Tag: reflection

Monoku Monday Volume 1

On By Jerry BrothertonIn Monoku, PoetryLeave a comment

#1 – useless – “when mad men let evil reign unchecked in the name of democracy”

#2 – hidden agendas – “in politics and finance there’s no one we can trust, not even ourselves”

#3 – because i said so – “pounding one’s chest and roaring obscenities does not make them a leader”

#4 – bull crap – “the more you spread, the more people will pay to get rid of the smell”

#5 – perhaps they were right -“we poets have always believed we can use words to change the world—maybe guns will work better”

~Broken Resolve~

On By Jerry BrothertonIn Haibun, Poetry2 Comments

“though resolutions fail and promises may get broken—we must still keep trying“

Now that all the family and friends have retreated back to their own caves to digest the pies, cookies and candied everything of another holiday ruckus, it’s finally time for me to tidy up the old homestead. January has arrived here in the Ozarks. It is traditionally a month of resolutions. Those promises we all make to ourselves to be better neighbors, better friends, better family…better human beings. Time for reflection and regeneration. A time to remember those things that treated us well and how not to repeat the mistakes we’ve made throughout the years. I have my list, though I’m sure most of them will fall by the wayside within days, I’ll still try to keep them as long as I can. Because even though I’ll only keep my resolution for a day, a week or a month, my life might be in a better place for a while. Besides, who says I can only make a resolution once?

~Comme Ci, Comme Ca~

On By Jerry BrothertonIn Free Verse, PoetryLeave a comment

Another election came and went

after it was over we found

we had a brand new

president or an old one

re-done

but one who doesn’t

represent the will

of his constituents

I’d call him a bully

a liar

a thief

but that would be

a compliment

New Year’s Toast

On By Jerry BrothertonIn Poetry, Rhyming1 Comment 
We must forget the past and work,
together for a brighter morn.
Let hatred die with the old year,
and let our new future be born.

So, let us touch our glasses,
together in a toast to better ways.
Here’s to your prosperity my friends,
may life bring you better days…

Sleeping Alone

On By Jerry BrothertonIn Haibun, PoetryLeave a comment

even in a crowd one can still find solitude—silence is overrated

My children got me a subscription to a service called Storyworth. It sends me a weekly prompt, usually something about my childhood, to help get those creative juices flowing. Of course, the end result will hopefully be to produce a kind of diary that might leave some small insight into who I was back in the day.

One of those prompts read, “when you were a child, did you have to share a bedroom and possibly a bed with your siblings?”

Wait a doggone second guys. Do you mean to tell me that sleeping alone when you were a child is a real thing? Man, when I was growing up back in Wakenda, I recall the biggest house we ever lived in had four bedrooms. I know that a four-bedroom house might sound like a mansion but when you throw in the fact that there were more kids than you could count without using your toes, plus mom and dad, that sure didn’t leave much space.

Heck, even after I joined the Army, depending on where I was stationed, I had to share a bedroom with 4 to 12 other people. Then I got married and spent each night of my life sharing a bed.

After all those years, I’m not sure I could sleep a whole night without the sound of snoring and an occasional fart drifting out from under the covers.