“If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.”
“And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.”
“. . . laughter is serious. More complicated, more serious than tears.”
"Cycliing in Denmark" by Tomasz Sienicki (tsca, mail: tomasz.sienicki at gmail.com)
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Midweek Motif ~
The Role of Humor in Our Lives
Closer to prank or parody?
Closer to joking or satire?
Yours or someone else's?
Laughter or groans?
Your Challenge:
Let your poem give us an experience of the role of humor in a life. Be funny if you wish, but it is not required.
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| Jerry Seinfeld and Julia Louis-Dreyfus at the 1997 Emmy Awards |
from Charles Bukowski's
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The laughter of women sets fire
to the Halls of Injustice
and the false evidence burns
to a beautiful white lightness
It rattles the Chambers of Congress
and forces the windows wide open
so the fatuous speeches can fly out
The laughter of women wipes the mist
from the spectacles of the old;
it infects them with a happy flu
and they laugh as if they were young again
to the Halls of Injustice
and the false evidence burns
to a beautiful white lightness
It rattles the Chambers of Congress
and forces the windows wide open
so the fatuous speeches can fly out
The laughter of women wipes the mist
from the spectacles of the old;
it infects them with a happy flu
and they laugh as if they were young again
. . . .
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