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“Laughter is
the closest
thing to
the grace
of God.”
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~ Karl Barth
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Elfje: (Cinquain) classic: each word only one syllable
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smile
big grin
not a frown
full of good cheer
laugh
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Tanka: 5-7-5, 7-7
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do the selfish thing
no need to think of others
I want what I want
the addict out of control
lives destroyed in the process
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Poem:
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of all of the gifts received in sobriety, laughter has to be the greatest
for too many it is the gift that is received the latest
most addictive substances act as depressants
those who start young never outgrow adolescents
the alcoholic/addict thinks a laugh is weird
hooked to an emotion that is feared
always laughing at someone or something
laughing at them because they are nothing
eventually they understand to laugh with, not at
at ourselves, not at others, always just a tit for a tat
the best humor is not at another’s expense
the laugh grows along with the common sense
a laugh a day will keep the doctor/shrink away
and for most they pray for another sober day
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“all they want to do is tie
the poem to a chair with rope
and
torture a confession out of it.
They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.”
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― Billy Collins
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Elfje:
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possibly
the truth
the whole truth
lying cops a plea
confession
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Haiku:
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no silence in spring
natures chorus seeking mates
music to God’s ear
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Poem:
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motives; body, mind and soul
as mysterious as a black hole
our wants and needs mostly ego driven
justification by purposeful commission
deep inside is it nurture or nature
character or appearance a portraiture
the sickest act like a magic chameleon
memory and events destined for oblivion
those who can’t, teach or become a politician
common sense does in no way improve cognition
the unethical shrink seeks a plausible explanation
the healthy see only the mentally deranged aberration
the simple mind deduces that there is no rhyme or reason
so sad that politically incorrect can’t be construed as treason
history repeats and human nature again is wrong
what remains will be left to the elements, the strong.
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