MARIO KIEFER

The emperor issued his plea, To the terrorists he said, “We will flee” My subjects alarmed Please bring them no harm And fealty I’ll...

Forgotten and abandoned After the planes have landed Nobody will mind All those left behind As long as we don’t call them “stranded.”...

Despite what some think All the pomp and circumstance Doesn’t change the stink. #HaikuWednesday

When the problem is not very little It can be solved if we meet in the middle But each side takes its turn As our cities do burn And the...

Yesterday is gone And the ‘morrow is to come While now passes by #HaikuWednesday

The emperor donned his new clothes Then spoke out in eloquent prose Hellfire was spawned As the media fawned And the people were led by...

I wrote this in 1986. It strikes me that things have not changed all that much in thirty-five years. Is there any reason to believe they...

Idle hands construct Nothing pure and real within The Devil’s workshop #HaikuWednesday

Explore now, because The undiscovered country Waits for everyone #HaikuWednesday

There once was a man from D.C. Who promised he’d make people free But the flames that he stoked At the insistence of Woke Fettered away...

Many now do shout You’re with me or against me Upon bended knee #HaikuWednesday

Affinity Groups are now keen It’s the way it always has been Racism bemoaned But to be with our own Segregation returns to the scene...

We have no more bread The masses cried out in vain Let them all eat cake #HaikuWednesday

The sheep in the meadow go “baa” Not hearing the call for fatwa They think all is fine ’Til the farmer does dine And he and his family...

Misinformation Cultural appropriation Woke dissemination Early in the Morn. Don’t you be a-tellin’ What others are a-yellin’ Lest you be...

Johnny learned how not to read. The Woke said, “Your mind has been freed! “You don’t need to learn, “And these books we will burn, “So...

Though man may take breath A life without Liberty Makes him walking death. #HaikuWednesday

Nothing in life is for free And money won’t grow on trees Plans are waylaid When bills must be paid And all ATM’s have their fee. #Limerick

All things come to end Whether sweet or sour Rests in how you tend. #HaikuWednesday

You are the writer Of the poems that you pen Whether Comedy or Tragedy Depends on your ken. #Poetry