Not Poetry. Quatrain Verse in English & Swedish. Dagsverser. On the Mundane & the Arcane.
Aiming to take us for a ride
those disingenuous words
tenebrously slither & slide
pounce singly as well in herds
By blurred verbiage thronged
our attention grabbed
Bathos suffered prolonged
its contentions crabbed
Assertions spurious
cheery & braying
Assaults laborious
preying, dismaying
Spectacle precarious
in bombastic bouquet
All so faux gregarious
in dissolute decay
Airy verse warmly oblique
blows abaft, blows athwart
Rhyming bursts in thoughtful pique
lighthearted to cavort
Verse anxious to comport
without baring fangs
just aiming to transport
holding back harangues
Make stanzas tight
not staid or prosy
Make the tone light
but not too rosy
Set not out to sway
or to dissuade
Never try upbraid
attempt allay
Show mercy, so don’t hold forth
Have pity, make verses short
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-abaft = from the stern
-athwart = right angle to the ship’s center
When Spring blossom releases
with inexorable mettle
bit like coming to Jesus
amidst bursts of finest fettle
Unfolding petals lustrous
bursting in anthesis soundless
Contrasting humans blusterous
in their nauseous noise boundless
Ethereally endowed
each staunch bantam blossom
grows eternally unbowed
fulfills presence awesome
While Nature stays in full control
mere arrogance the human role
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-anthesis = the flowering period of a plant, from the opening of the flower bud