tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342138072024-02-18T08:45:48.675-08:00mobile haikuseventeen syllables /
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such a tiny screenzenkathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03191829667171121487noreply@blogger.comBlogger11104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-55364805828466329232024-02-15T19:33:00.000-08:002024-02-15T19:33:22.932-08:00alpha male<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /> Robert Sapolsky<br />explains Trump and his minions<br />as lower primates</span>levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-5097608268752388962024-02-12T16:24:00.000-08:002024-02-12T16:24:09.373-08:00Bottom's up<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /> The accusations Trumpsters throw around<br />are veiled confessions, childishly disguised.<br />The scandals that disqualify their clown<br />through funhouse mirrors, smear the other side.<br />The Saudi billions Jared can deploy<br />to lure investors to each pump-and-dump,<br />were not entrusted to Joe Biden's boy;<br />that level of corruption's purely Trump.<br />Political affiliation's strong;<br />Americans would rather fight, than switch. <br />We're more pugnacious when it's plain we're wrong,<br />and when our party's tits-up in the ditch. <br />A clearer vision in that looking-glass<br />would show Republicans their head's an ass.<br /></span><br />levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-74936210621579316162024-02-08T19:38:00.000-08:002024-02-18T08:45:14.594-08:00Foreign Agents<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /> The Kremlin Caucus knows who pay the bills;<br />Zelenskyy doesn't underwrite their tribe.<br />assiduously doing Putin's will;<br />they've pledged allegiance to the biggest bribe.<br />Some crave the rubles, some the Honeypot;<br />some can't afford their second yacht, or plane.<br />And those who balk will find there's Kompromat,<br />to whip up opposition to Ukraine.<br />In Washington, such harlotry's the norm,<br />but donors win whenever there's a clash.<br />Until we find the gumption to reform <br />your vote counts less if it's not wrapped in cash.<br />Such foreign agents are no cause for pride;<br /></span><div dir="auto"></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">if there were justice, they'd be charged and tried.</span></div>levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-87945704492376946852024-02-07T16:21:00.000-08:002024-02-07T16:21:19.823-08:00Survivor<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /> Dead heroes live forever in our lore<br />(at least as long as epic deeds get sung).<br />While Bibi's tenure won't last past this war,<br />his brother Yonatan's forever young.<br />Achilles had no time to take a wife;<br />his legacy's not genes, but epic song.<br />While Bibi clings to office for dear life,<br />Israeli voters deem it's been too long.<br />Survival's Netanyahu's foremost goal;<br />more for himself than any larger cause.<br />The gnawing need to feel he's in control<br />is incompatible with mortals' laws.<br />The Hero of Entebbe's still the one<br />Bentzion kvells on when he says "my son".<br /></span><div class="gs" style="background-color: white; 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border-bottom-left-radius: 1px; border-bottom-right-radius: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"></div><div class="WhmR8e" data-hash="0" style="clear: both;"></div></div></div>levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-84154575405733759602024-01-19T21:35:00.000-08:002024-01-19T21:35:15.640-08:00balrog's bane<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /> Olorin cast the Balrog from the height;<br />the Dimrill dale resounded with the crash.<br />The thing of flames so poorly fit for flight<br />left just an impact crater strewn with ash.<br />Like Glorfindel, millennia before<br />when Turgon had to flee his eagles' nest,<br />This flashy sideshow to the larger war<br />would barely rate a footnote in the West.<br />Except that Gandalf'd left so much undone;<br />No elf could give the Age of Men its king.<br />It's he that orchestrated what was won,<br />although he didn't dare to grasp the Ring.<br />The heir of Elendil has come of age,<br />and carries on--again--without his mage.<br /><br /></span><br /><div dir="ltr"></div>levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-62681317314468083622023-11-25T19:04:00.000-08:002023-11-25T19:04:01.497-08:00engage<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /> News must look backwards/<br />you can't predict the future/<br />but you can build it</span>levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-89080310770996525672022-11-12T14:23:00.004-08:002022-11-12T14:23:44.813-08:00dude, hold my beer<br /><br /> 'PLEASE DON'T LICK THE FROGS'<br />the National Park Service<br />just blew up TikToklevinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-78354787311488576472021-07-06T19:40:00.002-07:002021-07-06T19:40:16.275-07:00used<span style="font-size: large;">Poseidon took sweet Pelops by the arm,<br />and Hermes held his luscious slow-braised head.<br />Hephaistos undid Tantalus' harm<br />to prep this dainty for the Sea god's bed.<br />Let Zeus snatch playthings from the walls of Troy; <br />Mycenae has enough for most gods' need.<br />Be that a blushing maid, or smooth-cheeked boy,<br />no cause to shop abroad for Ganymede.<br />Cassandra told Apollo to get lost;<br />she'd rather dally with some Asian youth.<br />Integrity like hers bears a grave cost;<br />she wins no kudos for unwelcome truth.<br />When paths of gods and mortals intersect<br />our lives seem just their smorgasbord of sex.</span>levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-79976041654865432922021-07-03T23:49:00.000-07:002021-07-03T23:49:00.585-07:00Felagund the Fair<p> Finrod Felagund<br />died in the tower he'd built<br />fulfilling his oath</p>levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-24348783663995361242021-07-03T13:02:00.001-07:002021-07-03T13:02:17.187-07:00encryption security<p> Two can keep secrets<br />even when the pressure's on<br />if one of them's dead</p>levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-54137351301386361022021-04-18T12:15:00.000-07:002021-04-18T12:15:10.558-07:00Forward!<p> culling out the slow<br />cursorial predators<br />Darwin's deputies</p>levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-20539967882525035272021-03-18T16:53:00.001-07:002021-03-18T16:53:19.779-07:00mediocrity<span style="font-size: large;">not much to look at<br />Earth's blackbody signature's<br />deep in the IR</span>levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-42157661225026300292021-02-25T05:16:00.000-08:002021-02-25T05:16:50.820-08:00stoned<p> gazing at the stars</p><p>wondering if they're air-holes</p><p>gods poked for their pets</p>levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-52496812174873225922021-01-31T05:29:00.003-08:002021-02-03T16:39:01.374-08:00unmoored<p>Nihilists untied!<br />Outsourcing reality<br />QAnon's faithful</p>levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-825455709591769082020-12-04T22:28:00.002-08:002020-12-04T22:28:32.398-08:00player<p> Skulking Aegysthos<br />while better men fought at Troy<br />played at being king</p>levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-11004171027944879252020-10-28T19:40:00.002-07:002020-10-28T19:40:46.365-07:00"no reasonable viewer..."<br /><br /> Tucker Carlson's dog<br />ate the crucial evidence.<br />Wanna buy a bridge?levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-17474794508213733552020-10-26T11:09:00.005-07:002020-10-26T11:09:40.927-07:00Ioreth<br /><br /> "The hands of the king<br />are the hands of a healer"<br />Thus, he can be knownlevinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-16505547720570961632020-10-04T08:52:00.004-07:002020-10-04T08:52:51.204-07:00allies<p>asked for policy<br />Trump dog-whistles his brownshirts<br />"stand back and stand by"</p>levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-40777383067358416932020-09-26T09:03:00.005-07:002020-09-26T09:03:34.844-07:00formalist<br /><br /> Will Shakespeare explained<br />why he kept his metric scheme<br />"iamb what iamb"<p></p>levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-70367594141767431492020-07-19T22:45:00.001-07:002020-07-19T22:45:50.773-07:00meddlinggrey-eyed Athena<br />drove a spear into Ares<br />each got yellow cardslevinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-47094458927385692492020-06-29T11:15:00.003-07:002020-06-29T11:15:59.840-07:00immortality<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
legacy of words<br />Mohammed left no male heirs<br />Like George Washington</div>
levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-62481075817620934552020-05-02T09:48:00.002-07:002020-05-02T09:48:34.507-07:00to summarize<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
love humanity!<br />the rest is commentary<br />
now, go and study</div>
levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-13354490576707467632020-04-21T11:31:00.001-07:002020-04-21T11:31:32.663-07:00retrospect<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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levinebarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213807.post-85810279187200497802020-04-18T19:50:00.000-07:002020-04-18T19:50:32.462-07:00Fourth Turning II<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">although it's been mis-spelled in all our texts.<br />The Second Horsemen slays us with a plague;<br />The Wise among us shudder at what's next.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Apocalyptic fires devastate Oz,<br />as Bangladesh subsides beneath the waves.<br />Still Trumpty Dumpty doubts a human cause<br />and soon, there'll be no bodies left to save.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Pat Robertson swears God is in control<br />and sends disease to guide us on His way,<br />chastising bodies to refine the soul,</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">and when that fails, he'll blame it on the Gays.<br />Steve Bannon's all alone to find it "good"<br />we didn't prep for this one, 'though we could.</span></div>
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