MAY 8: five depressing haiku verses

 

DEPRESSING HAIKU POEM #1

look beyond 50! 

Puerto Rico, Guam, D.C. --

democracy snuffed.

Giorgio Coniglio

DEPRESSING HAIKU POEM #2

a president's whim?

Congress should manage tariffs,

a consumption tax.

Giorgio Coniglio

DEPRESSING HAIKU POEM #3

Greenland, Panama;

imperial impulses  --

whiffs of narcissism.

Giorgio Coniglio

DEPRESSING HAIKU POEM #4

these eggs cost too much;

the global order has failed.

"Let's start a trade war."

Giorgio Coniglio

DEPRESSING HAIKU POEM #5

collaborators

encourage unhinged despots.

who is most to blame?

Giorgio Coniglio

TODAY'S HAIKU POEM #6

a misguided man

unconstitutionally

redirects our world.

Giorgio Coniglio

TODAY'S  HAIKU POEM #7

children's health report 

by convinced contrarian 

faked citations. Oy!

Giorgio Coniglio

TODAY'S HAIKU POEM #8

dismantling science

is easily accomplished --

not so the converse.

Giorgio Coniglio

TODAY'S HAIKU POEM #9

harsh reality

curtails global achievements -- 

a dark age descends.

Giorgio Coniglio