Nonsense Poems
Anti-Social
by Md. Kausar Uddin Ahmed
Some people talk less.
That doesn’t mean
They hate people.
They just have
A low tolerance
For drama,
For shouting over tea,
For people who think
Loudness equals truth.
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Ode to Despair
by Igor Vykhovanets
A Fool's Saint
There’s saints for all —
For fishers too!
But fools stand tall,
Their plight askew.
Their numbers reign,
No saint in sight!
Yet once again,
......
I Am Disorder
by Md. Kausar Uddin Ahmed
My mother had a stroke,
I came late for my exam.
They said I can’t sit.
Why?
Rules.
A hundred children burned alive,
Bodies shattered under a falling jet.
The whole nation is crying,
Silent in shock, kneeling in prayer.
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Clarity of Thought
by Igor Vykhovanets
This and That
This and that — our all in all,
A false messiah will make the call.
No strength left here — it’s done, we’re through,
We lost it all in this and that too.
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Dimwits of Pseudo-Science
by Igor Vykhovanets
Dimwits of Pseudo-Science
"An economist is one who speaks
Of things he does not understand,
Yet makes you feel the fool who seeks
A grasp on all that's planned."
— Herbert Prochnow
These frauds of fog and tangled lies—
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Clarity of Thought
by Igor Vykhovanets
This and That
This and that — our all in all,
A false messiah will make the call.
No strength left here — it’s done, we’re through,
We lost it all in this and that too.
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I Am Disorder
by Md. Kausar Uddin Ahmed
My mother had a stroke,
I came late for my exam.
They said I can’t sit.
Why?
Rules.
A hundred children burned alive,
Bodies shattered under a falling jet.
The whole nation is crying,
Silent in shock, kneeling in prayer.
......
Anti-Social
by Md. Kausar Uddin Ahmed
Some people talk less.
That doesn’t mean
They hate people.
They just have
A low tolerance
For drama,
For shouting over tea,
For people who think
Loudness equals truth.
......
Dimwits of Pseudo-Science
by Igor Vykhovanets
Dimwits of Pseudo-Science
"An economist is one who speaks
Of things he does not understand,
Yet makes you feel the fool who seeks
A grasp on all that's planned."
— Herbert Prochnow
These frauds of fog and tangled lies—
......
Ode to Despair
by Igor Vykhovanets
A Fool's Saint
There’s saints for all —
For fishers too!
But fools stand tall,
Their plight askew.
Their numbers reign,
No saint in sight!
Yet once again,
......
