976 - Blueprint

Haiku Horizons prompt: Design

Blueprint

Life has a pattern

But nothing you can design

Beyond a rough draft.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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975 - Peeping Tom

Mad Kane poses a regular limerick challenge.

The key word this week is ‘stare’.

Peeping Tom

When Godiva paraded, all bare,

The townsfolk agreed not to stare.

But the temptation was steep

And young Tom took a peep

But swore he just looked at her hair.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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974 - To a Christian who mocked a Haggis

To a Christian who mocked a Haggis

You are a disappointment, Trevor;

You and your high ideals

Of religion and of heavenly choirs.

Surely you know how it feels

Receiving

From the disbelieving

Satire

And yet you pretend to spew

And laugh as if it’s so very clever.

Would JC agree with you?

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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973 - Flood

Haiku Horizons prompt: Flood.

Flood

The ice caps will melt.

But why should I be worried?

I live on a hill.

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“We will be flooded!”

“They will breed like the rabbits!”

“You must be afraid!”

Muslim tsunami.

The fear of ignorant folk

Who cannot do maths.

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It began to rain—

They came aboard two by two.

Forty days and nights.

A lot of water

To cover all of the land.

Where did it all go?

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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972 - Control

Three Word Wednesday requires participants

to use the three words of the week in a composition.

The words this week are: 

parched, rotund, scandalous.

Control

“Orthodoxy means not thinking–not needing to think. 

Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.”

-George Orwell

Rotund men

In pinstripe suits 

And tall glass towers

Control our lives.

Yes, it is scandalous.

But we do nothing,

Feel we can do nothing.

That is their power.

That is how they

Control our lives.

We let them.

Like the man lost

In the desert—

Delusional, parched,

Desperate.

We crawl to wards

The mirage

Of hope.  Hope

That things will improve

It we behave.

That is how they

Control our lives.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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971 - Resistance is Necessary

Poets United Midweek Motif : Change

Resistance is Necessary

We are influenced—

Family, friends, the press.

But we can resist.

Yes, we can listen.

They can put forward their case;

That’s all they can do.

It may not sit well.

Afterwards we can assess.

Change is optional.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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970 - Opportunity Knocks

Midweek Motif : Doors

Opportunity Knocks

If the door is closed

You can open it again—

That is what doors do.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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969 - Thank You For Your Support.

Three Word Wednesday requires participants

to use the three words of the week in a composition.

The words this week are: 

jockey, kindred and lopsided.

Thank You For Your Support,

(I shall always wear it.)

He’s growing up—

Too big to be a jockey

And he’s only four.

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Our kindred spirits

Support us when we need them

Wherever they are.

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Nothing is even—

Everything is lopsided;

Just like testicles.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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968 - None So Blind

Poet’s United Midweek Motif: Vision

None so blind.

Television.

Far seeing.

The bastard offspring 

Of Greek and Latin.

The irony of it:

It makes you 

Introspective

Or escapist,

Or passive.

Voyeurs.

If you don’t like 

What you see

You can change the channel

But, curiously,

You don’t turn off,

Accepting

The best of the worst.

Transfixed 

But seeing nothing.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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967 - Defensive Positions

Three Word Wednesday requires participants

to use the three words of the week in a composition.

The words this week are: 

hateful, incorrigible and gaping.

Defensive Positions

Incorrigible,

That’s what they have called me—

For telling ‘Dad jokes’.

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Jokes let me escape

From the harsh realities

Of a hateful world.

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That dark, gaping void

Between what the world presents

And what it should be.

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And so I tell jokes.

If that upsets some people—

They can call me names.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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966 - Early Days

Three Word Wednesday requires participants

to use the three words of the week in a composition.

The words this week are: 

filthy, elaborate and dappled.

Early Days

It is quiet.

The morning is just starting to move.

But gently so.

An early cloud dissolves slowly

And the wisteria lets a dappled light through.

Reflective moments

While the world dreams

Produce elaborate plans.

Optimistic?  Maybe.

But worthwhile none the less.,

There is scope for improvement.

At home.

And at large.

The year past has had its share of highs

And lows.

A granddaughter arrived,

With that smell new babies have.

But wars continue, as filthy as ever.

This morning feels no different to yesterdays.

But we draw a line in the sands of time

And hope things will change.

Outside, ravens pass discordant judgement.

Inside, a clock ticks.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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