It’s surely better When life does give you lemons To not accept them
Category: Poetry
A Cinquain That Encourages Procrastination
When tasks Seem like too much Do one bit at a time And soon you’ll find that you’ve achieved Not much
A Haiku About How I Miss The Administrative Red Tape Of Having To Book A Room In Order To Have A Meeting
Did we really have This many meetings back when Meetings needed rooms?
A Haiku About How Social Media Has Challenged My Understanding Of Language
If I don’t ‘like’ it It does not always follow That I dislike it
A Tanka About Why It Is Important To Consider When You Drink
As it is Friday I’ll probably have a drinkI drink on most days So I could not even think Of not drinking on Fridays
A Short But Inspiring Poem
If we want to achieve change Everyone must do their bit Everyone except for me Sadly, I’m a hypocrite
A Haiku That Offers Unhelpful Reassurance About The Current State Of Everything
Please do not worry I know the world seems broken But it always was
A Matter Of Fact
Sometimes a fact can be attacked for being inexact But it is, in fact, inexact to claim that a fact is inexact For then it would not be a fact Because a fact is backed by the exact An unbacked fact is not yet a fact Though it may yet become a fact when it…
A Cinquain About How Sundays Aren’t What They Used To Be For Some Reason
Sunday A day of rest Maybe breakfast in bed But if you live with a toddler Less so
A Tanka That Continues A Recent Theme Of Mocking A Flawed Public Health Campaign While Also Trivialising Another January Health Challenge And Revealing That I Have A Similar Attitude To Nutrition To That Of A Small Child
Dry January Might still be easier than Veganuary I could manage without beer But I’ll always need ice-cream
A Haiku That Continues My Mockery Of A Flawed Public Health Campaign And Also Questions The Timing Of It
Dry January? I’m not even ready to Try January!
A Haiku That Demonstrates I Have Deliberately Misunderstood A Flawed Public Health Campaign In Order To Mock It
Dry January ?A month without any rain? I will drink to that!
A Haiku That Tries To Justify Its Own Existence But Probably Fails To Do So
Back to work today No time to write anything More than this haiku
A Haiku About Lessons That Can Be Learned From Father Christmas To Help Ease The January Blues
Christmas is over But like Santa I’ll remain Jolly and quite fat
On The Ninth Day Of Christmas…
On the ninth day of Christmas My true love gave to me A reality check, “Christmas is over Now take down the bloody tree!”
Another Twixmas Poem
The Christmas presents have long been unwrapped And the tree has seen better days But still the Twixmas party goes onThough it all seems a bit of a haze I’m not even sure what day it is Or when I last left this room I’ve eaten my own weight in chocolate But there are more…
A Tanka About The Perks Of Responsible Parenting
When my daughter asks For another chocolate I always say no Because like all good parents I’ve already scoffed the lot
A Twixmas Poem
Christmas Day is over But it Christmas isn’t gone Because the house is full of festive food So the party must go on I really must stop eating But there’s so much left to eat And chocolate’s now a staple It’s no longer just a treat I’m concerned that it’s not healthy And I’ve gained…
A Haiku That Offers Reassurance On The Ethics Involved In Its Production
When writing haikus I use humane practices To count syllables
A Haiku That Recycles A Joke About An Emotional Wedding Cake In Order To Comment On The UK Government’s Latest Covid Strategy
Of course we all knew That the lockdown in England Would end in tiers
A Cinquain About How That Friday Feeling May Have Lost Some of It’s Shine In Recent Times
Friday Working week done Weekend begins at last Though perhaps not restful becauseToddler
A Haiku On Why You Should Give Up On Your Dreams And Pursue A Sensible, If Ultimately Unfulfilling, Career Instead
Hope springs eternal But hope does not really help To pay the mortgage
A Haiku That Tries To Be Clever In Order To Distract You From The Fact That It Is Just Another Cynical Entry On A Blog That Seems To Currently Value Quantity Over Quality
Blog posts aren’t happy They don’t have any feelings But they are content
A Haiku That Both Recognises and Contributes To The Decline In Quality That Can Be The Result Of Relentlessly Trying To Maintain A Daily Blogging Schedule When You Don’t Really Have Sufficient Time To Maintain A Daily Blogging Schedule Without Compromising On Quality
I wrote this haiku To maintain a schedule but It has no value
A Haiku About Accepting Who You Really Are
Making bad choices Is so much more fulfilling If you embrace them
A Tanka That Addresses My Fears About A Lack Of Originality And Creativity
Sometimes I worry About repeating myself Also I worry About repeating myself But it’s probably not true
A Cinquain About Knowledge And Power
Knowledge Is not power Convincing others that You have knowledge when you don’t is Power
A Poem About The Perils Of An Early Start And A Clumsy Disposition
This morning Without warning I fell over while I was yawning It was quite a trip Perhaps more of a slip And I hurt my hip I hadn’t yet switched on my brain And now I’m in some pain Though I’m not one to complain But no bones are broken And now that I’ve awoken…
A Haiku That May Be Attempting Philosophy Or Could Just Be Expressing Self-Doubt
Compared to nothing It is not always true that Something is better
A Haiku About The Evocative Power Of Reading Stuff You Wrote
It seems to me like I wrote this just yesterday That’s because I did
A Cinquain About The Futility Of A Work Ethic
Effort Overrated No point in trying hard No reason to get out of bed Give up
