Casey Jones.
'Falling down' was not in his bones.
For the flagman, the ghost of the engineer
Through steam and smoke does peer.
30.4.16
"Ole 382"
Keywords:
1900,
30th April,
Cannonball,
Casey Jones,
Clerihew,
Disaster,
Folk Hero,
Folk Tales,
Iron Horse,
Jonathan Luther "John" "Casey" Jones,
Micropoem,
Micropoetry,
Ole 382,
Poem,
Poetry,
Rail,
Railroad,
Steam Locomotive
23.4.16
POTUS SMOTUS
President Barack Obama.
Oh, what a drama!
America's friends he'd advised not to drive and drink
Accused him of doublethink.
Oh, what a drama!
America's friends he'd advised not to drive and drink
Accused him of doublethink.
Keywords:
America,
Barack Obama,
Boris Johnson,
Brexit,
Clerihew,
EU,
Europe,
Micropoem,
Micropoetry,
Nigel Farage,
Poem,
Poetry,
Referendum,
UK,
Vote Leave,
Vote Remain
15.4.16
YOU ARE HERE
Sagan's Pale Blue Dot
All but lost in dark vacuum
Which Nature abhors?
or do you prefer:
On Carl's Pale Blue Dot
Humankind's loneliness
Scars souls' unity
All but lost in dark vacuum
Which Nature abhors?
or do you prefer:
On Carl's Pale Blue Dot
Humankind's loneliness
Scars souls' unity
Earth (and Moon) from Mars
(from 90m miles, by NASA's CURIOSITY Rover)
(from 90m miles, by NASA's CURIOSITY Rover)
Carl Sagan's original Pale Blue Dot
Keywords:
Carl Sagan,
Cosmos,
Earth,
ETI,
Haiku,
Humanity,
Humankind,
Micropoem,
Micropoetry,
Pale Blue Dot,
Poem,
Poetry,
Sagan,
SETI,
Space,
Vacuum
10.4.16
No Suds In A Sudarium
A forgotten scarf
Left lying on red leather
Faint echoes of craic
Left lying on red leather
Faint echoes of craic
Keywords:
Banter,
Craic,
Enjoyment,
Haiku,
Joy,
Local Pubs for Local People,
Micropoem,
Micropoetry,
Mirth,
Poem,
Poetry,
Pub,
Public House,
Red Leather,
Scarf,
The Star
5.4.16
The Wizard of Ooze
Keywords:
Antitruss law,
Antitrust law,
Business,
Clerihew,
Hearst,
History,
Micropoem,
Micropoetry,
Mogul,
Ooze,
Poem,
Poetry,
Press Baron,
Trump,
Truss,
William Randolph Hearst,
Wizard of Oz
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