Art by Mark Harm Niemeyer

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Broken Peace

Improbable, unthinkable,
Surely nevermore,
And then it exploded,
A cruel European war... 

座禅

Meditation,
Is brain-fever
Relaxation,
Stress
Cancellation...

Spring Weather

One April day is wet and warm,
Next day the cold winds blow,
Nature's schizophrenia,
Meteorological quid-quo-pro... 

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Angst

From the pit of your stomach,
To up behind your eyes,
The power of fear to
Nauseate and paralyze...

Friday, April 8, 2022

Cringe

Long ago, unintentionally
Inflicted pain,
Memories, unresolved,
Unforgiven, remain,
Slow fading, but
Indelible, stain...

Thursday, April 7, 2022

Islands In The Stream

Sort of miraculous, to
Remember what it was all about,
And leave a written record,
Before passing out...

Bucha

Sad proof of human cruelty,
That blood will have blood,
Are the murdered civilians,
Lying in the Ukrainian mud...

Early Birds

Early morning,
The crows begin
Their dialogue
On top of the garbage bin...

Pre-Blindside

The impending problem,
Was undetected, unseen,
So their outlook was
Mistakenly serene...

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Plan Of The Day

We,
The appointed,
Follow
The anointed,
Tackle problems,
Muddle through,
Day after day,
It's what we do...

Monday, March 28, 2022

竜頭蛇尾

Charge out like a dragon,
A B C
Slink away like a snake,
X Y Z ...

Sunday, March 27, 2022

Online

Video testimony,
Antics, chatter,
Makes a lot of noise,
But doesn't really matter...

Friday, March 25, 2022

Continuum

Cloudy today
In my location,
Alive for
Another rotation,
What's behind
Is gone,
What's ahead
Goes on and on...

春嵐

Temporarily
Dry and warm,
Watching the
Approach of the storm,
Its kinetics both
Awesome and aeriform...

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Mariupol

The strong fight above,
While the weak hide below,
But where the missiles fall,
They cannot know,
Grind, pain, blood,
All paying the cost,
To prevent their
Freedom from being lost...

Slacker

A tendency to lay flat,
Float in mental haze,
Pulled away from dreary
And into the daze,
Unappeased appetite,
Never ceases to amaze...

Thursday, March 17, 2022

Hegemonic

Take things over
Incrementally,
Slice the salami,
They will look
But never see...

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Erosion

Not able to reach a solution,
And feelings remained unresolved,
But as time continued to pass,
The problem slowly dissolved...

3月中旬

Inside the dead-looking
Plant, energies surge,
Quietly they push,
And buds emerge...

Mute Button

Turn off the power,
Close the door,
Sometimes it's better
To miss and ignore...

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Incel

His advances
Were rejected,
Pretty much
As expected,
Ego, id, and
Psychology,
Checkmated
By biology...

Verminal

In the fading light,
Before the sunset,
A rat tries to eat
What it can get,
From crumbs 
Left on the ground,
By children no
Longer around...

Inevitable

Stick to your well-worn
Ways, if you must,
But a time will come,
When you'll have to adjust...

Sunday, March 13, 2022

How To Do It

The operational mode,
He liked the most,
Was to put things in neutral,
And coast...

Thursday, March 10, 2022

In It Together

Round and round
The marriage spins,
Similar numbers of
Losses and wins,
Facing the challenges
Each day sends,
The chaos management
Never ends...