March 23rd, 2026 | Categories: limerick, youth

Has society misunderstood
what constitutes ‘rightful livelihood’?

beyond well paid screening
what’s work’s purpose, meaning?

where is our fulfilling neighborhood?

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March 18th, 2026 | Categories: swedish

Långtradigt
grymt bråkigt
istadigt
långtråkigt

Hutlöst
helt gement
hjärtlöst
Nog försent

att ändra våra flärdfulla liv, gunås
innan tillvaron tar död på oss förstås?

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flärdfullhet = fåfänga, flärd, prålsjuka, ytlighet, lättsinne

edited 06/12/26 0650

 

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March 11th, 2026 | Categories: aging, emotional turmoil, memoirs

Crotchety with age
through his final years swished
no kindly calm sage
by now from life’s road ditched

As faculties betray
turned to manners rancorous
ever quicker astray
ending up cantankerous

Should have paid more attention
than stayed stuck in pretension

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March 5th, 2026 | Categories: swedish

En gamling vacklar minst på sin bakgård
bortom vilken tappar han strax sin tråd

När unga konversera
styra, ställa m.m.

klarar de sej lätt förutan hans råd

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March 3rd, 2026 | Categories: 4 + 2 verses, communication, cultural

The Media’s mega food
has become platitude
megaphoned & ballyhooed
grants itself latitude

The instant they’re uttered
all communing get shuttered

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February 20th, 2026 | Categories: 4 + 2 verses, escape, memoirs

I’m prisoner of bodily pain
in solitary emotional cell
in vain I rattle my rusty chain
Shall I be freed prior to my death knell?

If I’m ever freed from today’s decrepitude
let each pain-free moment be one of gratitude

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February 17th, 2026 | Categories: swedish

Blev opåtänkt nedslagen
av genomträngande smärta
Känner mej tungt lamslagen
med hopp blott rullande ärta

Tog för givet välbefinnande
fastän trodde mej förslagen
Förstod blott i eftersinnande
att jag lät mej bli bedragen

I ett sorgligt melodrama
som saknar panorama

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Someone megalomaniacal
greedily kleptomaniacal

Rages unchecked
on own traject

Of Himself monomaniacal

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monomaniacal: obsessed with a single subject or idea, in this case himself

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February 3rd, 2026 | Categories: swedish

Behöver ej gå åt helskotta
fastän föds som en medelmåtta

Inte blev han general
Blott korpral klerikal

men han mötte en tjusig lotta

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helskotta = helvete, helsike, helsefyr, fanders
lotta = kvinna inom lotta inom försvarsrörelsen

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February 1st, 2026 | Categories: consumer mind, escape, fitness, political

Verse inspired by the State of Washington in 2021 announcement of a winner of $250,000 in the so called Covid Jab lottery, i.e. if you deign to being vaccination you may win a spectacular price.

Jabs, who need ’em?
Te deum!
Grant me freedom
to be dumb!

A shot for my health
not my concern
but for adding wealth
that I’ll discern!

But refusing vaccination:
What of solidarity?
Societal abdication?
Clueless insularity?

What’s a Public Health Lottery
but mere turkey trot tottery?!

edited 02/01/26 1045

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