Sunday, 30 April 2023

Notion in a potion

For Sale Spinning GIF by Samuel Davis

Hold yourself in readiness
Many things will soon begin
Floods of light from telescopes
With messages therein

Prepare yourself to know at last
How you came to be right here
Standing tall and future bound
To live a life you can revere

There is no special purpose
From the myriad beyond
Just love and generosity
Letting kindness be your bond

Thursday, 20 April 2023

Held Back

 Black Lives Matter Hands GIF by Barbara Pozzi


Constraints and limitations

Deviate and drive our road

Cards carrying our data share

None shall pass without a code


Living in an open compound

Misunderstanding freedom’s traits

Where none shall pass too easily

Without signing through the gates


Slowly giving up our rights

In what was once a rightful place

Needing umpteen recognitions

Mugshot fingerprints and face

Sunday, 16 April 2023

In Part

 Knick Knack Loop GIF by Yizr

Vibrations in the airwaves

Many movements stirring

Undetectable contrivances 

Silent gearbox whirring 


A spectre in a friendly cloak

Crowds selected if connected

Swimming in a poisoned well

Unknowingly infected


In the end, we stepped inside

Becoming one last page

To give the waiter one last order

The final message of our age

Thursday, 6 April 2023

Here and Now

 Horrid Henry Eureka GIF


Passing by where ideas swim

At the ready for the catch

Pools of opportunities

To hatch a perfect match


I swirl around and blindly dip

Should providence bring gifts

Just in case that face to face

An idea bubble lifts


When the tinkling of an inkling 

Lifts a hand to ring a bell

Striking up with recognition

That calls for kneeling to the knell


Tuesday, 4 April 2023

Over and Done With

 My Work Is Done Reaction GIF by SpongeBob SquarePants


The scheme of things
get difficult

Reasoned lists
are guessing games

Promises are platitudes
With down-the-road disclaims

Systems have no empathy
No motive to succeed

Everything is passing by
Indecently at speed

Monday, 3 April 2023

Lend Me Your Ear

 Loving Vincent Paint GIF


The famous artist Vincent

As pronunciations flow

Van Gogh like ‘ich’ or Scottish loch

Is neither ‘ic’ nor low


How rude it is to mispronounce

Appearing dull or dumpy slow

Ending up with double dutch

Not Goff, not Gogg not Go


There will always be an argument

As sure as night and right have sway

Like rough and bough don’t sound as cough

One day Van Gogh might have his say


https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000gg29/the-art-mysteries-with-waldemar-januszczak-series-1-1-van-goghs-selfportrait-with-bandaged-ear



Just Checking


To be at peace to be at one
Absorb your inner space
Engage and hold serenity
Let your spirit interlace

Let all your tensions scatter
Let obligations be elsewhere
Enjoy the prone to be alone
Allow yourself to be in there

In this time of mass intrusions
Jolting buzzing shrill ringtones
As messages have gathered moss
To throttle rolling stones

Fight your fear of turning off
Far away from overlapping
Circumvent the probe intent
The sound of one hand tapping


Eight new mental illnesses brought to you by the Internet

“We’ve all been conditioned to be alert for notifications from our phones,” said Dr. Rosen. “We’re like Pavlov’s dogs in a way. You see people pull out their phones and two minutes later do it again even though nothing has taken place. That’s driven by reflex action as well as by anxiety to make sure we haven’t missed out on anything. It’s all part of the FOMO [Fear Of Missing Out] reaction.”

 

Saturday, 1 April 2023

A Tricky Day in April

Fool Foolish GIF

This crazy day in April

Where the foolish fail to think

Catching out the gullible

With a giggle nod and wink


Follies of the season

As March Hares knock about

To the crack of empty eggshells

Sneezing powder up your snout


A tricky day in every way

When there’s no such thing as cool

Not expecting unsuspecting things

Makes you the first of April’s fool