JUL 8, all-important thoughts --- solipsism (five terse verses)

 

TODAY'S POEMS 

 

SENRYU #1 

as a solipsist

I know that truth is simply 

what I think right now.

SENRYU #2

 'deals' made in error:

manipulation-addict 

proves his vain self-worth.

 

#3. "The Nobel Prize in Limericks" 

The Stockholm committee that's wise 

Honours theory, or so I surmise, 

So, the 'lock-'em up' slogan 

Might appeal to Joe Rogan, 

Or compete for an Ig-Nobel Prize. *

#4. "Proposed cure for solipsism" 

Bloviation-prone leaders procure 

A world that is more insecure. 

Please don't mention their name, 

Not to praise, not to blame, 

      'Til they wither in shame: that's the cure.

 

#5.  "Unattributed remarks"

Teenage girls seduced by island fun --  

No abuse by guests of anyone. 

To me, it's a misnomer -- "underage" 

I view it as an introductory stage. 

If rigid critics make you hide offshore,

          It seems not worth the effort. "What a bore!" 

Giorgio Coniglio

  

 * the interested reader can find out more about the Ig-Nobel Prize in this Wikipedia summary. 

 

* 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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