He calls himself “fashion poet”,
One or two others know it…
In pursuits
Avoiding lawsuits,
He certainly doesn’t want to blow it!
–
Him being man and all,
Must carefully judge his call…
With less passion
Than stereotypical fashion,
Not being the Beast at the ball.
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Gender matters to him,
Especially if women…
They’re the kind
He most has in mind,
Do they mind if he tiptoes in?
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–Jonathan Caswell
HIGHER SPEED RAIL
(To tune of “THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS”)
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Been working on the N scale
Whenever I’ve found time,
Rebuilding older trackage
So electrics will work fine…
Putting in curved turnouts
Simulating former speed,
My truncated mainline
Once hosted iron steeds!
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The story goes that this was once
A high-speed mainline,
Alas, this part of the railroad is
In serious decline…
A few banked curves remain to
Remind us what once was,
The rest of the roadbed
Like that economy, went bust.
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But renewing hope is out there
My imaginary line,
Hosts a tourist train
Which looks like it does fine…
A collection of Rail Diesel Cars–
Steam engines have a few–
An array of passenger train cars,
Restoration still to do!
–
When rebuilding’s finished
(It’s going to run this time),
They’ll have a ceremony
So get yourself in line…
Cooking for a grand shindig
The restaurants in town,
Will serve the finest dishes
With MOXIE passed around!
They’ll serve their finest cuisine
So chug that MOXIE down!!!!
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–Jonathan Caswell
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ADMITTING MY SIN
(As part of the problem)
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Tool of the devil may be,
But much of the evil’s from me…
Promises broken
E’en by a token,
From motives done selfishly.
–
Got back on Ebay
And spent in other ways…
Bank’s in a hole–
Sin takes a toll–
Leaving him in a haze.
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With God’s help worked through
And out of his boiling hot stew…
Enough to see
Eternity
Depends on sin confessed, too!
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–Jonathan Caswell
WHY ARE FASHION BLOGGERS SO YOUNG?
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Young women it seems to me’
Blog fashion plentifully,
Is most fashion sold
Aimed not at the old,
What’s the answer to this mystery?
–
Older models fill the pages
Of magazines for wages…
Is it that the young
Find it more fun,
To model for their own ages?
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Whatever, I’m glad they are there,
E’en though I don’t have their hair (!)…
New fashions may
Come my wife’s way,
Which shows her that I care!
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–Jonathan Caswell
END-OF-DAY HAIKU
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Forecast warm, sunny,
Workplace: energized hub-bub…
Hallways empty fast!
–Jonathan Caswell
TOYING WITH TANKA
Been taken as a fool
A two-hundred dollar school,
Burning with laughter
Their laughter–smiling at me
Smilingly to the bank vault!
–J.E.C.
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Successful robins
Pulling worms out at their will
Feeding generation
Filling nests of happy broods
Serenading the damp woods!
–J.E.C.
EVEN A TRAIN NUT–POET CAN CHANGE HIS MIND ONCE IN A WHILE! 😀
(pinterest.com)
By the Mighty Mumford 