No truth in the booth

When it comes to directives, maybe it’s more about perspectives.

No truth in the booth

An acrostic selection on the pending election

Conflict and chaos send voters awhirl,

As contrary claims are debunked, truth grows muddled.

No ballots are counted, but we’ve come hinged.

Don’t we know better by now?

It’s clear the world’s gone topsy-turvy.

Debaters dig deep for dirt, and vice-versa.

Ask anybody. Even the future’s door is turned upside down.

Time for a reset. We’re not gonna find a Savior on the ballot.

Everything changes when we realize this isn’t really our home.

Suppose we remember the Lord isn’t running for President.

c2016 by Linda Ann Nickerson

This poem was posted in response to these prompts:

31 Days of Poetry and Writing: Write about some change in your life which came about because you opened a door. (29)

31 Writing Prompts: If you could go one place in the world, where would it be? (29)

OctPoWriMo: - “upside down” – with “topsy-turvy,” “vice versa,” “contrary,” “unhinged,” and “muddled” – ACROSTIC POEM (29)

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Split ticket

When pending polls poke homestead holes.

Split ticket

A trolaan whit on partisan split

Mere sense has flown. My nerves are numb.

My wits, they need repairs.

Mistaken missives, how they come

Mailed from someone downstairs.

“Enough!” I cry to no avail,

Eyes swollen at the sight.

Each propaganda, past the pale,

Enlarges spousal slight.

No privacy, respect, or calm –

Now, look. How does he prate?

Not ceasing, he clicks off each bomb,

Named for his candidate.

Oh, bring November. End the pain.

Onlookers may agree.

Offensive notes my vote won’t rein.

Our standards don’t agree.

c2016 by Linda Ann Nickerson

NOTE: Just this once, I didn’t use all the prompt keywords within the text of the actual trolaan poem. Let’s just say desperate times call for such a wild departure from traditional expectations. In this season (at least in the United States), citizens seem to be growing ever more insecure about the upcoming election. We may feel vulnerable, as we ponder the often unreliable words of those vying for top positions, especially in such a dangerous era of human history. With this situation in mind, I opted to pen this poem on one way this season is proving particularly divisive.

This time around, I might have to say one of my favorite holidays (at least, this year) will be the day after Election Day. I can pretty much guarantee I won’t be thrilled with the entire outcome, but getting past the contentious campaign cycle cannot be a bad thing.

This poem was posted in response to these prompts:

31 Days of Poetry and Writing:  Write about your most recent trivial loss. (22)

Daily Post: “argument” (8)

OctPoWriMo: “dangerous” – with “desperate,” “insecure,” “vulnerable,” “wild,” and “unreliable” – TROLAAN POEM (22)

Write 31 Days Challenge: What is your favorite holiday, and what do you love about it? (22)

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Roll tape with mouths agape

Is anyone filming this crazy nightmare?

Roll tape with mouths agape

Unconscious and irrational,

Like toys we are played

And tossed into the bin

When the child loses interest.

Rag dolls and action figures,

We fall atop one another,

Waiting for attention.

Empty promises are

Senseless and absurd.

But we gobble them still,

Hoping this time

Our globe will spin

The other way.

“Roll tape!” we chant.

“Give us tales to tell

And stories to shout.

Tell us you really mean it this time.

Play us again.”

But our batteries are losing juice.

We’re becoming broken

With frayed edges

And faded faces.

Film at 11.

c2016 by Linda Ann Nickerson

This poem was posted in response to these prompts:

31 Days of Poetry and Writing: Write about something commonplace, which is also a miracle. (18)

31 Writing Prompts: Think of the last movie you saw. Write a review on it. (18)

Daily Post: “promises” (12)

OctPoWriMo: - “senseless” – with “absurd,” “irrational,” “unconscious,” and “empty” - FREE VERSE POEM (18)

Meme Express: “toys”

Six Word Saturday: See subtitle.

Stream of Consciousness Saturday: “ho” word/s

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Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward Sedgwick

 1928

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