eric sundin

Splendidly gallop our horses
below glimmer of sabers
in bravely fought lost good causes
thus found stillborn our labors

While briefly providing
gushing feelgood rush
way too soon subsiding
that compelling crush

Thusly often runs the course
of many a ‘noble’ cause

edited 02/15/24 1635

President Trump flagitious
merely the latest shoot
on Empire’s bush pernicious:
One more brazen galoot

Of The Exceptional Nation
the repeated tired narration

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galoot = a disreputable or clumsy man

edited 04/26/22 1000

Hoppas han vet att dikta
att skriva kort å fräscht
Annars ska läsarn svikta
å tycka för trögläst

Begränsat mänskans synfält
så håll ämnet lättsmält
Använd en lättvikt ångvält
i moget sädesfält

I tidens diskurser otåliga
blir vi lätt disträ av det pråliga

edited 06/14/23 1000

I knäppt pellejönseri
irrar vi å kacklar
samhälleligt hönseri
där sunt förstånd vacklar

Fel grunkor vi jaga
mens lättast klandra
å skylla å klaga
på alla andra

Vi har ju en sån djärv självkänsla
befriad från mesig medkänsla …

edited 12/04/23 1530

Were I able to stifle
my clabber blabbering
spouting tedious trifle
smattering, jabbering

Then you’d be spared erred earfuls
of fumbling foolishness
saved from such silly eyefuls
of mucky mulishness

But short of you pointing a gun
I’ll sadly keep at it again

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-clabber = milk that has soured and thickened

edited 10/14/2026 1505

‘Idiots’ are we not truly
in Athenian word sense
if in these times most unruly
we’re just sitting on the fence?

With economy now in free fall
while society collapses
time to mitigate (though can’t forestall)
before short time left elapses!

Why don’t we try our utmost
as Earth does turn burning toast?

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idiot = from ‘idios’ (private, one’s own); an ‘idiot’ in Athenian democracy (500 B.C.) was someone who was concerned almost exclusively with private, as opposed to public, affairs – not seeming to grasp how they are intertwined! Declining to take part in public life was largely frowned upon – considered dishonorable even.

edited 10/25/23 0800

Happiness but cloying
pinkish ribbon flown
flimsy & decoying
by fickle winds blown

While embracing Peace of Mind
steadfastly us anchor
Life’s most impeccable find
knows calm joy, not rancor

Happiness dallies in distracting
Peace of Mind lets us live exacting

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exacting = requiring close application or attention

editing 02/18/24 0645

A father’s ‘advice’ to his son of marrying age:

If ‘mere’ stylist don’t let you embarrass
as long as sweet of soul, mind of breadth
Or if a Ph.D, trust fund heiress
make sure of her spiritual depth

(Not, if newly, a divorcee
or a just released parolee)

One shapely with good looks:
A compelling muse
one who adeptly cooks
doesn’t watch tv news

A woman hard for you to match
and one not too easy to catch

edited 8/27/25 1150

Although driving pandemic
by the global tellurian
compellingly endemic
along the coast Ligurian.

High pitched its roar
Panda 4×4.
Shifter on floor
road hugging rapport.

Tire squealing curves vertiginous
wind through hilly cream cake plethora.
Binge worth cake shops indigenous
caloric boxes of pandora.

A swift driving stalk
brings a sweet cake walk.

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-cake shop = in Volterra https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g194951-d1861279-Reviews-L_Incontro-Volterra_Province_of_Pisa_Tuscany.html
-Panda 4×4 = https://www.fiat.com/panda/panda-4×4
-tellurian = of or inhabiting the earth
-Volterra = http://www.initaly.com/regions/hilltowns/volterra.htm

Dishonesty & cowardice
dressed up, promptly propounded
(disingenuously remiss)
as: Optimism, well-founded!

Better face facts knowingly
than to indulge wishful thinking
Hopeless cajole glowingly
as Reality ain’t blinking!

And cowardly evasion
changes no one’s persuasion

edited 02/23/23 1740