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Poet, Author, Photographer Awe-struck vision, Blind to derision, Panic lesions, Mindful excision. Former UN Assistant Secretary-General & Deputy Executive Director/UN-Habitat ©️Victor Kisob [poetry, paintings & photos] .. more

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The secretary-general of the United Nations is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. .. more

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 10h

Parlance

Each one an RSVP,
A flimsy slit, so crisp, so slight.
His parlance drips with spite.

Her tongue is just a matchstick,
A flash, a wisp, then ash remains.
No sting, just fleeting pains.

#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #art #Photography #bluesky #blueskypoetry #blueskyphoto #words

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 1d

Shame

Shame has been gentrified,
With turquoise blue applied,
And vended as candour.

On furlough forever,
It may return never,
A mere cosmetic feel.

#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #abstract #bluesky #blueskypoetry #blueskyphoto #art #shame

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 2d

Masterstroke of Error

The quiet part out loud,
He cries 'surprise' in dazed display,
His own trap set, gone astray.

The whisper megaphoned,
He aired his guilt, with no care,
Megaphone solo, rare.

#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #Photography #bluesky #blueskypoetry #blueskyphoto

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you so much Suse!

Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 3d

Authority Figures

Headmasters in timeless suits,
Miss rebel thoughts take hold,
Their lecterns face the bold.

Headmasters in vintage suits,
See not dissent begin to form;
While benches plan a forceful storm.

#poem #poetry #poemoftheday #poems #authority #power #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 4d

Bubbling Defiance

Be happy like champagne,
Refusing to go flat,
It bubbles with disdain.

Mimic the unruly,
It shows no dignity,
It bounces unduly.

#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #Photography #bluesky #blueskypoetry #blueskyphoto #defiance

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 5d

Slang

Her thoughts—mental graffiti,
Scrawled on proper language's wall,
Using words from the city.

Her intellect wears its slang,
With dishonour as its crest,
In her words, a constant clang.

#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #art #bluesky #blueskypoetry #blueskyphoto #language #slang

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you so much. I do a lot of thinking. :-)

Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 6d

Thinking Twice

Thinking about your own thinking,
It hears its own voice, echoed back,
And then it starts to answer back.

Thinking about your own thinking,
Is trying to fold a misty sheet,
Which always remains incomplete.

#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #bluesky #blueskypoetry #blueskyphoto

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 7d

A Noble Cause

An unholy order,
He waits without complaint,
As first to be a saint.

A martyr in training,
He embraces the flame,
To be the first in fame.

#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #Photography #bluesky #blueskypoetry #blueskyphoto #greatness #martyr #fame

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 8d

The Known Unknown

A residue of dread,
From a letter unread,
You wonder with clear head.

The known unknown buzzing,
Spammers, scammers—puzzling,
Now it has you muzzling.

#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #Photography #bluesky #blueskypoetry #blueskyphoto #knowledge

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 9d

The Grand Jury

Another focus group,
of keen nosey parkers,
appointed to intrude.

The furtive fact-finders,
convened to pry and stare,
compelled to judge as viewed.

#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #art #Photography #bluesky #abstract #blueskypoetry #blueskyphoto

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 10d

Mens Rea

A mental Post-it note,
Inscribes "Rules optional."
A sly and abstract rote.

Winks, smirks, and polite coughs,
When morals are not seen,
The brain behind them scoffs.

#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #art #Photography #bluesky #abstract #blueskypoetry #blueskyphoto

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 10d

I had fun with that one.

Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 11d

Minor Irritations

Minor irritation’s
like standing, damp, in queue,
then splashed by some sleek coupé.

Disapproving aunties,
their glances, sharp as beaks,
peck soft but leave their mark.

#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #Photography #bluesky #blueskypoetry #blueskyphoto #newyork #nyc #Fall

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 12d

Bad Luck

Bad luck—no staying power,
As a fog, it has its hour,
But quickly it will cower.

Bad luck, for all its bluster,
It forms on glass a cluster,
A wipe will end its bluster.

#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #Photography #bluesky #badluck #blueskypoetry #blueskyphoto

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 13d

Selective Truth

Truth—Political memoirs,
Hindsight's gloss on past affairs,
Awkward parts filed smooth with care.

Truth—the redacted report,
Key points concealed from the court,
Veiled by the ink's own black court.

#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #Photography #bluesky #blueskypoetry #truth

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you so much Áine!

Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you David!

Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 14d

Impulse Control

Impulse—strategic armour,
It starts a vague guesswork game,
And never once makes a claim.

Masterclass in shifting blame,
It points the finger elsewhere,
And gains applause for its care.

#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #art #Photography #bluesky #blueskypoetry #blueskyphoto

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you so much Amy!

Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 15d

Horizon

Advancing, retreating,
It moves the sand away,
Yet shapes the bay each day.

Defiant, faraway,
It waits within the sky,
And points the way to try.

#poetry #poemoftheday #photo #horizon #blueskypoetry #Photography #seascape #blueskyphoto #earth #sky

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 16d

Relativity

The setting and timing,
determine what is strange,
but it is former change.

Given a century,
quirk becomes tradition,
it's a new edition.

#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #art #Photography #bluesky #abstract #blueskypoetry #blueskyphoto

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 17d

Comfort

A rocking chair’s embrace,
matches your youthful pace,
for avoiding disgrace.

The twilight year’s armchair,
is built from road's rough wear,
a reward for your care.

#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #art #Photography #bluesky #abstract #blueskypoetry #blueskyphoto

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 18d

Sacrifice

Sacrifice is a migrant,
Who vanishes in workforce,
Their toil a generous grant.

Sacrifice is a statesman,
Who cedes power for conscience,
So history may keep its plan.

#poetry #poemoftheday #photo #sacrifice #blueskypoetry #Photography #duty #blueskyphoto

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 19d

Sutures

Expertly self-deceived,
The blade excises vain disguise,
Tailor’s shears for hollow guise.

A scalpel unyielding,
Newsprint-brutal, spares no thread,
Best-dressed lies stark naked, bled.

#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #art #Photography #bluesky #abstract #blueskypoetry #blueskyphoto

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 20d

Urbanity

Manners—the polite bow,
On the volcano's brim,
A quaking, formal vow.

Manners—diligent queues,
In vast pandemonium,
A choice to still not abuse.

#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #civility #poems #Photography #bluesky #photo #blueskypoetry #blueskyphoto #manners

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 21d

Thank you so much David!

Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 21d

Pedigreed

The dynastic blueprint,
In parchment, pale and old,
A story bought and sold.

The barcode—pedigree,
A creature, finely bred,
On past acclaim is fed.

#poem #poetry #poemoftheday #poems #bluesky #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #art #status #abstract

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 22d

Catechism

What lies beneath blue waves?
Our plastic waste now paves.
A pledge to cleanse the sea.

What charge must we now keep?
A binding charge we must attend,
To spare the seas a bitter end.

#poetry #poemoftheday #photo #blueskypoetry #Photography #seascape #blueskyphoto #environment #plastic

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