Hi Ku Cat

[butters]

..
What is this weight that presses
joyful thoughts of union,
flat as last nights beer,
down into muddy expectations
where smiles of milestones reached and past
turn down with steps to other paths
revealed beyond the bureaucratic shrubbery

it's been a day of flat
all flat
skies
horizons
a landlocked seabed swathed in scabby grasses
not a hillock, tree, nor breeze to break
the hours' flat monotony
a day flat of expectations
flat out
flat-footed
flat-lined
so come on, tomorrow
we could use a little fizz
reminder that the hills are really green and
green things sprout
and clouds are only passing things
and we move forward
staying still is only an illusion

 

[HarryHill]

it's been a day of flat
all flat
skies
horizons
a landlocked seabed swathed in scabby grasses
not a hillock, tree, nor breeze to break
the hours' flat monotony
a day flat of expectations
flat out
flat-footed
flat-lined
so come on, tomorrow
we could use a little fizz
reminder that the hills are really green and
green things sprout
and clouds are only passing things
and we move forward
staying still is only an illusion

..
Doves in pairs glean seeds
under the feeder where the mob
squabble over a perch and strew
millet to the ground below
where comical waddlers fill craws with grain
..

 

[HarryHill]

I saw a strange squirrel yesterday,
looked like a sciursus niger with one exception,
a white spot across his/its nose
exotic and brazen,
a glance about and then
strolls out of the garden
while I stood agape

 

[butters]

youngest came back
from a trip into london town
with such a cute thing
a marketing dream (to be fair)
and despite it consisting
of a smooth magnetic blob
its iron filings hair & tail
(which can be styled as desired, lol)
and little painted eyes
it has more character
than i could throw an anvil at
and, maybe best of all,
its name is Mew

 

[HarryHill]

youngest came back
from a trip into london town
with such a cute thing
a marketing dream (to be fair)
and despite it consisting
of a smooth magnetic blob
its iron filings hair & tail
(which can be styled as desired, lol)
and little painted eyes
it has more character
than i could throw an anvil at
and, maybe best of all,
its name is Mew

..
I once had a concrete frog named Nixon,
hung out by the I ching pagoda
chanted, Booooooooooooooooooommmmmmb
..

new permutation of an old toy
< searching for links

 

[butters]

..
I once had a concrete frog named Nixon,
hung out by the I ching pagoda
chanted, Booooooooooooooooooommmmmmb
..

new permutation of an old toy
< searching for links

i wanted to go look up where this led me; initially that was nixon 'bombing' as a president and resigning, but then it led to his historical visit to china that ''ushered in a new era of Sino-American relations'' & ''Fearing the possibility of a Sino-American alliance, the Soviet Union yielded to pressure for détente with the United States''

and all the while:

Cambodia

Nixon approved a secret bombing campaign of North Vietnamese and allied Khmer Rouge positions in Cambodia in March 1969 (code-named Operation Menu)[30] (although this policy began under Johnson[31]). These operations resulted in heavy bombing of Cambodia; by one measurement more bombs were dropped over Cambodia under Johnson and Nixon than the Allies dropped during World War II.[31] The bombing killed between 40,000 and 150,000 civilians and combatants.[32][33] The bombing of Cambodia continued into the 1970s in support of the Cambodian government as part of Operation Freedom Deal. The relationship between the massive carpet bombing of Cambodia by the United States and the growth of the Khmer Rouge, in terms of recruitment and popular support, has been a matter of interest to historians. Some historians have cited the U.S. intervention and bombing campaign (spanning 1965–1973) as a significant factor leading to increased support of the Khmer Rouge among the Cambodian peasantry.

a deceptively innocent few lines - a lot of history

 

[HarryHill]

i wanted to go look up where this led me; initially that was nixon 'bombing' as a president and resigning, but then it led to his historical visit to china that ''ushered in a new era of Sino-American relations'' & ''Fearing the possibility of a Sino-American alliance, the Soviet Union yielded to pressure for détente with the United States''
and all the while:
a deceptively innocent few lines - a lot of history

..
Poetry leads the reader down unseen paths
follow:
Hot shower, hair in a towel,
q-tips n spiffy new barrettes
made from old by the mister
look like chvken bones

 

[HarryHill]

Somebody's been in the beer,
knocking back a few,
shouting cheers!

 

[butters]

Somebody's been in the beer,
knocking back a few,
shouting cheers!

they'll sleep deep
in the well of dreams
sat snoring in the bucket
boots dangling in dark waters

 

[HarryHill]

Fallow ground
sweat bleeding old pug,
still gamely punching as blows
rain

 

[HarryHill]

There's a little black storm cloud
lodged just above her brows;
an occasional flicker of lightning
still shows within it's depths.
Outside, a broken toilet seat burns;
inside a new one trembles,
fearing it wont fit.

 

[butters]

There's a little black storm cloud
lodged just above her brows;
an occasional flicker of lightning
still shows within it's depths.
Outside, a broken toilet seat burns;
inside a new one trembles,
fearing it wont fit.

lol

the fittings of the old one had
to be
persuaded
uggh
to let go
thankyou, screwdriver
then
still rubber-gloved
cleaned and primed the porcelain holes
ready to take the long bolts
screw threaded

bedded
the first
marrying seat to throne
inserted second
fingered the winged bolt
watching it rise on spirals
held it firm in place
gave a final screw with the driver
and the damned bolt snapped
a fuck-u fuck-up of 2 halves




one of those ridiculous days

 

[todski28]

Fallow ground
sweat bleeding old pug,
still gamely punching as blows
rain

Experience and will power my friend

 

[HarryHill]

lol

the fittings of the old one had
to be
persuaded
uggh
to let go
thankyou, screwdriver
then
still rubber-gloved
cleaned and primed the porcelain holes
ready to take the long bolts
screw threaded

bedded
the first
marrying seat to throne
inserted second
fingered the winged bolt
watching it rise on spirals
held it firm in place
gave a final screw with the driver
and the damned bolt snapped
a fuck-u fuck-up of 2 halves




one of those ridiculous days

..
use it to take a dump then sent one of the boys back for a replacement

 

[HarryHill]

Experience and will power my friend

..
hey guy punch drunk I think, but what fun

 

[butters]

time to switch the pixels off
sleep frays my edges
the need to switch off the
brain
threads pulled too tight
unravel me....

back tomorrow

 

[HarryHill]

time to switch the pixels off
sleep frays my edges
the need to switch off the
brain
threads pulled too tight
unravel me....

back tomorrow

..
goodnight Ku, all quiet on the home front
take your fuzzy butt to bed
zzzz

 

[HarryHill]

Tangerine wings beside the roadway,
flap hopping down A8
ghostly amputated body stamps
I laughed (as always) when the cowboy said,
Yes'm, that'll be fine

 

[HarryHill]

A long gaze at a blank page,
wanting, praying for anything resembling poetry
like a pan that's boiled dry
there's nothing left in me

 

[HarryHill]

Milk and cookies way past midnight
mindless musings on matters of the heart
curious felines follow stumbling sleepwalkers
The quick brown fox. The quick brown fox the quifk browb fox ther quivk browm fox
nutz

 

[butters]

Milk and cookies way past midnight
mindless musings on matters of the heart
curious felines follow stumbling sleepwalkers
The quick brown fox. The quick brown fox the quifk browb fox ther quivk browm fox
nutz

aha, milk, not coffee, then

sleep-typin' fingerz
slow down the fox
adding blush to his fur
and fluff to his brush

 

[HarryHill]

Quiet, still, a feeling of compressed energy just waiting to spring free

 

[HarryHill]

It's s'all tickety boo,
the missus decided,
twix cookies or biscuits,
clotted cream on pan,
but you better damn well
boil the water.

 

[butters]

sweaty saturday afternoon

couldda used a pail of cold
to toss over the street scum

adults behaving like thugs
as children looked on

i just hope they were left
with a more balanced impression

than if i'd not stepped forward
though i do regret the cussing

 

[HarryHill]

couldda used a pail of cold
to toss over the street scum

adults behaving like thugs
as children looked on

i just hope they were left
with a more balanced impression

than if i'd not stepped forward
though i do regret the cussing

..
gj, baby's
spent her monthly quota of
public damnation