New Rules For M Lady Tara Poem by ivor or ivor.e hogg

Pretty kimonos.
Now replaced by western dress.
Progress: I suppose,
function before prettiness
Old traditions
are discarded carelessly.
Modern notions
displace the old courtesy
No one show respect.
Me first is the constant cry
A price we must pay.
Following the western way.
In our striving for success.
No time now for politeness.

A choka sonnet

Saturday,16 January 2010
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