Saturday, October 9, 2021

Timerick: China & Taiwan.

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  A basilisk both strong and sleek/looked upon a rabbit meek/Hissing in a friendly way/the basilisk began to say/"Little bunny, do not ...
Thursday, October 7, 2021

Today's Timericks: The Seasons.

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  Apples, corn stalks, pumpkin spice/Oktober Fest with edelweiss/Then comes candy and first snow/Shoveled when it's ten below/So the sea...
Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Today's Timericks: Federal Government may default on Social Security payments next month, among other things.

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  The government is out of bread/there's nothing in the kitty/Seniors eating Alpo straight/now isn't that a pity?/The Senate sits ar...
Monday, October 4, 2021

Today's Timericks: Pandora Papers expose the untouchable offshore accounts of the rich & famous

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  Taxes are a bore to pay/But if you're rich there is a way/to prevent the bureaucrats/from poaching on your habitats/Offshore banks wil...
Thursday, September 30, 2021

Haiku. 詩人はイライラしている

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  there are bad moments for lovers and dreamers now due to climate change 地球温暖化により、愛好家や夢想家にとって今は悪い瞬間があります So I saw a hawk and then a cat pro...
Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Today's Timericks: As Trump hints at 2024 comeback, democracy advocates fear a ‘worst-case scenario’ for the country.

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  The Boogey Man is really true/and he will come to frighten you/If you are bad and hit your mum/down the chimney Trump will come/to pull yo...

Haiku. 非常に多くのメール

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  So many emails -- can ten fingers handle it? Better to chant "Om" 非常に多くのメール 指が死んでいるので、「オーム」と唱えます So many emails So little is sai...
Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Today's Timericks: Senior Democrats are trying to craft a proposal to tax carbon — a potentially powerful weapon against climate change — that would not violate President Biden’s pledge to spare middle-class Americans from tax hikes.

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  Taxing carbon sounds ideal/in a world that isn't real/But such pixie dust won't fly/with our own Joe Sixpack guy/Any tax that soun...

Haiku. 毎日の通勤

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  The daily commute -- piling up coin for eyelids that will close at last 毎日の通勤 ついに死んだら目を凝らすためにコインを持ち込む The daily commute to a big empty off...
Sunday, September 26, 2021

Haiku. 固ゆで卵の皮をむく

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  Peeling hard boiled eggs Are the eggs bad or am I? The smell of sulfur 固ゆで卵の皮をむく 硫黄の匂いは私か卵のどちらかが地獄に行くことを私に思い出させます Ants on the sidewalk -- ...