Haiku inspired by two old ladies strolling along Fifth Avenue ,New York City, incorporating a commentary on our times and a measured response to the politics of President Trump
“Wouldn’t you think they
would take his Twitter away?”
“I know! It’s simple.”
Distracted
While attempting
Poetry
at my desk one day,
fighting off the usual
bears, wolves
and other dangerous
beasts of the Internet
between
the Muse and me;
from
the teeth of twitter,
a ferociously distracting
animal,
there leapt out
Billy Collins, Poet,
speaking of Poetry.
Losing myself
in his
captivating flow of words
I ended
Poetically satisfied,
but also
Poetically wishing
I had not been
ambushed by
dingoes of distraction,
and had instead
written a
Poem.
Distracted
While attempting
Poetry
at my desk one day,
fighting off the usual
bears, wolves
and other dangerous beasts
of the internet
between the Muse and Me;
from the teeth of Twitter,
a ferociously distracting
animal,
there leapt out
Billy Collins, Poet
talking of Poetry.
Losing myself
in his
captivating
flow of words
I ended
Poetically satisfied,
but
Poetically wishing
I had not been
ambushed
by dingoes of distraction
and had instead
written
a
Poem.
