Not Poetry. Quatrain Verse in English & Swedish. Dagsverser. On the Mundane & the Arcane.
Med honnör i stram givakt
trodde på ‘Fosterlandsmörja’
ivägsänd sen i marschtakt
så att de hemma fick sörja
Lydigt ‘försvara’ de mäktiga
vid Lützen, Narva å Riga
följde order andäktiga
från gård å hem ut å kriga
I ungdomligt överdåd
ute i främmande krigen
en del dog i ‘hjältedåd’
fast helst hemma ålderstigen
Sen dess gudskelov en frist
tre århundranden till sist
Av artonhundratals Väckelse
blev mången alkoholfri
men till Väckelsens förskräckelse:
Socialdemokrati
Så inte bara oandlighet
men uppror mot Guds tillsatta
Fint guldgalonerad överhet
av folkstyrelse avsatta:
Varje ringa bröst
fick till slut en röst
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alkoholfri = “En våg av haugiansk väckelse hade med nådens lut kokat syndasmutsen ur hans livklädnad och räddat honom från brännvinets demon och upprorets ande.” -www.synonymer.se
Splendidly gallop our horses
below glimmer of sabers
in bravely fought lost good causes
thus found stillborn our labors
While briefly providing
gushing feelgood rush
way too soon subsiding
that compelling crush
Thusly often runs the course
of many a ‘noble’ cause
President Trump flagitious
merely the latest shoot
on Empire’s bush pernicious:
One more brazen galoot
Of The Exceptional Nation
the repeated tired narration
Hoppas han vet att dikta
att skriva kort å fräscht
Annars ska läsarn svikta
å tycka för trögläst
Begränsat mänskans synfält
så håll ämnet lättsmält
Använd en lättvikt ångvält
i moget sädesfält
I tidens diskurser otåliga
blir vi lätt disträ av det pråliga
I knäppt pellejönseri
irrar vi å kacklar
samhälleligt hönseri
där sunt förstånd vacklar
Fel grunkor vi jaga
mens lättast klandra
å skylla å klaga
på alla andra
Vi har ju en sån djärv självkänsla
befriad från mesig medkänsla …
‘Idiots’ are we not truly
in Athenian word sense
if in these times most unruly
we’re just sitting on the fence?
With economy now in free fall
while society collapses
time to mitigate (though can’t forestall)
before short time left elapses!
Why don’t we try our utmost
as Earth does turn burning toast?
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idiot = from ‘idios’ (private, one’s own); an ‘idiot’ in Athenian democracy (500 B.C.) was someone who was concerned almost exclusively with private, as opposed to public, affairs – not seeming to grasp how they are intertwined! Declining to take part in public life was largely frowned upon – considered dishonorable even. ‘idiots’ were thus seen as having poor judgment in societal matters (now, really!)
Only found out yesteryear
when soaked by waves of fears
when it became crystal clear
that I’ve been old for years
Had already lost my stride
long before realized
had turned oversized my pride
which by then ossified
Been trying hard to hide
that I then replied
with “I take it in stride!”
Well, back then I lied
Happiness but cloying
pinkish ribbon flown
flimsy & decoying
by fickle winds blown
While embracing Peace of Mind
steadfastly us anchor
Life’s most impeccable find
knows calm joy, not rancor
Happiness dallies in distracting
Peace of Mind lets us live exacting
Although driving pandemic
by the global tellurian
compellingly endemic
along the coast Ligurian.
High pitched its roar
Panda 4×4.
Shifter on floor
road hugging rapport.
Tire squealing curves vertiginous
wind through hilly cream cake plethora.
Binge worth cake shops indigenous
caloric boxes of pandora.
A swift driving stalk
brings a sweet cake walk.
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-cake shop = in Volterra https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g194951-d1861279-Reviews-L_Incontro-Volterra_Province_of_Pisa_Tuscany.html
-Panda 4×4 = https://www.fiat.com/panda/panda-4×4
-tellurian = of or inhabiting the earth
-Volterra = http://www.initaly.com/regions/hilltowns/volterra.htm