December 21st, 2020 | Categories: 4 + 2 verses, arcane, communication, fitness, technology, top ranked

Such snide, pied words
by hunched techies riled
Their screen-filled worlds
by jargon jaunt wiled:

Nattering net nerds
in their self-fenced herds

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-jaunt = excursion, junket
-pied = discolored, motley
-wiled = use of tricks to deceive

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December 15th, 2020 | Categories: limerick, swedish

När min nyanlände immigrant (från USA till Sverige) son Matt såg Greta Thunberg med far å hund när han var ute å motionerade på Kungsholmen, Stockholm:

En amerikan some hette Matt
av sinnesnärvaro ägde skvatt

Fast kunde på svenska: ‘Vad heter hunden?’
när han såg Gretas blev hans tunga bunden

Måhända ett tillfälle försatt?

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December 2nd, 2020 | Categories: communication, cultural, empire, political, religion, top ranked

Once we begin to label
people, situations
they’ll turn simplistic fable
drawing allegations

An opinion in a blink
demands our chiding or sainting
without bothering to think
could prove indelibly tainting

‘Evil’ found irreversible
seen as beyond redemption
while ‘Good’ always traversable
fragrant without exemption

But at times don’t ‘good’ people seem buffoonish
while ‘evil’ people benignly cartoonish?

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Behind plush home compound’s locks
stacked portfolio of stocks

and in the driveway
a monstrous vehicle
true to the cliche
monomaniacal

Enthroned sitting high up
me, entitled little elf
on my cell, with my pup
looking well after myself

On path unswerving
how well deserving!

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November 29th, 2020 | Categories: cultural, empire, neighborhood, political, short & sweet, top ranked

That citizens sleep on sidewalks
engenders but little compassion
while belligerent China hawks
are in exceptionalist fashion

To send our young crisply uniformed
endowed by ‘defense’ budget bloat
amidst cheers by public uninformed
to sally beyond our own moat

Billions squandered sparring in the South China Sea
by a ‘civilized’ nation … how can it still be?!

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November 25th, 2020 | Categories: swedish, top ranked

Givetvis, javisst
hur trist vår rastlöshet
när allt så ovisst
i Covid instängdhet!

Saknar vi all insikt?
Har flackat vår förtröstan?
Bräcklig vår tillförsikt?
Sjunker vi i misströstan?

Mens av vårt släktes storstiliga inbilskhet
berörs ej världsalltets eviga enslighet …

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November 24th, 2020 | Categories: swedish, top ranked

Vad som en gång fullgjort
kan väl kanske förstumma
mens syns likväl förgjort
vad vi lyckats försumma?

Avstå från pinsam återblick
på allt det som försiggick!
Lev till fullo vart ögonblick
utan irrig sidoblick

Se varken framåt å tillbaka
två företeelser omaka!

edited 12/20/23 1700

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November 23rd, 2020 | Categories: cultural, fitness, political, short & sweet, top ranked

Getting to take the backseat
on a vehicle of success
ain’t lounging in a box seat
or being gifted some largesse

The Poor do slide off the pillion
when Elite does a wheelie
who ‘earn’ yet another billion
throttling entitled, freely

The Power Elite
who rarely feels contrite
expresses its conceit:
“The Poor should’ve held on tight!”

As The Poor fall off on Life’s ride
the Elite takes it in their stride

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-pillion = here: a small cushion-like passenger seat of a motorbike

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November 23rd, 2020 | Categories: cultural, emotional turmoil, escape, political, short & sweet, top ranked

From inconvenience
(as we lack calm resilience)
do grant us lenience!
Let’s rely on own brilliance!

Amidst all impertinent tasks
we’re joined strong in resistance
to those ‘steam up my glasses’ masks
and keeping 6 ft distance!

Those demands imposed on us like blitzkrieg!
Honor our fatigue! Unfair the intrigue!

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November 23rd, 2020 | Categories: swedish, top ranked

Vad skönt att okränkbarhet
är numera helt umbärlig
å det där med måttlighet
en brant stig alltför besvärlig!

Vad än vi envetnas om får hända
hejdas inte av domarns pipa
så ingen fara vi står felvända
för ingen får lov att ingripa

För i nutida samröre
bör ej finnas rättesnöre!

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