40 word poems for daily challenge |
07/01/2023- 'sell' We are commodities for sale Sometimes it seems. In this market-driven world That human being Are now nothing. But Commodities The rights to our soul Have long been sold. To the corporations And the government 07/02/2023-jewel' Finding Your Crown Jewel In this modern world Finding another person Your soul mates. Is like finding. The crown jewel. Of your life Exceedingly rare Very precious Few ever find. Their jewel Most spend their life. Never finding the one 07/03/2023-'cute' We all have A” cute meet” story In the rom com of our life when we met the love of our life Sometimes we know it. when we met love at first sight other times love grows. slowly but surely 07/04/2023- 'circular' The circular motion of extreme politics At the extremes Of politics There is an odd Circular motion Both the right And the left is convinced. That an evil deep state Is out to get them. And both see the other. As enemies that must be vanquished 07/05/2023-'ugly' Ugly Politics Ugly politics All around the world Conspiracy, despair, distrust fake news, fear, lies hatred. misinformation, paranoia ugly politics leading perhaps to the ugliest of all fascism 07/06/2023-'winner' Not a winner 40 words The former president Always saw himself. As a winner Because he could never accept That he was a loser lost the popular vote. twice lost his re-election. in one of the fairest elections ever won. power the greatest aphrodisiac 7/07/2023-'addiction' The most powerful addiction Of all Is the addiction to power? Which is why? So many people Refuse to retire from power. As Henry K said, Power is the greatest. Appropriacies there are. 07/08/2023-'new' In this inflationary era Corporations have mastered this. The art of shrinkflation They announce. A new and improved. Product line The only thing new Is that you pay more. For less The only improvement Is to their profit margins. 07/09/2023-'calculation' Just labor units To the masters Of the universe Those soulless corporate bosses Everything is a calculation. Workers are merely. Interchangeable parts Labor units Just commodities To be bought and sold Can true love Thrive in this modern Toxic modern world? 07/10/2023-'The best' The best is yet to come . Kimberly Guilfoyle one day Made a speech. At the Republic Convention In 2022 Announcing that if the former President was re-elected. The best was yet to come. A spoof went viral. Her speech set. To Wagnerian opera music Sure, here is an RNC speech set to Wagnerian music: ________________________________________ Scene: A large hall filled with Republican Party delegates. Narrator: The year is 2022. The Republican National Convention is in full swing. The delegates are fired up and ready to nominate their candidate for president. Delegate 1: We've been through a lot this year, but we're still here. We're still standing. Delegate 2: And we're not going to let anything stand in our way. We're going to make this year our best year yet. Delegate 3: We're going to make America great again! The delegates cheer. Narrator: The speech begins. Speaker: My fellow Republicans, the best is yet to come. The music swells. Speaker: We have faced challenges this year, but we have overcome them. We have come together, and we have shown the world what we are made of. The music reaches a crescendo. Speaker: We are the party of the future. We are the party of hope. We are the party of America. The delegates cheer. <iframe width="1707" height="1067" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UmXIjFEoeFQ" title=" I put Wagner over Kimberly Guilfoyle's RNC Speech and it was exactly as bad as I expected." frameborder="0" allow=" accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allow Fullscreen></iframe> 07/11/2023-thoughtful' Former President Plays on Our Needs F07/12/2023-'need' The former president Is the ultimate con man. He sees the desperate Need of those left behind. He sees the entire country. As nothing but marks To be played with As he rips off the country For his profit 07/13/2023-'tiny' Tiny Bangkok Tiny 40 words Tiny writing com I once knew. A man named Tiny. He was getting the operation. In Bangkok He went from being a big man. To a big woman Kept the name. Tiny 07/14/2023-'high' Meeting God in a Lake One day While high On magic mushrooms I encountered God. In a lake And became one. With the universe The feeling faded away. But I will never forget. The day I met God. Lessons Life 07/15/2023-'lesson' The best lessons In life Occur in moments. Of quiet reflection The best lessons Are free. But Profound But many people Go through life. Never having Mastered the lessons. Of life 07/16/2023-'count' Countless times Cheating Death I have lost count. How many times I have cheated death. In my 67 years Around the sun Must have been more. Then 22 times I am still alive. And kicking it Myths that control our Life 07/17/2023-'myth' We live our lifes. Based on myths Of what life is supposed? To be all about The biggest myth Of all time of course Is that there is God. That controls our daily life. Next Big Thing Things 7/18/2023-'next' So many people Spend their time. Chasing the latest next thing Be it a hip spot to go. Or a must-have app Constantly chasing The next big thing Value Value 07/19/2023-'value' So many people Know the price. Of everything But the value Of nothing Clashing culture Culture 07/20/2023-'culture' We live in a world. Of clashing culture As the old culture Is under constant assault. By the forces of modern culture And we retreat. Into our own cultures Losing our common culture The best music of all time music 7/21/2023-'music' the 60’s had the best music. of all time the greatest bands the greatest singers MO Town at its height The best funk bands. Of them all The Tower of Power Still going strong 50 years later Improper Behavior in a Post-Trumpian World Trump 07/22/2023-'improper' In this post-Trumpian world So many things That used to be considered. Improper behavior Are no longer taboo. As he normalized crude Hateful, sexist, violent behavior Trumpism is cancer. On society That must be driven away. Secret Unit Black Ops Secret Unit Col. Sam Adams Was the colonel. Of a black ops unit That did not officially exist. His unit is part of a government agency. That did not exist. The mission of his unit Was to assassinate enemies. Of the state Neglecting the Roots of Society Grassroots 07/24/2023-'root' Trump and Trumpism Came to power. Because the elites Of society Neglected the grassroots. Of society And the system Was corrupt and rotten. To the roots Trump promising To drain the swamp Just another of his lies Democracy under attack Democracy Democracy under attack writing com 07/25/2023-'democracy' Democracy Is under attack. Everywhere Including the U.S. Where the guard rails Of democracy held Against the assault Of the Trumpist But if he is re-elected Democracy will die. As the US becomes A failed illiberal democracy 07/26/2023-'love' The sages all say. Be true to yourself. Trust your self Love yourself. Only then Can you love another. And finding true love Sometimes hard to do. In this market-driven world Where we are nothing But commodities for sale. Finding inner peace 07/27/2023-'image' When you feel The stress of life Take a deep breath. Concentrate On the image Of inner peace And happiness As you go deep Into meditation Everything will turn out. To be just fine 07/28/2023-'face' One day Sam Adams Saw the face. Of his dream girl Nightly for eight years Then he saw her face Getting off the bus In front of him She was real. And in front of him He proposed three days later. Married her two months later. Been together 40 years. How Does Your Garden Grow Garden 7/29/2023-'grow' Marry, Mary Quite contrary How does your garden grow/ How is your life going? How will it end? Will your garden Continue to grow. After your death? Powered by our emotions. 07/30/2023-'emotion' We are all powered. By our emotions Driven by our fears. Transformed by our love. Our emotions define us. As we are just emotional Biological robots in the end Can’t Curb My Enthusiasm. 07/31/2023-'enthusiasm' Curb your enthusiasm. Is the advice. Of a popular TV comic But for some people That advice Is hard to follow. For they are defined By their enthusiasm For life itself the End |