Saturday, 12 April 2025

Not That Day Again

Cartoon gif. Elderly version of Elmer fudd from the Looney Toons kneels next to an elderly Bugs Bunny who lays on the ground. Bugs Bunny wails in agony, shaking his head, and Elmer Fudd listens intently to the rabbit.  


It's that notching time of year again 


When one is blamed for getting older 


The younger folk are checking wrinkles 


Plus, grey hair surrounds the shoulder



Yesterday, you were a 'one thing' 


Today, you are 'another'


But now the time has marched along 


You've caught up with your mother



So happy birthday, older chap


May wisdom now descend


Maybe it's time for reminiscences

 

That peacefulness shall gently lend.

Thursday, 10 April 2025

Laughingstock

Hahahaha Lol GIF 

Numpties lacking ways and means

To clarify solutions

Stuck in doubt with no way out

In a mire of thought, pollution

 

Giving up with much resentment

Caused by pointing out their errors

A trail of chaos in the wake

Bringing on the midnight terrors

 

So much so descriptions changing

To reimagine well-used numpties

Giving energy to meaningful

By describing fools as trumpties  

 

 

Wednesday, 9 April 2025

Move On

 baecoffee elsewhere machinewickerpark goelsewhere GIF

Off to the elsewhere

Where something else resides

Fresh fields of novelties

To be where else abides

 

Something other than whatever

Like not ever seen before 

Somewhat never imitated 

Or carbon copied to be sure

 

Wherever I might look to be

In search of creativity 

A brand new never seen before

The way of ingenuity

 

 

 

Sunday, 6 April 2025

Joker in the Pack

 im back GIF 

When opposites take centre stage 

Underlining weak mistakes

From the hazy, futile, insane plans

Out of those pathological quakes

 

Lonely tyrants in their ivory towers

Take in the end at hand

Slipping slowly into infamy  

As strongholds sink into the sand

 

Exaggerations overstatements

Stacked up against the sludge

Causing blanket desecration 

Where details blatantly get fudged

 

Wednesday, 2 April 2025

Gobbledegook

 Seize The Day Carpe Diem GIF by Zhot

Latin used Ad nauseum

Has me stumped and mystified

Pointless use of clever speak

Like ‘Ergo’ leaves less than fortified

 

On a point of ipso facto

I feel left out in the cold

No longer in the status quo

Exempli gratia oversold

 

Why use caveat emptor

To warn a buyer to beware

When the warning isn’t understood

Pro rata difficult to bear

 


Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Oh No! Gotcha

First Of The Month Streamer GIF by Theleaway 


Once again, that April day

Initially sounds cool

Look out for jokes and early pokes

In case you are the April fool

 

Not a day for gullibility

Be watchful for that folly

That lulls you into dumb acceptance 

Where all seriousness is jolly

 

A prankster coax, a silly hoax

Designed for taking in

The easy kind of simple mind

With a Cheshire Cat-like grin



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Once again, that April day

A time for laughter

light, and play.

But watch for pranks

A sly surprise,

Disguised in innocent guise

Beware the fool

The simple jest,

That tests your wit

Puts you to test.

Don't fall for tricks

Or silly scheme,

Wake from this laughter-filled dream.

A prankster's coax

A playful hoax,

A Cheshire grin

A hidden crooks.

To catch the unwary

Kind and mild,

With laughter bright

A charming style.

Monday, 31 March 2025

That’s That Then

Weight Loss Lol GIF by Learn Something Every Day

Luckier than most he thought himself

Being a man of many traits

Hard to know or recognise

By his multitude of gaits

 

At a distance unforeseeable

Or when up close a mystery

A good friend when it suited

When not, a favourite enemy

 

In the end, was just another man

Packed in an urn to be admired

No longer consequential

A drum of ashes now transpired

 

 

Saturday, 29 March 2025

Tonight's The Night

 Dont Forget Time Change GIF by Sarah The Palmer

Time to readjust the time

And take a forward view

Leave the winter morn forlorn 

Embracing life anew

 

Lighter nights and lifted moods

Expectation takes the reins

Plans and possibilities

Promoting sunny vanes

 

Our spinning world irregular

Graduated day by day

Lots of light to shift the night

With advantages at play

 

So grab your clock with two hands

Correctly reset by 2 am

The main spring knocking at your door

Is tomorrow’s early gem

 

Friday, 28 March 2025

Woe of the Worlds

 Man Men GIF by Ek dojo


When authority is stifling

Progression by reduction 

Smothering hope and fairness

Exploits illicit deconstruction

 

Shutting down and shutting out

Opinions, views, and stances

To pay no mind to new ideas

That could expand one’s chances

 

To create a weakened people

With undernourished notions  

Circumventing real potential

Promoting intellect demotions

 

When liberty has lost its way

Independence is encumbered

Invoking short-term nastiness

imposing ‘better lives’ dismembered

 

 

Thursday, 27 March 2025

Lost for words

Nuocbottles GIF by NUOC

 

Once, there was a lonesome word

Who often fell behind

A word forlorn and longing

In search of friendly words in kind

 

It looked for magic answers

Seeking ways to break the spell

Which blocked its visibility

As though hidden in a shell

 

Many other words were written

Sliding easy off the tongue

Softly tuneful and melodious

More rhythmically when sung

 

Scouring reference lexicons

The lonely word without content

Briefly spared a lonely tear

On rarely used 'pauciloquent' 



 

 

Tuesday, 25 March 2025

Enclosure

 


Art Cat GIF


Fences are places 


Where a barrier commences


Places best to avoid

 

Other sides can get annoyed


A construct born to obstruct


Where the right side


Is never the wrong side


But for you, which side are you on


A story where you were once upon


To show your composure


In partial exposure


To fight and defend


Right up to the end

Sunday, 23 March 2025

Waiting



 







Picture 'Lucid Dream' by Jon Carling https://www.joncarling.com/



Surrounded by the closeness

Held suspended until then

Contemplating the foreseeable

Second guessing, who knows when

 

Beyond there is the distance

Far too far away for now

Although the future is approaching

Too close at hand to disavow 

 

Engaging with the waiting games

Where the hidden rules relate

Beguiling, building tensions

Inside the time when we must wait

Friday, 21 March 2025

Aurora in Safron



Picture 'A Windy Moon' by Jon Carling @JonCarling

Mother moon united

Locally and beyond

Bathing in a silent space

She swims the starlight pond

 

She waits in probability

Keeping secrets locked inside

With her challenging expressions

Bears no proposals to confide

 

Solar winds and plasma storms

In light waves, timeless borne

Projecting coloured patterns

Brought to the lady of the dawn


These remarkable pictures are by Jon Carling


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Tuesday, 18 March 2025

Beyond Me

New Media Photography GIF by Robert Matejcek

 

A funny thought occurred to me

As I become more digitised

To reevaluate my endings

A data-being clonergised 

 

Someday, I know that time will stop

When, for me, wrapped in a shroud

I’ll be hovering in a hologram

Located on a data cloud

 

Of course, in truth, I won’t be there

Should someone wish to interact

With my immersive data history

Born out of common or garden fact

 

Ostensibly, my special smidgeons

Compile a pseudo-scenario

Where in the end a microchip

Transforms me into a curio



Sunday, 16 March 2025

The Tyrants Tale

 Text gif. Stylized text in blue and white dances against a light blue background. Text, “A well-informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny. Thomas Jefferson.”

A volatile air

Change hangs heavy,

Politics lost

Too a doctrinaire's sway

Deep convictions,

Desires they levy,

Fueling change 

In a ferocious way.

Complacency's shell

Torn and tattered,

Where marching boots 

Once smartly trod,

A gilded hat

Its shine now shattered,

Awareness bleeds

A path to God?

A congregation's

Sacrifice offered,

For a despot's cause

A fratricide's call

The powerless

Their mouths left unproffered,

A gaping maw

Awaiting their fall.

Friday, 14 March 2025

Vaunter's Malaise

Animation Blow Hard GIF 

 

The bragging swank fanfaronade 

A most particular obfuscator

Large gregarious huff and puff

A sullen world deflator

 

Unaware of unearned laughter

A boiling pot of vapour

Misinterprets derision

Blaming others for his caper

Thursday, 13 March 2025

Butterfly










Picture 'Above The Clouds' by Jon Carling

A butterfly she catches

Power from the rain

Spreading pleasures all around

In sun-soaked vigour to sustain

 

Her wings, a coated canvas bright

Reflect the rainbow's gentle light

A tiny dancer, fair and free

A symbol of serenity

 

Then softly dips, a gentle sigh

As twilight paints the evening sky

A peaceful rest, its journey done,

Until tomorrow’s rising sun







Monday, 10 March 2025

Grisly Bugbear

Happy Animation GIF

 

Visiting a haunted house

With a buried sense of thrill

Seeking spooky apparitions 

The kind that bring a chill

 

No groans, no moans, no bumpy bumps

No shrieks or scary hoots

No Casper Jasper malice 

To freeze me solid in my boots


Somehow, the atmosphere had died

Perhaps the ghouls’ day off

Devoid of creaks and cold spots

Not a whisper or a cough

 

 

I left the house of hideous dread

Dismayed by lack of revenant jolts

The very least, I hoped a scary wraith 

Around some striking lightning bolts 




Saturday, 8 March 2025

Bleeding Words!

Season 4 GIF by Rick and Morty


I’ve put a bandage on my language

To prevent my letters bleeding

Dripping out of context

Confusing well-meant meaning

 

My words had turned anaemic

Making paragraphs a blur

Scarring what I meant to say

Befuddled phrases don’t concur

 

Do I need a word transfusion

Drip feeding improved sense

To avoid upsetting readers

By rewarding present tense

 

Friday, 7 March 2025

There's A Place for Them

Independence Day Art GIF by Thomas Kastrati

Intellectual battles raging
Smarter rules are now applied
Benchmarks clarify the spite
Of fools who endlessly deride
Let them chatter to the helpless
Those stripped of the right to choose
Creating seeming freedoms
Where ‘nothing's’ last ditch is refuse
Banging on the drum incessantly
Where sleepwalkers have no voice
Demanding major separation
From isolation of ‘No Choice’

 

Thursday, 6 March 2025

Soul Mate

 Image

The Handshake: Picture by Jon Carling

On any day, two friends' a chance meeting

A memory etched, time's passage fleeting

Friendship's path, a journey slow and deep

Where beliefs and views, their secrets keep

Good friends embrace divergence, unafraid

In contrast, deeper wisdom is made

Each moment counts, a balance to attain

Harmony's pursuit, a gentle, sweet refrain

They share each other's burdens, hand in hand

No drudgery found, in this devoted band

Friendship's bond, no duty nor demand

Integrity and principle forever stand



Wednesday, 5 March 2025

Land of What?

To wish undone 

What's now been done

A past regret

A battle won

Could they rewind

Erase the deed

A life's unburdened

Different creed

With wisdom's hindsight

Clear and bright

To mend the past

Set wrongs aright

Carefree souls

No guilt to bear

A lighter heart

Beyond compare

Tuesday, 4 March 2025

As I Said Before

 morph double decker GIF by franciscab

Life's clarity, a double bind,

With doubt's dark tide

the mind entwined.

A waterfall of thoughts

A stream,

Repeating patterns

In a restless dream

Starry signs

A broken hand,

No timepiece true

No promised land

A mystic fog 

Of words and sound

Where unexpected

Rules abound

Absolution’s hollow claim,

A doctor's smile

A sugar-sweet game.

A haven built for wishful hearts,

Lost in aporia's maze of starts.

Monday, 3 March 2025

Contained

 walking studying GIF by Sanni Lahtinen

We leave behind the known and planned

Becoming what we've practiced well

In a cocoon of schemes, we stand

Our myriad dreams, a potent spell

 

No longer just a hopeful wish

No shore in sight, no rocky hold

In thoughtful ocean’s boundless swish

Our notion set, a story told

Sunday, 2 March 2025

Simply Consequences

Everything Is Fine Burn GIF by Tribe Gaming 

Poor planning bringing unseen woes

Mystery shrouds a failing vice

Pressures rise, confusion grows

Ignoring risks, a heavy price

 

Poor choices in the heat of fight

Bad reactions weak and slow

Bring chaos, dimming future's light

Leave missions shattered, prospects low

 

Hidden blocks and walls so high

Unseen traps, a costly game

Sudden stance brings painful, dire reply

Inept choices bring forth bitter shame





Friday, 28 February 2025

Hard Times

in america we come together when times are hard GIF by Obama

Ah, but that was then

In fragile times, anxieties reside

Where certainties, like shadows, hide

Unkindly grasps, with avarice rife

Reach out, devoid of gentle life


A covetous hunger, stark and cold,

Leave hearts unyielding, stories told

These grasping hands, a bitter sting

Leave only emptiness; they bring

Thursday, 27 February 2025

Information Highway

 Fake Surprised Season 8 GIF by Friends

In circuits and code 

a mind takes flight,

Bringing dreams to life

Both day and night

With knowledge vast

A mind learns and grows

A partner in thought

As innovation flows

One can’t live a life

Without information

One can’t buy a ticket

Unsure of which station