Archive for category Verse
Election Verse
Posted by Brian Dan Christensen in Humor, satire, Script, Uncategorized, Verse on March 4, 2020
Last night I had the strangest dream
I ever dreamed before
I dreamed that Mike Bloomberg became
The King of American Samoa
I dreamed the Dems’ contenders were
White males with very gray hair
Who both were born under Roosevelt
During the Second World War
I dreamed that Amy Klobuchar
Became first female VP
And sent Mike Pence back to the past
With a fresh battery
I dreamed that Sanders and Warren bought
A house in the blue Nordic air
Where they spent their golden years
Abusing the free health care
I dreamed the last we saw of Trump
Was when his orange wig soared
As he crawled into the chopper
And flew off to Ecuador
Last night I had the strangest dream
I ever dreamed before …
Efterårsdigt / Fall Poem
Posted by Brian Dan Christensen in Autumn, blessed, fall, literature, Poem, Poetry, time, Uncategorized, Verse on November 3, 2019
(bilingual)
It’s like snow
The way the leaves are falling
It’s like fog
The way the crows are calling
It’s like time
The way the light is burning
It’s like thanks
The way the heart is humming
Det er ligesom sne
den måde bladene falder
Det er ligesom tåge
den måde kragerne kalder
Det er ligesom dug
den måde tiden svinder
Det er ligesom tak
den måde hjertet nynner
Fireplace Concert in New York City
Posted by Brian Dan Christensen in Cohen, country music, Folk music, Leonard, literature, Music, New York, Poetry, Uncategorized, Verse on February 5, 2017
Sunday, February 5:
I will be playing a set of original songs at the L.I.C. Bar in Long Island City, Queens.
The show starts at 5 pm with Pete Lanctot & Ginger Dolden.
I will be on at 6 pm, followed by Maya Sharpe at 7 pm.
Come and be warm by the fire and hear some tunes
Nobel Limerick
Posted by Brian Dan Christensen in Humor, limerick, literature, Nobel prize, Poem, Poetry, satire, Uncategorized, Verse on October 4, 2016
Honorable Nobel Committee
When you award me for being witty
Don’t share the prize
With three other guys
Or my mother will say, What a pity!
Let There Be Light Verse
Posted by Brian Dan Christensen in Humor, literature, Poem, Poetry, satire, Uncategorized, Verse on May 4, 2016
When facts are scorned
And lies prevail
It’s Hell on Earth
And Heaven in Hell
For common sense
Is quite amiss
Where ignorance is
No longer bliss
We need now, people
More than ever
The blueprints for
The Tower of Babel
To build it high
And let those climb
Who poison the minds
With guile and slime
Good riddance, we chant,
Now truth shall blossom
And let there be light
It’s totally awesome
Elements of Style
Posted by Brian Dan Christensen in Humor, literature, Poetry, Prose, Uncategorized, Verse on July 21, 2015
I don’t use emoticons
Or exclamation marks
And I don’t capitalize words
To make them brawl and bark
I use italics sparingly
Like fish sauce or Danish Blue
Lest my paragraphs become
Potpourris or cheese fondue.
Language is like music
With precision, grace and mojo
Exaggeration makes the world
Pocket-sized and so-so
From Shakespeare to Updike
They never needed an air hammer
The real power-tool for the job
Is a little thing called grammar.
Prayer
Posted by Brian Dan Christensen in Humor, literature, Poetry, Uncategorized, Verse on June 10, 2015
I pray, dear Lord,
To draft and scribble
Until the day You say, “Quit!”
And summon me to
The main library halls
To reassess my writ
Oh, let my work
(Wherein I praise Your creation)
Find grace when your angels read it
And let not St. Peter
That grouchy librarian
Stamp it A WASTE OF SQUID