1023 - Windows

Haiku Horizons prompt: window

(OK, for the pedants, mine are Senryus)

Windows

Modern day vouyeurs—

They watch the world pass them by

Through thin panes of glass.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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1022 - A Titanic Disaster.

Three Word Wednesday requires participants

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

The words this week are: 

crisis, decayed, embarrassment.

A Titanic Disaster.

Crisis? What crisis?

The media is lying,

There is no ice-berg.

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An embarrassment.

A cause for public concern.

When will we be safe?

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It can’t be decayed—

It is still so very new.

Yet there is a smell.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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1021 - Careful Driving.

Mad Kane poses a regular limerick challenge.

The key word this week is ‘ride’.

Careful Driving

A less than demure young bride,

Took care when going for a ride.

The bumps on the road

Could dislodge her load:

Spectacular but not dignified.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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Vale Boneman

Berry Connell

“Boneman”

??? - 2017

Here lies Berry,

Oft known as Boneman;

He made the world a better place,

As much as any man alone can.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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1020 - Roads

Haiku Horizons prompt: road

(OK, for the pedants, they are Senryus)

Roads

We forge our own road,

Blazing a trail through the rough.

Will others follow?

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You take the high road

And I will take the low road...

Both murmur “Ta, Mac!”

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They are everywhere!

Just where did they learn to drive?

Why aren’t they like me?

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The roadside café—

Cold and rather fatty food.

It’s a tradition.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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1019 - The President's Picnic

The President’s Picnic

If you turn on the news today

You’ll feel you want to cry

If you turn on the news today

Expect to see some lies.

For every lie that ever there was

Will be broadcast there for certain

Because the news is the way

The President fools the public.

Snow job time for Presidents

The little Presidents are having

A lovely time today. 

Watch them as they change events

And then recant the previous day.

See them freely change the news

In any way they choose

They never make any sense

Behind the scenes the Russians and Saudis

Will take them out for drinks

Because they’re rich little Presidents.

Every President whose been bought

Acts in a treasonous way

There’s lots of marvellous cash to keep

And wonderful deals in play.

Behind the lies where nobody sees

They'll muddy the water as long as they please

'Cause that's the way the

Presidents fool the public.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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1018 - If I Ruled The World

Three Word Wednesday requires participants

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

The words this week are: 

seductive, tilt, urgent.

If I Ruled The World

It is a seductive thought:

That you matter.

That you know what should be.

That you can change the world,

Tilt it to align correctly

With what is right;

To address the urgent needs

As you see them.

Seductive, but wrong.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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1017 - Paradise Island

Mad Kane poses a regular limerick challenge.

The key word this week is ‘made’.

Paradise Island

A ship-wrecked couple who displayed

Reluctance when contact was made,

Explained their position

Facilitated coition

So not really marooned, just mis-laid.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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1016 - Confected Outrage

Poets United Midweek Motif : News media

Confected Outrage

The media. It's called a medium 

because it's neither rare nor well done. 

Paraphrasing Ernie Kovacs

In a flow that just increases

Comes outrage, lies and sting.

The owners, sad, are unabashed,

Money, not truth, is king.

Fake news,

The twisted views

Rehashed

Not really

News at all;

Just a stream

Of opinion pieces

Meant to shock

And appall.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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1015 - Links

Haiku Horizon prompt: link

Yes, they are Senryus, not Haikus.  Get over it.

Links

18 holes of golf;

Called a “round” for some reason—

A nice walk ruined.

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Thick pork sausages

Sizzling on the BBQ—

Someone pass the sauce.

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The proof of the link.

They say that it is missing

But look at Donald!

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We must remember—

No matter how strong the chain

The weakest link breaks.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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