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The windows are so cloudy
Objects loose their shape
In the dark, it is all one

What is a sherku?

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Speaker crackles with something
That could be a voice
We’re in our own train of thought

What is a sherku?

Change Congress - earmarks

Earmarks disallowed?
There goes the currency
Building consensus for the vote

What is a sherku?

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Change Congress - public funding

Public funding for public
Elections, makes sense
Long as they put up the cents

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Confident writer

A day older, wiser she’ll
Always be young at heart
As a confident writer

What is a sherku?

For Joanna Young, a Confident Writer, on her birthday

Change Congress

There is a new Don Quixote
Lawrence Lessig his name
Change Congress his game

Originally posted at Steve's 2 Cents

commuter

Entering, she drops some bags
Struggles more overhead
Turns, settles with a sigh

What is a sherku?

sacred space

cemeteries at dawn are
the only places where some
sacredness of space is

Note: Another in a series of 'found" poems, this one from Robert Fulghum. He may not have realized when he wrote them that he was composing a sherku.

timing

He was never on time
He was never in time
His timing was exquisite

Note: Another in a series of 'found' poems, this one from Robert Fulghum. He may not have realized when he wrote them that he was composing a sherku.

hot Tang

I like hot Tang at the office

And coffee on the weekends

What do you drink?

What is a sherku?

no elevator

I take the stairs to my desk

One hundred sixty-four steps

Elevates my heart rate

What is a sherku?

walk, walk, recycle

Walk, walk, recycle
Did you pick up any?
Yes sir, yes ma’am
Two bags accompany
One full of cans
One full of bottles
The streets of Franklin
Are less full of disposables


with apologies to Mother Goose

My challenge to Franklin was posted on February 2, 2008

sherku: your job

It is your job to train

those around you to be

effective and efficient

Another in a series of "found" sherku, this one from Tim Ferriss' book: Four Hour Work Week

sherku: For Billy on his Birthday

Stepping from the title
to the first lines is like
stepping into a canoe

Another in a series of "found" poems. Billy Collins, in this case, may not have realized he was writing a sherku at the time.

Originally posted on Steve's 2 Cents

via Patti Digh who not only helped me create sherku but reminded me of Billy's birthday.

sherku: Where in Franklin #39

White columns. Hand rail.
Odd looking contraption.
Where in Franklin have I seen that?

What is a sherku?

Originally posted at Franklin Matters