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Some Penny Haiku, Part 3, Reprise

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Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:46 pm
"Don't Rock the Boat" Penny Haiku
By Steve Plonk

(a)
Kind & gentle folk
Don't rock the boat
We all gotta float...
War is disease
That needs elimination,
Let peace break out
Like flowers in the pavement.
Let's help the planet's vibration...
***
(b)
Kind folk, don't rock the boat,
We all live on float...
Let's set a new precedent,
Set 'em all reeling
With a new debt ceiling,
Agree that we need to
Fund each new emergency,
Paying as we go...
Let compromise reign
On the political landscape,
To escape more heartache...
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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby dadio » Fri Jul 29, 2011 4:32 am
Good themes & poems.

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:38 pm
Dadio, glad you like these penny haiku. I'll keep posting them. 8)

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:46 pm
"Peep-eye Penny Haiku Series"
By Steve Plonk
(a)
A Cat's eyes, like agate,
shine like glitter in a stone.

(b)
A Dog's eyes roll to where
the ball is thrown.

(c)
A Guinea Pig's eyes
shine like cherries in a jar.

(d)
A lizard's eyes shine like
diamonds in the twilight.

(e)
A baby's eyes twinkle like
stars in a nightlight.

(f)
A fawn's eyes shine like
garnets in the moonlight.

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Fri Sep 09, 2011 11:15 am
"Animal Penny Haiku"
By Steve Plonk

a)
Kitty cats smile
Their Cheshire smiles
Ply their feline wiles
To get a table nibble,
Or an early serve of kibble...

b)
Puppies grin their
Furry chins from
Ear to ear,
Whine & pant &
Don't relent,
Until food into
Their bowl is sent...

c)
Guinea pigs go
"Wheet, wheet, wheet!"
Scurry with their
Fuzzy clawed feet,
Until they get hay buds &
Parsley to eat...

d)
Goldfish in the tank
Go "Blub, blub, blub!"
Swim close to the top,
Until some fish food
Into the tank does drop...

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Kailashana » Fri Sep 09, 2011 12:52 pm
I like your political *correctness* and you animal instinct.

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Sun Sep 11, 2011 3:23 pm
Kailashana, thanx for your praises on my poems.
Glad these pieces connected with you. :)

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Sun Sep 25, 2011 3:48 pm
"Paying as you go, Penny Haiku"
By Steve Plonk
(a)
We've got food on the table
A roof o'er our head,
We're alive & chooglin',
We're getting fed...
Sound off, bring it on down,
One, two, three, four,
One two, three-four!

(b)
All the world must be taxed,
The "good book" says...
As long as we take breath
We'll pay our fair share
And by & by,
we'll get Social Security, Medicare,
Or SSI, says I,
It's our money,
It ain't no "ponzi scheme",
It's part of the great American dream...

(c)
So, vote for the Democratic Party,
Which taxes us hearty...
Tell that GOP bunch,
That there's no "sech thang"
As a free lunch...
Show the GOP the door,
Tell 'em we wanna
Get what we pay for...

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Thu Sep 29, 2011 4:44 pm
"THE AIRFORCE JET, PENNY HAIKU"
By Steve Plonk

Loudly roars the jet plane,
As it's streaking through the blue,
Thundering through the heavens,
To protect & serve you, too.

It's engines pushing forward,
It's crew alert & true,
Ever conscious of their task,
Of guarding all of you.
***
Fools, non-believers & doubters that be,
There is a God upon air, land & sea...
Prayers for John F. Kennedy...

Author's Note: Written 1961, Revised 1962, during the
"Cuban Missle Crisis", Retitled Sept. 2011.

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:15 am
"A LOST THOUGHT, PENNY HAIKU

Searching through to a lost thought,
Retrieving a lost thought,
I sat amazed
At the time it takes
To give advice,
Pondering only what
You would have done or
Would do if you were he--
But only a glimmer
Of his existence do you grasp--
Wondering, nestled near the
Wasted words,
You form them
With your mouth &
Watch them die/

Circa April 1975, Revised Oct. 2011.

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:21 pm
WELCOME TO THE MID-SOUTH:
PENNY HAIKU SERIES
By Steve Plonk

(a)
There aren't any spoons,
Just a few sporks,
We have no babies
Brought by storks...
Storks are too busy
Tending the cabbage heads
Kids which grow in the marsh...
***
(b)
The winds & rains came &
We had a gully warsh...
Trees fell across the roads,
As moonshiners were bringing
Out contraband on gravel streets,
While kluckers rode around
Dressed in sheets--
Many were busted as undercover
Informants they trusted...
Good riddance to the whole bunch,
As they were taken to jail after lunch...
***
(c)
We are tired of homegrown terrorists &
Dope & whiskey runners down here...
Just once it would be nice to see
No news of meth busts, trailer explosions &
Child porn perverts being apprehended--
Just once it would be nice to have a quiet
Week where folks got along with each other,
No domestic violence & "looney tune" shootings...

(d)
Toleration is the key to much peace
Which could be at hand,
If people would just keep their hands
To themselves & their mouths shut...
Pot calls the kettle black all the time
Down in these parts...
***
(e)
Better not abort any babies,
But once they're born,
There is no social service funding...
Infant mortality is rampant...
There is a whole cemetery in
Memphis devoted to dead babies...
Ignorance is not bliss,
Many babies these parents miss...

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby constantine » Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:13 pm
i really like the animal ones - the others too, but the animal ones have a playfulness that appeals to me.

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Sun Oct 23, 2011 3:18 pm
Constantine, Glad you liked my pieces & thanks for the comments on
my whimsical animal poems. 8)

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Sat Nov 12, 2011 1:48 pm
"Lady Luck Penny Haiku"
By Steve Plonk

(a)
Some folks lives roll
Easy as rain,
Other folks lives
Don't roll,
Like hail, they fall,
Break down the stall...

(b)
Lady luck brings a saw buck,
But when twenty dollars,
Rings a bell,
Time is hard to tell...
So come by us, Lord,
That we may sell a tale,
A fable that rings true...

(c)
Leaves fall & winter
Encroaches the grass,
Everything turns golden brown,
Autumn soon will pass,
Luck & destiny sing with
Winds of storms,
Roses drop & we
Are left with thorns...
Icicles are formed...

(d)
Bare branches leave buds,
Honey locust leaves its pods,
For the harvest of new trees,
Osage orange leaves its fruit,
For the horses & mules,
Which when expelled
Grow new tree stalks,
As we go through autumn walks...
Charity begins anew
As the Salvation Army rings
Those holiday bells...

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Fri Nov 18, 2011 3:07 pm
"Lady Luck Penny Haiku continued..."
By Steve Plonk

(e)
Lady Luck rides down
Our Neighborhood street,
Clothed in yellow spandex,
Waving to all passers by--
Her well-kept antique
Ten-speed rear bicycle
Wheels flap some playing cards
In the autumn breeze...
"Hoo Hah!" She exclaims,
"Take a chance with me!"

(f)
Our season of funnery is
Upon us & we all need a hit
Of holiday cheer & nonsense beer...
But we must leave this nunnery &
Partake of the open road,
That flashing mental highway expectation
Of company & plenty is awaiting,
If only for just a day or two,
So let the festivities begin!

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:26 pm
"Grief Penny Haiku"
By Steve Plonk

Life's journey ends so swift
Time is a thief
Memory is a gift
Which eases grief
With a lift...

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:35 pm
"Roadside Sign Penny Haiku, etc."
By Steve Plonk

"Real Eyes
Realize
Real Lies"...
Then we have
To explain the truth
Which is relative to
The beholder,
Who as s/he explains
Becomes a witness...
Those who prophesize
Express with finess...
***
As we know, there
Are many kinds of trees--
All reach toward the sky,
The sun warms them
As they grow...
The truth, in the same way,
Warms the soul,
As our soul gains traction
During our lives,
We bask in God's Grace...
Thanks be to God's gifts...

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Sat Dec 17, 2011 10:55 pm
"Two Milleniums Penny Haiku"
By Steve Plonk

a)
Sometimes we wonder
Why there aren't any spoons?...
Just plenty of knives & sporks,
With starving people ready
To cut something in various
Corners of the globe...
In the background,
The radio plays:
"O Little Town of Bethlehem"--
***
b)
Poor Bethlehem, rests its
Collective head on stones...
Meanwhile, a shiny beast
Slouches its way to Bethlehem,
As the pilgrims try to survive
A week in the "Holy Land"...
Grant us a boon, Savior King,
Who was visited by three
Wise men bearing three gifts...
More than two thousand years ago--
What gifts do we really have
To top these, many eons hence?
***
c)
The Grand Conjunction & Star
Came to rest over the stable in
A cave, as shooting stars
Announced the angels watching,
As the animals about him stood,
The cattle, the sheep, the donkey,
Barn dogs & cats, the shepherds--
Savior King born in a stable rude
All glory is yours, & what is man,
To be able to glimpse your message?
***
d)
Around 7 B.C., a nova & a Grand Conjunction
Announced Jesus' birth, so say the
Astronomers of this day,
But the astrologers of the early
Days found the Savior lying in
A manger in a cave, because his folks
Could find no room at an inn...
***
e)
Jesus was born to die so
That we might be saved:
Etching a tapestry of western thought...
Who are we to be able to glimpse his message?
"Now abide these: Faith, Hope, Love,
But the greatest of these is Love..."
May we not hear the clanging cymbal,
But hear the horn of Gabriel...

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:06 pm
"New Moon Penny Haiku"
By Steve Plonk
a)
There's a new moon
We cannot see,
Because God
Blocked it out
With a giant flea...
***
b)
Oh pesky fly
Plagueing the sty
In my left eye,
Wave goodbye,
Let the sliver
Of a crescent moon
Peep through
In my vision...

c)
Sea splashes
Foam in my eye
So that I cannot
See the crescent
Moon rise in the
Pacific sky...

d)
Freaking moon
With a big oriental face,
Help me smile
With my facade
Upon my fellow
Human race,
Bless the pansies
Which shine in
Moonlight this
Late December night...
Brightening my 'hood...

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Sat Jan 07, 2012 11:21 pm
"New Year Kittens Penny Haiku"
By Steve Plonk
a)
Two little kittens named
Mittens and Chaps
Mew outside my basement den
Window as my tuxedo cat
Meows back down below...
Happy mew year they say
Happy mew year, old cat...

b)
Meanwhile, upstairs,
I hear two more cats
Gently meowing out
The new year,
Right after the ball
Has been dropped in
Times square,
Tabby cat & Coon cat
Make stereo meows
After eating their
"Kitty Kaviar" chows...

c)
Five cats singing
"Auld Lang Syne"
While neighborhood
Dogs woof & whine
As fire crackers go
Pop Pop! As latter day
Holiday lights light hilltop...

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:45 pm
"Pets Muse Penny Haiku"
By Steve Plonk

Cat & dog's whines & mews
Communicate as well as amuse,
Pets attentions inspire the muse,
If one is attuned
To their animal news...
***
Pets radio antenna
Is more sensitive than ours
They have better sight & hearing, of course...
Pets hear the trains coming
way before us,
Hear the rains, way before us--
Beating our poor ears...
***
Pets sense tremors from
Earthquakes underground,
In time to evacuate
Buildings in town...
Pets know our car noises,
Know our footsteps
As we arrive home...
As we may see,
Out of many choices,
Pets are great company...

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:12 pm
"In Chat-Spot: Penny Haiku Series"
By Steve Plonk

In the Chat Spot,
We chat-a-lot,
Some is just chatter,
Some is just rot,
But we get to
The things which matter,
In the Chat Spot...
***
In the Chat Spot,
We shoot the breeze
With ease,
Talk small talk,
With profound meanings,
Break the ice across the world,
Just as the United Nations
Flag's unfurled...
We chat with friends,
Keep ourselves amused...
Even talk about comfortable shoes...
***
At times, I get the blues,
When I am reminded of
My comfortable shoes,
When so many along the avenues,
Go barefoot with blisters
On their feet,
Scratching & struggling
For some bites to eat...
***
But I remember the
Sneakers in care boxes in church,
Which were given with care
To those who have not,
Shipped to folks in our world
Who have suffered calamity,
We try to ease those in depravity...
***
So let's give when we can
Not just to the outstretched hand,
Alleviate need when we see it,
'Cause one day we may be in need,
'Cause in order to grow corn,
We must be there to seed it...
***
All are worthy, there are
Sentient beings all around--
Among those beings,
Are alley cats in the town--
Animals & children neglected,
Folks exposed to radiation detected--
Storm & flood victims,
Looking so forlorn,
Who wonder how to
Get their next meal
The following morn...
***
To help, "give a leg up"
When you can--
Don't hold back,
It takes a village
To get trains
Back on track...

Author’s note: This is an expansion of a series of poems I posted in “Chat Spot".

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Sat Mar 17, 2012 1:16 pm
Tuna Water: For My Cats (Lyric)
-A Penny Haiku series-
By Steve Plonk
a)
Mew mew mew mew
Drinking tuna juice
Gracious, how delish
Juice from tuna fish
***
b)
On a lazy evening
Hearing buzzing of the bees
I hear the sound of mewing
Meowing please please - please
I get out the tuna can
Open it up so quick,
Even before I get out the bowls
Our cats have come to lick
***
c)
It’s much to cats liking
I could never fail to tell,
They practically smack their
Muzzles with the smell,
Their little paws come scurrying
Practically knocking down the bowls
Slipping pink tongues in and out their jowls…
***
d)
Mew -mew meow mow -mow
Drinking tuna juice
Gracious, how delish
Tuna water in our dish…

Author’s Note:
Inspired by the old folk tune, “Goober Peas” :)

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Wed Mar 21, 2012 2:21 pm
“Little Pets Penny Haiku Series”
By Steve Plonk

a)
Little kitties, little doggies
Going for a walk…
In their halters, in leash & collars,
What if they could talk?
As March winds blow
This spring day
What would they say?...
***
b)
Wiggling ears & tails
Labeling and arching backs
Stretching on the sidewalk
Shaking off the rain
Smelling the azaleas &
Dripping honeysuckles
As moisture collects on leaves—
What would be the little pets
Likes & what would be their pet peeves?
***
c)
Little kitties, little doggies
Listening to the mockingbirds,
Titmice in the cedar trees
How would they let us
Know with words
What they may only say
In pantomime & patience
When pointing at their
Empty water bowl with their
Noses after coming inside
From the March breeze
With pollen on their coats
From the evergreen trees…
***
d)
Little kitties, little doggies
Leading their animal lives
Begging for their meals
Doing tricks for treats &
Interesting athletic feats…
Meow, mew & woof , whine
They help us figure out
What they want & we
Muddle through just fine…

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Sun May 06, 2012 1:18 pm
Wake up from your ennui & read these whimsical poems, see above.
Let me know what you think... :)

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby stilltrucking » Sun May 06, 2012 5:48 pm
"...a penny for my thoughts
would not tax my mind at all"

puppy dog heaven 8)
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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Sat May 12, 2012 11:45 am
Thanks, Still Trucking... :)

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Sun May 27, 2012 8:38 pm
Grantchester Meadows Forever (Penny Haiku)
By Steve Plonk

Y'know what gives me
Those spring thrills?
Watching the swaying
Of the daffodils--
Another example of garden
Hocus-pocus
Is the early colors of
The Grantchester crocus/

Circa 1970
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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:54 pm
THE SAFFRON NUMBER (Penny Haiku)

By Steve Plonk

I remember
The saffron number
The very last saffron number
We did together,
You & I & the mephi--
Oh where am I,
Who knows... Who cares...
Pushed the china button &
I tripped somewheres
Don’t worry about me
I’m only with stellar company…
The back roads of my mind
Are still smokinnnn'!

Circa Summer 1976

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:37 pm
THOUGHTS ON THE EVENING OF VIKING TOUCHDOWN:
JULY 20, 1976 (Penny Haiku)

By Steve Plonk

Oh, red planet Mars
Will you ever stop being a mystery?
Never, until I set foot
On your pistachio, peppermint stick surface/
The first false color picture of you
Was the beauty of a dying world
Like Earth maybe too someday/
Mars, you seem like an old toothless
Red setter—a dog with a painful
But dignified bark/

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:04 pm
Readers, readers, readers, where are you kind folks? Please dart your eyes
upon this humble page two, et al. :)

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Sat Jul 28, 2012 8:01 pm
Refreshing the page for those whose eyes wax sage... :lol:

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby theirishsea » Tue Jul 31, 2012 1:13 pm
"let compromise reign"----I wish that could be realized.
The Irish Sea Is Always In Turmoil, Even When Calm.

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:46 pm
Me, too, theirishsea...We need to keep our "minds open" for areas in which
folks may compromise. Then wishes may become a reality... 8)

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:18 pm
"Self-Improvement Penny Haiku"
By Steve Plonk

One cannot get where one is going
Unless one remembers where s/he has been/
True being requires hindsight as well as foresight... 8)

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:54 pm
"Historical Penny Haiku"
By Steve Plonk

"Pinkie Lee" & "Chucky Low"
To Beijing, (China) Olympics
They did go...
Suddenly, murder
Came to flower,
As they visited
The "Old Drum Tower".

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby stilltrucking » Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:11 pm
I like how it sounds even if I don't know nothing about it 8)
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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Mon Oct 01, 2012 1:36 pm
Thanks, Still Trucking, there was a murder at that location during the
Beijing Olympics. :( I use fictive names & so on, to get the soundings.
Glad you liked it. :)

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Sat Oct 06, 2012 4:23 pm
THE OBSERVER: Penny Haiku
By Steve Plonk

T'Would be nice to be mint
In a drink of mint julep
At a bridal shower...
***
Like a flea on the wall
I'd get to observe it all
From the inside out
From the outside in
Clawing at tongues
As homemade sin...

First published in slightly differing form in the GO forum, in Son of the Sun’s Poetry thread, Sept. 20, 2012.

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby theirishsea » Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:59 am
A lot of interesting poetry but I wonder if putting them all in one thread is good or not----I do see its advantages. Every time you post new poems the old ones are brought to the surface again.
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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:25 pm
Thanks for reading, Irish Sea...Yeah, I post my poems in a thread in order to
keep track of the older poems & get more exposure. When a thread has been
dormant a while, I close comments, copy it, and put it in my column space:
"Life in the Horse Lane". 8)

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Thu Nov 08, 2012 3:39 pm
FOUR MORE YEARS

By Steve Plonk

We brought it back with Barack, Jack
We brought it back with Barack
Four more years
Have suppressed our fears
We brought it back with Barack
Obama
We brought it back with Barack
Sunshine shines on our national mama
We brought it back with Obama
Liberty, Equality, Tranquility...
No more Romney/Ryan trauma.
***
We brought it back with Barack, Jack
We brought it back with Barack
No more Romney/Ryan Frick & Frack
We brought it back with Barack, Jack
Sun shines on our national Mama
We brought four more years with Obama.

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby stilltrucking » Thu Nov 08, 2012 11:38 pm
four more years that's all I want
just four more years
of happy days are here again

four more years
sounds good to me
even at my age

in the meantime
I can hardly wait
for the next election
in four more years

just a GO
don't mean nothing now
maybe it will
in four more years
when happy days are here again 8)
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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Sat Nov 10, 2012 3:10 pm
Thanks for your input, Still Trucking. Glad that there are readers still out there.
Hopefully, this awful recession will continue to turn around. Until then, it is great to "see daylight at the end of the tunnel"...

DAYLIGHT Penny Haiku

By Steve Plonk
a)
There is daylight
At the end of the recession tunnel,
An old metaphor I am wont to use,
We continue to trust that
Folks will recover,
Treat their neighbors as friends
Sister or brother,
Keeping on the good foot,
Nose to the wheels...
***
b)
Time may heal our wounds,
Hopefully not wound our heels--
Time usually does a bit of both,
Hopeful that this rhyme is not uncouth,
For I begin my old age then,
I'm no longer in youth...
***
c)
It takes a village, Hillary Clinton once said,
We must all work with our hands
As well as our head...
We may preserve our grounds
We may explore the skies,
We may live as siblings
As long as we tries...
White, Black, Red, Yellow & Brown...
Let's all shake hands
Accept what's gone down...
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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Arcadia » Sat Nov 10, 2012 3:25 pm
yeah, let´s pray to yellow spandex...! :lol: :wink: good to know about you, Steve!!!!!

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:03 pm
:lol: Arcadia, appreciate your sense of humor. Thanks for reading...
Good to know you, too. 8)

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby stilltrucking » Mon Nov 12, 2012 1:29 pm

yeah, let´s pray to yellow spandex...!


good to know you too amiga 8)

I wish him well,
and I pray for his safety in my own heretical way,
I voted for him be cause I thought he was the lesser evil,
or maybe I voted for my own devils, my own self interest.

It cost a couple billion dollars to get him elected, lets hope it was money well spent, and lets hope for better days for the all G d's critters including us.

don't mind me steve I am crazy, certified mentally unfit, I am sure it all makes cents, I vote like I am a free man. I vote like I am superstitious, as if I believe in evil, cause I do. I wish I could breath a big sigh of relief the way we did after world war one, and two. Evil has been vanquised from the earth except for the occasional rocket attack or drone strike.


I am not too happy with this whole electoral process we got. Those electoral college votes are not legally bound to vote for Obama. As I understand it they could still vote for Romney, vote their conscience or their Race :?

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Re: Some Penny Haiku, Part 3

Postby Steve Plonk » Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:30 pm
As Dylan once said "Money don't talk, it swears!..." Thanks for reading, etc... :)

Comments to this thread of my Poetry, "Some Penny Haiku, Part 3" are closed.
If you'd like to read further, see this thread in my column. 8)

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