#emoetry #poetry #Doggerel
Challenged for time.
Too little to make a good poem.
So I leave you with
An unfinished verse.
Now *you're* challenged. :)
#emoetry #Doggerel
I was at a library book sale, and came across this little book called "Opposites" by Richard Wilbur. (1973). It's a all poetry (maybe doggerel). It is illustrated with humorous line drawings. It may be meant for children, but I just read through it for the 10th or 20th time. #booksky #doggerel
Bitter, and devoid of virtue.
Melancholy rules.
Turn around,
And see the light
Of the world
Shining through you,
A luminous being
Of light and majesty.
I choose the light.
#emoetry #poetry #FreeVerse #Doggerel
ππ¦π₯π€πππ
Living on the outside,
Gazing inward, longingly.
Withdrawn?
You might see so.
It was not withdrawal,
But rejection.
Same thing,
The other way around.
Can you tell the difference?
#emoetry #poetry #FreeVerse #Doggerel #AuDHD
My choice to #Make_Bluesky_Beautiful_with_literature today is "The Tay Bridge Disaster", by #William_McGonagal.
#Bluesky_Art #verse #poetry #doggerel #literature
youtu.be/aA7mLHZRGTE?...
Seething is believing;
Superheated ANGER says:
Attack!
And then later,
Regret.
#emoetry #Doggerel #Seething
I have helped old people cross roads,
Now it's me who needs a hand.
So please don't patronise me;
Help me. Thank you.
#emoetry #FreeVerse #Doggerel #generosity #kindness
My past is not rose-tinted.
The world continues to do what it wants,
Regardless of what I think.
Nothing changes, in that way.
So nostalgia?
What's the point?
#emoetry #doggerel
Honesty is the keystone.
When I admit to myself
That telling the world is conceit,
Modesty recommends itself.
Am I brave enough to listen
To honesty applied to me?
Not every day.
#emoetry #FreeVerse #Doggerel #Musing
Did I do it for praise?
If so, did it need doing of itself?
Just do what needs doing,
And cease boasting about it.
Modesty and honesty,
The terrible twins of decency.
#emoetry #Doggerel #FreeVerse
Are you, then, an ocelot?
Dear, Iβve told you, I am not.
I get asked that quite a lot;
I remain an ocelNOT.
#poetry #doggerel
ΞΉf Ξ±Ρ fΞΉΡΡΡ ΞΉΡ βΟΠΈ'Ρ ΡΠ½ΡΠΌΡ...
The reasons I seek
To be optimystique
evade me.
Who knows what fresh horror
We'll wake to tomorrer
In t'mornin'?
When I were young,
Hope tripped off the tongue.
No longer.
#emoetry #doggerel #NoPrompt π
As I see the Orange Warlord,
The Zionist Butcher,
And the Amazon tree-cutters,
I am flabbergasted.
Then I gaze at the world,
What we have left of it,
And I am calmed, even hopeful. π³
This makes me a fool, I suspect.
#emoetry #poetry #doggerel #FreeVerse
Deception is our world and our lives.
I have been deceived many times,
And so have we all. It's what we do.
If someone has no reason to lie,
Those like me assume they're honest.
But they follow The Rule of our world,
And they deceive, uncontrollably.
#emoetry #FreeVerse #Doggerel #Deceived
I speak always with clarity, courtesy and honesty.
And yet I am #uncomfortable.
For I know that few others do likewise.
What an odd place our world is...
#emoetry #Doggerel #poetry #FoodForThought?
I am deep and hidden,
Avoiding the horrors of the world we have built.
Ruled by lying butchers and warmongers,
Driven by greed and hatred.
When will it be safe to come back out, I wonder?
Until then, Gollum is my only neighbour.
I detest raw fish...
#emoetry #FreeVerse #Doggerel #Withdrawn
Lucky we're limited; unlimited is too hard.
Do we seek to overcome our limitations?
A fine ambition, but impractical.
Where is acceptance?
Where is satisfaction with what we have:
Lives of unsustainable sybarity?
Ah, humans! π€·
#emoetry #FreeVerse #Doggerel #Limited
Hatred is fire, all-consuming in its ire.
We 'hurt!', and 'slay!', when hate holds sway.
π₯["Burn the witch!"]π₯
Hope and virtue forsaken;
Chaff in the wind.
Hatred is empty; dead.
She who hates? Death becomes her, too.
Not recommended.
#emoetry #doggerel #FreeVerse #PoetryOfASort...?
Too easy to fall prey to anger,
When the red mist consumes all humanity.
Too easy to cry,
"Burn the witch!",
Pitchforks ready.
But can we expect anything else,
From apex predators like us?
Nothing can stop us,
So we do as we please.
With #ferocity.
#emoetry #Doggerel #shame
#Empathy is hard.
It's not about how YOU would feel in their shoes,
But appreciating how THEIR shoes feel,
To THEM.
What you have is called,
Sympathy.
#emoetry #FreeVerse #Doggerel
