Category Archives: Death



Flora and Fauna

It’s mid-July;
The lotus plants
Burst into bloom.
Joan’s golden yarrows
Catch the eye
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Posted in Beauty, Death, Religion, Today's News, Uncategorized, War

For Allah (The Benevolent, The Merciful)

Suicide bombers, headliners,
Sacrifice to be diviner—
Get seventy-two
Fair virgins to screw
Who may not possess vaginas!
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Posted in Death, Illusion, Politics, Religion, War

Doomed

Face it! We’re doomed! The gas we need to breathe—
That damned atmosphere—is drowning in filth.
The filth lets heat in, prevents its leaving
Melts the ice, messes the weather, kills wealth,
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Posted in Animals, Death, Today's News, Wisdom

Approaching Death

When you’re eighty-four, and wake up each day
With a creaky hip and a swollen foot,
With a body stiff, pretty much kaput,
You wonder at the lyrics of decay.
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Posted in Aging, Death, Pain, Wisdom

Life

You get born,
Then struggle to learn to walk.
Then you learn to talk,
Go to school, compete,
Graduate, compete again.
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Posted in Aging, Death, Pain, Religion, War, Wisdom

Wealth Haiku

What power drives them?
Why do they grope for more, more!
How much is enough?
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Posted in Affluence, Death, Greed