red hatter

01 Apr 2020 17 Comments

by lynn__ in rhyming verse Tags: , , , , , , ,

 

yes, growing older
but not “elderly” yet
in fact, feeling bolder
with new friends i’ve metIMG_5831

make statement of fashion
wearing purple and red
deep colors of passion
circle hats upon heads

fun club for ten lassies
monthly travels around
visit places quite classy
while laughter abounds

we live and we learn
shop & dine as an art
the education we earn
keeps brain cells smart

if you see us round town
please give us a smile
we’re the happy red hatters
“live-out-loud” is our style!

 

 

Linking to dVerse Poets pub where Sarah hosts “seeing red” poetry prompt!

kafka for kids?

26 Sep 2019 6 Comments

by lynn__ in rhyming verse, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

“I do not see the world at all; I invent it.” from The Diaries of Franz Kafka, 1910-1923. Link to dVerse poetics hosted by Amaya this week.

Beware the yellow school bus
with cheery windows bright
it threatens to take all of us
and re-educate us right!

Leave your mama & your papa
watch your family disappear
bureaucracy will dictate how
we spend each school year

Bullies learn from Darwin
it’s survival of the fittest
teachers hear from Kinsey
pedophiles are hippest

Identity is how you feel
(forget biology)
kick God out, he isn’t real
(fascist philosophy)

Unicorns and mermaids
rewrite history after all
fluff mis-education may
result in Humpty’s fall

Everyone’s a victim
disenchantment is the rule
let’s politicize the system
then send adults to school!

 

 

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inheritance of fools

21 Feb 2018 8 Comments

by lynn__ in haibun, scripture Tags: , , , , , ,

Wrote this “grey haibun” to share at dVerse Poets pub…

 

A mist of grey grief hangs over us all. Roll call of promising youth, senselessly gunned down before their prime, grows irreversibly longer even as numbers of disconnected, angry youth swell precipitously. Education leaves God out, letting demons in.

Hate disrespects human dignity. Rage destroys human life. Violence disregards meaning of community. Selfishness and rudeness rule (un)social media. We refuse to walk in the life-giving Light; choosing to crawl into the darkness of our own souls.

The civilization of Man is graying fast. Without fear of God, we will fear each other.  Beauty of human culture  fades. We follow a suicidal path and wonder how to write our own obituary.

 

ashes to ashes

ravens cry over ruins

grey twilight descends

 

 

An insightful article regarding philosophical reasons for school shootings HERE…

 

american sentences

15 Nov 2013 19 Comments

by lynn__ in american sentence Tags: , ,

 

Strings of red hot chili peppers hang to dry in her kitchen window.

She pats stack of corn tortillas on counter as the yellow bus stops.

Chattering brown-eyed children spill out and scatter thru trailer park streets.

Bilingual laughter makes mama’s eyes smile as she greets them in spanish.

Next generation will be educated american dreamers.

 

 

(American sentence poetry is like strung-out haiku…just 17 syllables, a paint-by-number picture.)