MAY 11, expressing depression (five more terse verses)

 

TODAY'S POEMS (senryu *) 

DEPRESSING POEM #6

a misguided man

unconstitutionally

redirects our world.

Giorgio Coniglio

DEPRESSING POEM #7

children's health report 

by convinced contrarian 

faked citations. Oy!

Giorgio Coniglio

DEPRESSING POEM #8

dismantling science

is easily accomplished --

not so the converse.

Giorgio Coniglio

DEPRESSING POEM #9

harsh reality

curtails global achievements -- 

a dark age descends.

Giorgio Coniglio

DEPRESSING POEM #10

I am overwhelmed -- 

 my "globalist", "woke" world-view

is cast asunder.

Giorgio Coniglio

* learn more HERE about senryu, a term that designates a lesser-known Japanese short poem that shares the physical characteristics of haiku (nominally 17 'on' / syllables in three non-rhyming lines), but deals in a satiric or humorous way with human foibles rather than with Nature. 

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