Agreed :)
Lol... quite nonsensical.
mathematics tanka
why mathematics
though both perplexing and fun
sum times we add and
get surreal products too; gives
no help with my sudoku
10/9/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
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Agreed :)
Lol... quite nonsensical.
mathematics tanka
why mathematics
though both perplexing and fun
sum times we add and
get surreal products too; gives
no help with my sudoku
10/9/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
double
Tumble about
broken jar,
yellow moon,
get me my collection
of crumpled clouds.
Each dream demands
a golden lagoon.
sleep deprived... no internet
well, now I do -
at the hospital visiting
free internet, free drinks
her third night... my third visit
hoping the battery lasts
so I can pay some bills
wonky keyboard
that's why I usually go wireless
popups? idiotic... touch pad
wonky... I miss my wireless mouse
how do you cut and paste
on this thing ?
she's getting a roommate soon
I may have to leave :(
bye
10/10/2022
Ta! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Your wife? Whatever she has praying that she gets well soon !
Popups on cell phone are idiotic!
Don't manage well without mouse either.
Get some sleep, you need to stay well and keep in touch if you can.
Thanx ! Been resting when I can. Wife had likely a virus; spent three nights in the hospital (should have been at least four nights but she left against the advice of her doctor because her bed was uncomfortable :( Now she's paying the price, but has doctor visits lined up (Wednesday's was with her pulmonologist) and plenty of meds to support her. My home internet was out for a number of days... finally found a nicked cable that I replaced with a found cable from a previous vendor; then internet customer service walked me through re-installing service (why I had to do that step I have no idea). I had taken my chromebook, sans wireless mouse and sans wireless keyboard to the hospital, and then remembered why I have a wireless mouse and keyboard after the fact.
Anywho...
An Anonymous Doc
There once was an anonymous Doc
Who rarely seemed on the clock
But the nurses held their vigils
Wearing "Don't Tread on Me" sigils
Making the Doc less and less ad hoc
10/13/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
re: "Tumble about... " Enjoyed very much :)
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Welcome back, tailor, as the old bard says, "all is well, that ends well". Hope your wife will have the best assistance possible (with lungs there is no kidding) and that her health will improve rapidly.Quote:
Originally Posted by tailor STATELY
As for the Internet, hopefully they won´t charge you the installation as you did it yourself.
"An Anonymous Doc" Tragicomic!
Kafka and the Hospital
Kafka once had to go to the hospital
but the hospital wasn´t there
the hospital wasn´t anywhere.
He waited at all the doors
of the nonexistent hospital.
The doors were wide open,
but he couldn´t come in.
Quite a futility of fulfilment :)
This is a poem I wrote that I dredge up once in a while:
No Refunds
No refunds, blockhead
My imaginary shrink
I paid him no mind
11/21/2017
From some drivel I wrote many years ago : "Hey it's you !!!" cried the book to me when viewing it on the shelf... "the complete idiot !" I gotta' talk to Dr. Liebschitz about these seemingly inanimate objects talking to me. But then, the advise of an imaginary psychiatrist may be suspect. My favorite line when e-mailing a family member some time back about Dr. Liebschitz is... "I paid him no mind, his usual fee". That line still cracks me up ! Seems to me I had created a poem about something and had included the line in it... Where's my imaginary psychiatrist, Dr. Liebschitz, when I need him ?... still looking for the original poem :)
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
This Dr Liebschitz story reminds me somehow of the Yes/No nano stories.
After The Alienist by Machado de Assis
There once there was a doc
In the madhouse he did
himself lock.
There he remained alone,
Cos the madmen he had
sent home.
Yes/No... missed
Lol... enjoyed :)
Tank'a Lot
O' to thanksgiving
It's much appreciated
Each flashing smile all
My gratitude waterfalls
Becoming wholly fulfilled
10/17/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Enjoyed specially "My gratitude waterfalls".
Haloween
The time comes round
when the ghosts spook
(not to forget the witches ugly and fair)
enjoying their liberty:
Walpurgisnacht, Walpurgisnacht!
Then the Saints arrive,
and with sweet but determined movements
send them back
to shrines and tombs
to their imprisoned sleep
for one more year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walpurgis_Night
Cool ! I serendipitously found an "H" poem yesterday (just posted before reading this) to follow your "G" poem for today that ties in with your nonsense poem today !!
Poem to follow...
An Anonymous Man Named Liam
There once was a man who liked kittens
To be honest he was quite smittens
So he collected all the kittens he could,
But now as well can be understood
He hasn't a place he can sit ins
10/18/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
AI!
re: Yes, to be sure!(We are getting into Scorpius, when these themes come alive!)
The shy boy
There once was a boy
He was so shy
I don´t know why!
Once he fought a bear
His fame grew far and near
And he was shy no more.
My offering for tomorrow's "Thursday at Two" poetry gathering (may get an edit here or there):
Ekphrastic Poem: Abandoned Bicycle Leaning Against a Tree
chain driven pedal bike, albeit somewhat rusty, rickety… still
off-roads quite nicely - jinkedy-jinkin' breathlessly 'round
narrower and narrower paths created by creatures unknown - the
trees ablur in watchful consternation as I abruptly overtake a corner…
earth greets me, and deer ferns mixed with moss and stars - there
my senses slowly cleared, I heard birdsong, though what appeared may
perhaps defy imagination, so, leaning my bike against a tree, I wait
like just a moment to fully take in, as I later learned: the tableau of a
Athel Loren elf lord holding court beyond in the daylight - this new
tapestry of sylvan beings gathered in a clearing beyond a tree lined road
instilled a sense of fear and wonder as I was trespassing their realm or
otherworldly dimension - when a dank caress caused me to shudder - a
naiad revealed her will and I followed her with hope - her secret
spring my only escape, she said, and led me thither showing me the gate
10/19/2022
1Golden Shovel: "Still 'round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate" from "A Walking Song" by JRR Tolkien
2Acrostic: contemplations
10/19/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Charming poem (I think, naiad(s) will enjoy)! A bit of "Alice in Wonderland" atmosphere. Sophisticated acrostic (every other verse), googled Ekphrastic.
There once was a child,
More fierce than mild,
that loved to ride,
on the wings of imagination.
So it travelled to foreign nations.
It met many people,
in groups or
on their own.
it visited enchanted places.
it had it´s vision
but when it woke up
it was alone.
"Sophisticated acrostic (every other verse)"... (lol) I keep falling asleep at the keyboard and cannot quite see it.
Enjoyed your poem; a bit melancholy in its stark reality.
An Anonymous Man Named Skip
Skip was somewhat of a local legendary clown
Found himself aghast as he drown
He was sailing the seas in a ship
And the winds and the waves did sore whip
Fortunately he woke up in a pub named The Crown
10/21/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Lol! Quite a collection of anonymous men you have got!
The Tube
There once was a tube
That ardently wanted to be a cube.
Its six equal sides
With no place to hide
Seemed the non plus ultra of harmony.
As years went by
the tube remained a tube
and didn´t turn
into a cube.
It got used to its destiny.
Now is this a stuff for poetry?
Definitely !
Ode to my Snail; How Well He Escargot'd / a Sonnet
My dearest snail, you so prompt me to write.
I loved the way you escargot'd with pride,
Now invading my mind each day and night,
Garlic and parsley butter on the side.
Let me compare you to a boiled lobster.
You are more superb, awesome, and heavy.
El Niño whipped the storms of October,
And autumn fills my abandoned Chevy.
Do I miss thee? My bath scale whirs and weighs.
I loved your four eye-stalks and persona.
Thinking of your spiral shell fills my days.
You are my heroic one way Jonah !
Now I must 'lone pine with a woeful heart,
Weep not for me whilst in heaven thou art.
10/21/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Lol! "I loved the way you escargot'd with pride,/Now invading my mind each day and night,/Garlic and parsley butter on the side." Have you already breakfasted today?" Feeling ambivalent though about this poem as it also transmits sorrow. Hope it is just an impression.
On the brink
Warm and cold
new and old
Selections
Elections
Reactions
On the threshold
Of things withhold.
Re: escargot'd - Just a piece of fluff... snacking a bit :) However yours is most anticipatory/transitional... "warm" or "cold" in such a short length of time.
An Anonymous Old Man Named Paul
There once was an old man who laughed.
He said, "See the lovely aircraft!"
He was referring to himself,
As he perched on a shelf,
You see he actually was quite daft.
10/22/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
re: Lol! poem
re 2:In São Paulo sometimes the temperature climbs or falls more than ten grades in a very few hours. Here it relates to the pre election propaganda.
One, two, three...
One, two, three
hurt my knee
four, five, six
Counting my ticks- and clicks
seven, eight, nine
vine is fine
and ten
eggs says the hen.
"re 2"... ahh, I see. Down to the home stretch to Sunday...
Enjoyed the 'nursery' rhyme: Lots of clicks here.
My last (lame) Word Can challenge: jingles/bundle/magnetic/appear
ARS Jingle
to write a jingle 'twould imagine
just bundle up your proesy
magnetic thoughts, shake twice,
and like a word can poem just appears
10/24/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Liked the recipe for the word chalenge and the word proesy.
My trial: jingles/bundle/magnetic/appear
A bundle of jingles
appears to have
a magnetic appeal
to bundled jingle bells.
Next chalenge: universe, well, maturing, ecstatic, derailing.
I like yours much better :) Accept challenge...
harmonious fire / universe, well, maturing, ecstatic, derailing
the universe; ec-
static ylem in His hands
maturing wellspring
derailing mythology -
an intelligent design
10/25/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Thanks, you are being kind!
Enjoyed specially the compactness of your poem!
Galantine
Galantine voters
jelly, jelly, jellyfish
underwater politics
red and green
what a spleen
snack and snicks
make much of nix
make nix of much
clutch your luck.
... had to look up galantine: "a dish of white meat or fish boned, cooked, pressed, and served cold in aspic.
"turkey galantine" ".... lol !
I mailed in my ballot some weeks ago for our mid-term elections.
how hollow are our victories
the trumpets loudly blared
as cast baluts filled the air -
trumpery victories declared
as vacuous balloters sought
a circle to be squared
11/2/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
My mistake: I thought "galantine" was the English for "gelatina". What I meant was a less horrid dessert dish:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/homema...1131055498699/
Much enjoyed your poem. Just a curiosity: are (critical) poems allowed on the ballots in US?
Anyway relieved with Sunday results, counting the days to January 1st, 2023.
The art of being anonymous
The art of being anonymous
Is staying so for life.
For if the legitimate anonymous
cease to be anonymous
they may become ominous.
Ah, gelatin !
re: "are (critical) poems allowed on the ballots in US?"... I don't believe so
From my poem:
• The food offering in my poem "baluts" (sounds like ballots?) are fertilized duck eggs of some sort which is prized in some cultures
• "trumpery": ( https://www.thefreedictionary.com/trumpery ) -
n., pl. -ries,
adj. n.
1. something without use or value.
2. nonsense; twaddle.
3. Archaic. worthless finery.
adj.
4. of little or no value; worthless; rubbishy.
[1425–75; late Middle English trompery deceit < Middle French tromperie=tromp(er) to deceive (Middle French: to trifle, play with, orig., to play the trumpet; see trump2) + -erie -ery]
enjoyed your poem.
• square the circle: ( https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/square+the+circle ) - "To solve, or attempt to solve, an impossible (or seemingly impossible) problem or situation."
An Anonymous Man Named Demar
There once was a man from the forest
Who worked in the village as a florist
He used poison ivy with his bouquets
Which caused much malaise
But only on special orders by request
11/3/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
re: :thumbs_up for your mid term election! I understood something nearly absurd: that you mailed the poem with the ballot.
re 2: Thanks for the explanations.
The Princess
Here am I
in my winter coat
conspicuously
in the middle of the place.
Dogs surround me,
big, small, black, white, caramel.
They bark at each other
(but not at me);
They sniff each other
(but not me);
They jump at each other
(but not at me);
They run with each other
(but not with me);
They play with each other)
(but not with me).
A human hand
reaches out for me
caresses me
fleetingly.
"Sorry, dear, no time now!
I have to run
to attract the attention
of that big black dog."
The dog,
he doesn´t notice me.
re: Absurd... unfortunately I sent out my ballot before writing the poem; wished I'd thought of it first
re: The Princess... so sad Possibly a fleeting memory ?
"O-H"... busted / Assignment for 11/17/2022
(Ohio laws quoted from: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/ohio...aws-part-2-oh/ )
“In Cleveland, it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.” - perhaps if we just unbelled the cat and reveled in the silence ?
“In Columbus, it is illegal for stores to sell Corn Flakes on Sunday”. - no problem here, for me the Sabbath is no cliché.
“In North Canton, It's illegal to roller skate without notifying the police.” - I believe (but could be wrong) 'twas the same in Rome of bygones past and also in the Acropolis of ancient Greece.
“In Fairview Park, it is illegal to honk your horn "excessively." - so honk if you love Jesus… but do so reverently.
“In Toledo, It's illegal to throw a snake at anybody.” - I can see the wisdom in this, though I find it to be hillari-hisssssy.
“In Canton, electric fences are banned.” - must make it easy to prey on chickens in their coops, but at least it makes for better reception for the brood's broadband.
“In Canton, it is a misdemeanor to play any game in a public park without the Superintendent’s permission.” - seems he once was losing a game when he was a young one and took his ball home in a fit of conniption.
“In Lima, any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on the map cannot be sold.” - but what would you expect of a city named after a bean (or so I'm told).
“In Oxford, it is illegal to drive around the town square more than 100 times in a single session.” - I guess cruising is a lost art there bordering on obsession.
"It is also illegal to spit on the sidewalks of the square in Oxford." - seems they couldn't afford enough spittoon cleaners which made avoiding loogies awkward.
"In Youngstown, riding on the roof of a taxi cab is not allowed." - what with the law of inertia and all, Physics ! for crying out loud.
"In McDonald, your duck may not parade down Ohio Avenue." - while not exactly the whole tale it was meant for animals not to run at large, turning the village proper into a zoo.
“In the state of Ohio, it is illegal to kill a housefly within 160 feet of a church without a license.” - "O-H !"... what would we do without your guidance !
11/5/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
re: Actually, no! Was observing from my window a small dog trying to run with the other ones, but being ignored.
re 2: Lol!
The hen Lem
There once was a hen called Lem.
She belonged to a man known as Ben
One day, why Ben had his holiday
Lem run astray.
Ben went gray.
It was Sunday
and his birthday
but Lem stayed away.
And what then?
lol... a holiday dinner delayed. :)
... another..,
An Anonymous Man Named Demerest
There once was a man who rambled.
Who desired a chicken dinner most star spangled !
But his chicken ran away,
And much to his dismay,
He had to settle for her eggs which he scrambled.
11/7/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Oh my!
The Hen Lem (from her own point of view)
Ladies and Gentlemen,
My name is Lem
And I consider myself
an obsequious hem
Day after day
Eggs i lay!
Humans take them!
Scramble them!
Eat them!
But sadly
human appetites
know no bounds!
This criminal Ben
Said to his wife Jen
He wanted to eat ME!
So, I had to flee!
Bye, Bye Ben and Jen!
Until never again!
lol...
she ran afoul
so lem ran away
and to this very day
noone knows of her fate
though 'tis whispered about
she ran afoul, without doubt,
enamored with the estate
of an upcoming young man
from Kentucky
11/9/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Lol!
The Truth about the Hen Lem
(who belonged to Ben and Jen)
The Hen Lem met Chaim
A promising rooster.
From Kentucky.
She went to live with Chaim
and his ten hens
and turned henist. (hen version of feminism)
No more where her eggs
taken
scrambled
fried!
and eaten.
So she lived happily every after with her numerous chicken
until Chaim got sick of her henism
Which was breeding revolt
Under his other former peaceful wives
and sent her away.
Lem then turned into a wandering hen.
Life at times was precarious
But
she never ever was
taken
cooked
roasted
or fried!
And that is the story of the hen Lem.
lol !!
an absolute bald lie about lem the hen
as an activist hen lem had her scruples
she organized quite well and had pupils
all red, white, and blue; yellow and green
she became part of the machine
oh, and her favorite flowers were pink daffodils
11/9/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
ode to piggies
piggies aren't all coloured pink
nor do all piggies stink
they'll wallow in the muck if you let them
but as household pets they're quite the gem
they can be rather quite a riotous lot
when feral - so bid the piggies feral not
a staple of most masters' tables
and stalwart hero of many fables
piggies have a varied and storied lore
both the sow and the boldly boar
boars are tusky and will slash and stab
so have sows but they prefer to bite than jab
so let us laud the piggies and give them their due
and see them in a brighter hue
digging up roots and truffles; smelling roses
all with their little piggie tricky noses
11/9/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Aaaiiii!