Direction lies somewhere out there,
remarks somebody standing for mayor,
if you leave it to me
floating free on the sea
then we could end up anywhichwhere!
image: Microsoft Copilot
inspiration: Drift from
X marks the spot
Author: Dave Kingsbury
I'm a retired teacher who now has more time for thinking, reading, writing, making music and blogging ...
Solidarity
Sometimes not a world of words can
touch a hurt that's deep inside -
reach out then and rest your hand
on arm or shoulder, let it ride -
kindness is a fire within,
except where custom claims it died.
image: Adobe Stock
inspiration: Stroke from
Postcard to a Pessimist
Tundra permafrost no longer
Holds its icy grip, you say?
All that bonus greenhouse gas is
Welcome down in Suntrap Bay!
Temperatures are set to soar?
Hotter days are here to stay?
Ask me how I'll spend my time?
Warming all my cares away!
Tomorrow's woes might never happen.
Holidays are for today.
Airmail greetings from the funhouse!
Wishing you were here, OK?
image: Microsoft Copilot
inspiration: THAW from
Shelved?
All the wit and wisdom of the ages
rests within this chapterhouse of pages -
contemplate a brand new bright tomorrow
here where yesterday brings joy and sorrow -
indications too of oddly vanished trails,
voyages to golden futures counted fails,
expeditions bound for cautionary tales.
image: Copilot / Designer
inspiration: Archive from
Edict from Above
As I'm the pattern of perfection,
base your way of life on mine -
never take your own direction,
only toe the party line -
roaming from the travelled track, you
make yourself a foul pariah
and your neighbours turn their back to
libel you a dirty liar.
image: Microsoft Copilot
inspiration: Abnormal from
Inquiry
Ask the perfect question,
no hiding place for truth -
some credible suggestion
will spill the beans, forsooth -
every honest mention
rips falsehood like a tooth.
image: BBC
inspiration: Answer from
as usual
boardroom bungles
unseen upshots
shareprice swindles
iffy inputs
nervous newsfeeds
empty exploits
surface smoothness
subprime sandpits
image: Copilot Designer
inspiration: business from
a nomad in cyberspace 