
Waves roll to our shore
Then bounce back out to the sea
Reflect nation's shame
Ripples of recrudescence
Unleashed upon the wide world

Waves roll to our shore
Then bounce back out to the sea
Reflect nation's shame
Ripples of recrudescence
Unleashed upon the wide world

yesterday's brain squall
caused my haiku to wash up
on the wrong hashtag

Now there is my view
Then of course there is your view
When will the twain meet

Kabuki theatre
Subterfuge played in plain sight
Tactless tactician

schadenfreude days
current leadership takes time
to throw our nation
under the grinding wheels
on the bus of history

children of letters
devil is in the order
making words matter

Fraudulent facade
Bamboozle blur broadcast bunk
Calm lonely bleating
Deadly undersea missiles
Teeter on a madman whim

Adrift in a maze
Color chaos confusion
Overload senses

Faux operation
False sense of security
Is now in progress

seek savant sources
backassward news feed hide truth
from the hoi polloi

I practice weaving
Words into fine taffeta
Ends up as denim

with stomp stomps clip clops
boom booms going boom always
risky business time

Just another day
Open loop pretzel logic
Wisteria spills
Yellow journalism branch
Into the balderdash mix

sculpt fond memories
the shape of times remembered
etched on my palate

the dichotomy
between what's said and what's done
is just disgraceful

When His Nibs bragged that
"We're going to be so rich."
He didn't mean you

Nostalgia nonsense:
"Things were much better back then."
Nope. But lies stayed close

wearing only spice
as jewelry on the bank of
nirvana river
karma filled the tableware
awash with life's ambrosia

we can't rely on
pithy rejoinders to solve
sorrows of the world

the necessity
of civilized retrofit
narrative redo

tempus fugit out
opportunities window
tempest market egress

Input infuses
Organ of cogitation
With morning reboot
Chirping of various birds
Fiery orange morning sky rise

penciled on paper
leavings left after erase
crumbs still hold the thought

Shell game politics
Frustrate debate then appeal
Pear shaped blooper reel
Rigged election Stop the steal
Don't count the votes they squeal

Since it's Fathers Day
I'll be putting up a shelf
Crooked as I please

watching the world twirl
paradigm swirl gives me an
incredulous stare

inherited wealth
the idol of the idle
golden calf epoch

Violet Lilly
Iris Daisy Poppy and
Wild Irish Rose
A trip through Cupid's garden
Fragrant sense of memories

adopt this moment
nurture it to make our own
cautionary tale

another thread of
chaos under a greedy
administration
squeezing sour grapes of graft
into filthy lucre whine

Far too much circus
Distracts from necessities
Need more daily bread

red-winged black bird nests
fill the shoreline with joyous
distinctive bird song

Conduct befitting
Sardine packed in olive oil
Zero wiggle room