eric sundin

Vaknade med torr mun
efter natt sömnlös
Gryningen ljusnar tunn
omgivning formlös

Vred o vände mej till morgonstund
finner det svårt att lägga band
när sovit blott nån enstaka blund
Men nu med mobilen i hand …

… fick morgonstund ‘Guld i Mund’
helt älskvärt i välfärd
tog det endast nån sekund
bort från ofärd, irrfärd:

Tills att nu igen återförenad
Inte längre känner mej förmenad!

edited 09/20/24 1120

Time, it’s being said, ‘flies’
passes too quickly
or rather perhaps ‘flees’
cowardly prickly?

For where’s time when we need more
what’s the story on that score?

Watch that tempus
as it ravages
in fierce tempest
as it savages:

Possesses our minds
our lives it mocks
Time never rewinds
as do our clocks

So just ‘fugit about it’
there exist no loopholes
We may sit in the cockpit
but not at the controls!

+)
-tempus fugit = time ‘flies’ but seems rather ‘flees’?
-‘fugit’ about it = here: forget about it

edited 10/012/24 1800

There’s diminishing return
of consumer technology
such as not enough concern
how it bashes ecology

Still its shares go eruptive
moving rapidly to the fore
glorified as ‘disruptive’
forcing others to close their door

Of what merit ‘automation’
when leaves many unemployed?
Of what value ‘innovation’
when communities destroyed?

So why then do we heed the prophets
who create havoc most for profits?!

+)
-disruptive = here: new technology or business models that put others out business; currently used as a term of gushing admiration without voicing much concern of social justice, jobs etc

edited 04/30/22 1720

There’s no denying
that it ain’t ‘what’ I write
when versifying
but how I transcend plight

If at all I hope to be judged
not by my strophes of verse
on whether some rhymes crisp or smudged
but how I face the adverse

Easy to smile when life seems child’s play
a lot harder when hope spins astray

edited 01/14/26 1025

Ethereal Bluebells
aren’t on human time
When wondrous Springtime knells
soundlessly they chime

Faintest winds stir them at will
unruffled, uncaptured
unstintingly poised they thrill
we’re embraced, enraptured

Summer’s soul
breathes through Bluebells
Takes no toll
all anguish quells

Bluebells’ ineffable presence
flows bravely through their senescence

06/13/26 0905

Med förhoppning om insikt
förutan blir blott vers
ordskval utan tillförsikt
sån beklämmande pärs

En duglig dikt
bör ha vikt
fraser med svikt
utryckt chict

Men ej stoltsera med rygg oböjlig
för då kan du anses lite löjlig

edited 01/25/24 1015

Den stackars magen
ett trångt lager
där obehagen
ofta gnager

Uppsväld uti skärseld
kan magen värka
måhända i gengäld?
Måste väl märka:

Steken, en gång nöjd idisslande ko
finner den i gnisslande mage ro?

edited 05/06/24 0700

His life has all but run its course
indulging in shallow rant
hid in wryness from his Norse source
Housed high hopes but findings scant

He might have subconsciously yearned
for where pure fantasy holds its sway
Made poor use of what little learned
while boasts boisterously in brash bray

One witlessly wanders in No Man’s Land
when lacking the courage to understand

+)
-no man’s land = here: a life not settled into due to fear or uncertainty

edited 06/10/26 0810

At this closing stage of Life
I’ve come to realize
it all turned too rife with strife
but need to emphasize

until this time
I’d been distracted
Had seemed just ‘fine’
barely impacted

Following such insight
denial was history
Chastened, I’ll be all right
embracing Life’s mystery!

no longer can I continue to flout
that distraction but fleetingly works out

edited 11/27/23 1610

Visst funkar ekonomin
för rikas hjärtan iskalla
döva till de armas skrin
som för sina barn bönfalla

Är livet mest om profit
vem vet för oss alla?
I mänskors glupska aptit
lidelser skall svalla

Så vi får lov att ta i hårdhänta
eftersom vi ju är välförtjänta!

edited 09/17/23 1650