American dream
bipartisan politics
our oxymoron
silence is golden
speaking up – not the RIGHT way
the joke is on her
shame of a nation
leadership without respect
the joke is on US
Senryū are often cynical or darkly humorous, and do not generally include
a kigo, or season word. With that in mind, this senryū trio is my response to
Carpe Diem #1516 Robin D. Gill, a haiku poet pur sang (Out of the Box)
Images
occupy.com (top)
clipartextras.com (middle)
Wikimedia Commons – Paul Stahr’s Columbia (edited here)
I wonder if the word ‘moron’ comes from ‘oxymoron’ or does ‘oxymoron’ mean as stupid and as dumb as an ox.
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I suppose that depends on the ox. 😉
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yes, rather sad because ‘the joke IS on us’ with the morons running the country
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Indeed.
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It’s all so sad and troubling. And everyone time a Republican speaks, it’s like some bizarre alternate reality.
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“Bizarre alternate reality” is exactly right.
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😦
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This is a clear mirror of what the dreamed democracy has become. A joke. On “us” – all of us in the US, including the leaders w/o respect. A worldwide concern far broader than mere disgust.
Your words tell it like it is. This post is a keeper.
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Thank you, Jazz. The issue has been there for a long time. These hearings were the perfect chance to bring it into a spotlight that recognized the injustices suffered by the victims. Instead, they became an argument for sympathy for the accused – at a venue that lends the stamp of government approval.
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Keen observations, my friend . . .
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Thank you, sir. It twists the mind into knots.
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Very well stated, Ken. It is a mess – and I am only an outsider.
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Thank you. I would not want to be an insider — with regards to the direct actions AND the blind eye that would consider them inconsequential.
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Ken, this is powerfully written on a subject that reveberates across
the world. You are brave too to take a stand.
Only last night I listened to a few 17 year olds – bright boys and girls – expressing their disbelief. One said, wait 10 years when we in U.S and Europe take over. We all had enough. We believed in leaders but no more.
I was shocked by the sheer determination. Bless them all.
miriam
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Thank you, Miriam.
I am stumped, as to what it takes to make a change, when a public stage such as the U.S. Senate Confirmation Hearings turns the accuser into the accused. I certainly hope our youth holds the answer.
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I mean, what is it going to take? I’ve never seen anything like this.
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Sigh.
And not of resignation!
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I know. VOTE!
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It’s been quite infuriating indeed! It makes our nation look like a circus and the government is the puppet master. It truly brakes my heart, I feel like our country is moving backward and all the progress we’ve made in movements for equal rights, women’s rights.
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What confounds me is that there are woman who think this is just a lot of hot air. I-Do-Not-Understand-That.
Thank you for stopping by.
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I agree, I can’t wrap my mind around it.
Thank you for taking a stance on such an important topic!😊
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🙂
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as an outsider, it makes me laugh but I am sure it is very insulting to the intelligence
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It’s insulting to all senses, in all senses.
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Let’s hope we have the last laugh. (K)
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Fingers crossed and voter registration card (& driver’s license & utility bill) in hand!
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Luckily they only ask us to sign the voter register in NYC. No ID required.
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Picture ID went into full effect here recently. Just your voter card or a utility bill verifying address means a provisional vote, subject to presenting picture ID later. A non-driver ID is available at no cost, but still means that those without Transportation have to get to DMV – which raises the whole argument against unreasonable requirements for lower income voters.
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It’s so discouraging. Voting rights is something we really need to keep fighting about. The only fraud to speak of going on is perpetuated by the party trying to suppress voting (and we know who that is…)
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Yes!
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A Groovy series of Truth and Tragedy. (@–>–)
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Tragically so.
Thank you.
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Thank you for this post, Ken.
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🙂 Yes, as we all know, this is far from humorous.
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Indeed….many of us have literally been in tears and feeling sick the last two+ weeks. And then to have t. mock the victim…. it’s hard to even write about it. The swamp hasn’t been cleared, it has become slimier and darker than ever before. 😟
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These are excellent, Ken. Love the cartoon images as well.
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Thank you. I could have used photos, but the topic already is too emotionally draining to begin with.
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So true!
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senryū is deceptively difficult to write
I particularly liked:
shame of a nation
leadership without respect
the joke is on US
and the play on the word US
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Thank you. It’s unfortunate to have such inspiration.
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