This week, my country men & women
Celebrate sexual & gender diversity
Yet, we all keep her & him in
Not in wholly the same body
Though love is spread over us equally
Sensitive Topics
EU & Dutch Agriculture
I wonder, could EU members see
A powerful Dutch economy
As a source of envy
Nitrogen as an excuse as their key
To destroy a big sector of an economy
Summer
Do I enjoy it enough,
I sometimes ask
So quickly, the festive mask
Is replaced by the one that’s rough
Just go out, with your water flask
Covid19
Alas, it reached us again
Me & others, still enjoy immunity
Others had to go in quarantaine
They won’t suffer coming months, hopefully
Me, I’d like to smell again
Today
Army chopper above us,
As a notorious gang is brought to court
Beyoncé on the radio; minus & plus
Are concepts I wrestle with, as I sort
My papers ~ to disallow others to discuss
Nitrogen & Carbonhydrate
Government hypocrisy against nitrogen
Will lead to many farm forclosures
Yet, foreign & carbon hydrate figures
Are as ominous as those for nitrogen
So today, farmers’ protest against measures
Long Reigning Monarchs
I will memorize the British queen
And the festive weekend of 70 years reign
I thought she had longest ever reign
But, with Louis IV, it has been
Seventy two years France has seen
Happiness
Happiness with the small things,
Is fairly easy — it’s gratitude, joy
Happiness with major things,
Takes more effort to find & enjoy
It’s not fully in our hands to deploy
Amazing Weather Day
Here I am, doing something tedious
Yet, I had to leave the paper fuss
The blue sky with its white fluff
Swallows bringing their vocal stuff
May they help through the monotonous
Stars Above
I look at the stars today
So many we have, in & out of the Milky way
If each represent a person,
I ask: Are you there, away from the Sun?
~ I wish everybody a happy Mother’s Day
Forward Looking Friday
Friday is to me a holy, reflective day
Reminding me, the future starts today
Very soon, I hope to finish
A complex chapter hindering my way
It made regular life taste brackish
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Dishonest
Those with an inclination
Towards dishonesty
View honesty as an inevitable tax bill
Regret paying, they will
But, they know it’s a security provision
Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge #160
Welcome to Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge. Each week I will be posting a photo I grab off the internet and challenging bloggers to write a flash fiction piece or a poem inspired by the photo. There are no style or word limits. The photograph below is from GaudiLab at shutterstock.com. For the visually challenged writer, […]
Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge #160
In the Morning, I look for information
Hoping for some news, perhaps diversion
What I saw, was beyond expectation
I look forward to futher publication
About this amazing observation
https://fivedotoh.com/2022/03/14/fandangos-flash-fiction-challenge-160/
In This Nation
International Women’s Day
Isn’t strongly celebrated
Woman is seen as enough liberated
To need another holiday
However, pink flowers are appreciated
Slice Of Compassion
Ukraine’s president talks today;
Mentions the very young Russian soldiers
Ill trained, scared, peowns in others’ play
Bodies deleted, kept from parents’ tears
Perhaps, compassion on a cruel day
Daily Observation 