POEMS: Deep Insights, Conventional Wisdom and Axe Not

September 7, 2012 · Scotorum

These were created for the CPC Friday Fling and Thematic Attic Thursday poetry challenges. The first two are Monorhyme Triplets on the Fling topic of conventions. The last is also a Monorhyme Triplet, inspired by the image which was in the Thematic Attic intro.

DEEP INSIGHTS

3-D convention was so deep.
You did the show so you could reap,
though getting there was hardly cheap.

Friends not seen in a full year
offer reassuring cheer,
recalling memories so dear.

Exhibits to startle and amaze
as digital offers a new phase
to recycle older 3-D craze.

To sell your views in your own auction.
A catalog for interaction,
to draw the sounds of bidder suction.

Discoveries at the trade fair
in images which come by pair.
The past draws those who really care.

So much till next extravaganza,
wrapped freshly by some bright organza,
deserving of a grateful stanza.

CONVENTIONAL WISDOM

It was never my intention
to attend that convention.
I knew ‘twould create tension.

I expect a poor reaction
to my use of a contraction
like “‘twould;” just a distraction.

The truth is I can’t remember
whether it was in September
or later, in December.

In fact I can’t recall
anything at all.
This poem was just a stall.

Had this stanza been the leading,
this warning you could be heeding:
you’re wasting your time reading.

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