O ‘irony’

O 'irony', word
so often oddly misplaced
— how so ironic

reading 'round the square

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This is an example of a "pattern poem" form I'll call "square dance".

It is read clockwise from the upper left corner:

why be a square
exude some flair
return to the tao
others will bow

As verse versus the square dance pattern: The last letter of one line is the first letter of the next. (The last letter of the last line is the first letter of the first.)

Tail of Three Speeches

Yosemite Sam dodders
Guns a'drawn
No varmint's tamin' me!
Get off o' my lawn!

Daffy Duck sputters
Never-ending debate
I deserve my own show!
Why's he so great?

Then Bugs Bunny cool
Takes the stage
Perky ears, funny name
... Turning the page



[ "... tonight I can stand here and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for the president of the United States of America" — Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), June 3, 2008, following speeches by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY). By the end of June 4, 2008, under pressure from her own fans, Sen. Clinton announces she will endorse Sen. Obama's show. ]

Traveling Companion

Chutzpanik
              Beatnik
Refusenik
              Peacenik
Übernik
              Sputnik.


( in memoriam Allen Ginsberg, on his birthday )

June Picnic Menu

Juicy grilled burgers
Jake's potato bake

Jumbo shrimp cocktails
Jalapeño steak

Jell-O fruit salads
Jamaica rum cake

Jocks in their Speedos
Jumping in the lake