TWO BAD
Well, no one has blasphemed against the one-line poems in my last post, so by all that is holy, I should forget about my threat to up the ante with a post of two-line poems this time around. Ha ha — I’ll forget when Hell freezes over! Although no one commented to complain, I expect the thought crossed the minds of some….and even if it didn’t, the very suspicion demands consequences. Consequently, I am left with no choice but to proceed with the poems I intended to post anyway, and it serves you right!
My first two-line poem is unWitt(er)ingly brought to you by….
SPIES LIKE US*
We measure success
one imposter at a time.
*If this title sounds familiar, but you can’t quite ‘picture’ it….there’s always Google! Ha ha ha!
THIS IS A TITLE
Sometimes a poem
is entitled to be obvious.
ENVIRONMENTALLY CORRECT [previously published]
Poems don’t grow on trees….
however, some are recycled.
HEARING I’M PAIRED
Poetry is that
conversation we could not
otherwise have had.
–Cid Corman, Kyoto, Japan
Sorry I do
not speak haiku.
We interrupt this post for another commercial:
OBSESSION
buy Calvin Klein.
Sell futures.
GIVE ME THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION
Of course God knows everything —
He’s been around forever.
WHAT GOD TOLD ADAM AND EVE
You don’t want to know
(so, on with the show).
IS THIS GREAT POETRY, OR WHAT?
The power of suggestion
is that it begs the question.
Is this a great job, or what? But apparently not everyone shares my view:
OLD TESTAMENT RE-VIEW
Take this Job
and shove it.
FINNEGAN’S DYING WISH
Wake me when it’s over
(re Joyce).
We conclude with….
TWO MORE POEMS BY MISTERMUSE
One
short.
arekhill1 10:53 am on October 15, 2016 Permalink |
So you’re doing exactly what you wanted to do and it’s my fault, Sr. Muse? Don’t think you’re the first person who’s ever said that to me.
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mistermuse 11:41 am on October 15, 2016 Permalink |
I would never think such a thing, Ricardo; nonetheless, I am considering making you pay the price of your protest by filling my next post with THREE-line poems.
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Cynthia Jobin 11:12 am on October 15, 2016 Permalink |
Two true to be good….
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mistermuse 11:35 am on October 15, 2016 Permalink |
Then it must be bad, which is the new good (well, maybe not new anymore, but new enough to serve my purpose here, you bad girl). 🙂
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Cynthia Jobin 11:55 am on October 15, 2016 Permalink
The young texters have adopted the numeral “2” as an all purpose savior from having to tremble between “to,” and “two,” and “too” for grammatical correctness. Why didn’t we think of that?
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eths 11:42 pm on October 15, 2016 Permalink |
I like these a lot, especially Cid Corman’s.
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mistermuse 7:54 am on October 16, 2016 Permalink |
Like-wise. In fact, I liked it so much that, as I recall, it instantly inspired the two-liner which follows it (sometimes a poem rings so true, it almost ‘demands’ a response — which we can’t always articulate in a way that does justice to the poem, but when it does….).
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Don Frankel 11:35 am on October 16, 2016 Permalink |
Not sure which is my favorite Muse, Take this Job or Wake me when its over by Joyce. No wait there’s God know’s he’s been around forever. Classic Muse, classic.
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mistermuse 11:24 pm on October 16, 2016 Permalink |
Thanks, Don. Speaking of the latter, I’m getting so old that sometimes I feel like I’VE been around forever.
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RMW 12:30 pm on October 17, 2016 Permalink |
Always enjoyed Johnny Paycheck’s song… his number one hit… that was pretty much my mantra during all my many corporate jobs… thank goodness I don’t have to sing it anymore!
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mistermuse 8:38 pm on October 17, 2016 Permalink |
I’m sure that song’s title expresses what many ‘wage slaves’ wish they could say to their employer….and then feel (to paraphrase Martin Luther King Jr.) free at last, free at last, thank God, I’m free at last!
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Cynthia Jobin 1:35 pm on October 17, 2016 Permalink |
Just stopping by to wish you a very happy upcoming natal anniversary celebration, mistermuse, rich with love and contentment. Oh..and cake! Happy Birthday!
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mistermuse 8:24 pm on October 17, 2016 Permalink |
Thank you for the very thoughtful birthday wishes, Cynthia.
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