July 3, 2014 
2 Comments
relation-ships
are no regatta
such parades
require lotta
boats on bays
I reference
–not a–
mob
but
dates,
in this sonata…
a ship of 2
say—me & you
exchanging
duties
thru & thru
no captain
serf
just 1 big crew
no warring
wor-ship
equal sloops
–since ships
that don’t keep balance right
will bumper bergs that hide in night
and likely sink
twixt
black
&
white.
©Karen Robiscoe
July 3, 2014 Comments Off on Division Bells
I will not answer
ringing phones
–milestones
to tell me
someone’s born
or someone’s died
someone’s going thru hell–
see: I’ve gone
that route
I’ve talked that line
I’ve keened I’ve wailed I’ve wept
to what reprise
to what recourse
to what endured effect?
No, keep your phones
your
milling
stones…
–your drama far from me
then at Depart
I’ll have head start
on aching memory.
©Karen Robiscoe
July 2, 2014 6 Comments
a woeful
wrote-ee
doling drums
fashioned
kit
of
hidden
puns
solos
sad
but
still
begun
and
ennui
saw
in
setting
sun
upon
apath
of
tedium
ma-laising
down
those
beats
on stage–
–that rueful
roadie
rocked
the
page.
©Karen Robiscoe
July 2, 2014 2 Comments
I was watching the game the other day on TV, and come time for the seventh inning stretch, well, you could’a heard a pin drop. Where were all the back-up singers? Where were the reedy (slightly inebriated) voices of game-goers lifted in good-time conviviality? I speculated…..
Time to take out my iPhone,
Time to check my eEEEee-mail!
If I want peanuts
or crackerjack–
I’ll order online,
a drone drops off my snack!
Now, it’s root
root root
for some plastic
a drone don’t take dollars or sense!
and
it’s
8, 9, 10
bucks for dogs
—extra for condiments!
O s-a-a-y did you see?
The newsfeed in the newsfeed
what so freeee-quently ran
was that Grumpy Cat streaming…
whose broad gripes
and bad mood
helps us know what is rude
and whose well-captioned mug
gist is generally: daf-u-u-h-q
But he prompts us to share!
to show we
are
so
there!
and that w-e-e-e get the joke
like the rest of the folk’
O say does that graphic
come with a-a-a-a-a Tr-o-o-o-jan
to copy strokes of k-e-e-y
that some spammer will save.
¢Karen
June 28, 2014 5 Comments
-crossed
our relationship can’t move forward.
Not until you convert:
: (
to
: )
&
incomplete equations
to
< 3
emojis…
Otherwise?
how will I know what you mean?
prompt: punctuation
June 25, 2014 2 Comments
diets are over•ate• it
ma•new•script = my new story
meta4 + meta4 = medit8
An animal advocate, he joined the army to become a vet.
I wonder if Al Gore’s middle initial is “E”
Poor Vicki. Her new boyfriend’s name is Michael.
if you win a game of hangman online, you get a hangnail
If you win a game of iSpy online, it’s a win/win
if you win a game of “spell-check” online, Google auto-fills
if you lose a game of “education” online, Google auto-fills 😉
if you lose a game of Chess online, you’re a virtual rookie
if you win a game of tic-tac-toe online–
you log off!
June 21, 2014 3 Comments
phrilled
phrase-sia
blooms in
wormed
“would’s”
lilt of lilies leaps from
tongue
to pen
sometimes back again
furrowed “see’d”
reaps
rose (of) scent-ences
and great composting
piles of
sh*t, too..
(pew!!)
Irrigation comes
from wind spit
since I eau
& a storm surge
>never hurts<
though soil may lay fallow thereafter
(or not)
directional
light bulbs
used in
lieu of solar heating
& surplus bulbs
contrary Mary buries
(strapping students on hippocampus help)
to germinate until Spring…
©Karen Robiscoe
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