Tuesday 7 November 2023

Alone


 

A senryu for today

As one’s old friends die
Aloneness is the burden
Of declining years
Senryu Copyright © Res Burman 4th November 2023

Thursday 31 March 2022

"Interesting Times"

 “Interesting Times”


Our warm spell is over
And though it is Easter
“Heat or Eat” has become
The motto of millions!

“Warm the Human not the home”
Is the new catchphrase
As millions huddle under blankets
And sleeping bags just to stay warm.

This Energy Poverty takes it’s toll
On the poor and the sick
And the elderly
No matter who they voted for

We find we cannot eat the lies
That our Government feeds us
We cannot warm our homes or ourselves
On the broken promises that burn before us

And we’re told it will only get worse
And perhaps we deserve no better
When we allow the tyrants to prosper
And the dishonest to rule.

This is the cross we Britons must bear
Because we allowed those who should protect us
To fill their pockets instead
To guzzle at the trough of their own greed.

We have allowed Newspaper magnates
To do our thinking for us
And form our opinions and prejudices
Are we just puppets on strings?

We have lost control of our country
And our disinterest and inaction
Brings the old Chinese curse closer
“May you live in interesting times!”

Copyright © Res Burman 31st March 2022


Thursday 4 November 2021

"November Eyes" a haiku


 November eyes drawn
Beyond the Chip Shop chimney
To where dreams are born

Copyright © Res Burman 4th November 2021

Friday 22 October 2021

"Transatlantic Flight" a tanka


Transatlantic flight
Too high to be seen or heard
But she leaves a clue

Painted across the heavens
As she speeds towards the dawn


Copyright © Res Burman 22nd October 2021
 

"Maiden's Blush" a haiku


 Storm clouds blow away
Revealing a maiden's blush
On our horizon


Copyright © Res Burman 22 October 2021

"Morning's Light" a tanka


 Morning's early light
Ignores the sleeping Dragon
But shines down upon

The Lizard's windmills
And Goonhilly's listening ears


Copyright © Res Burman 22nd October 2021

Thursday 21 October 2021

"Storm Clouds" a haiku




Storm clouds gather
The sea takes on strange colours
Winter creeps closer

Copyright © Res Burman 21st October 2021