Sunday, 11 February 2024

A Matter for Concern

Sweet February does its best

To be positive, unstressed

But with fewer days to shine

It’s Sturm and Drang most of the time!

 

I wonder – must we follow news?

The Media spotlights tragic views;

Climate change we can’t correct

But human folly floods the Net!

 

Those in power stir the pot;

How can voters* stop the rot?

Flotsam and jetsam on life’s wave

Common sense is what we crave…

 

Angst, that clever German word,

Describes our modern world absurd;

The thought we cannot rule events

Is what makes us humans tense …


(c) Poet in the woods 2024



* e.g. at the November 2024 US Presidential Election

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