Dogma's Catastrophe (Senryu)

Ancients' word storms spew
Pillaging dictionaries
And burning wisdom.

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(The destruction of the library of Alexandria). In 391CE one of the greatest store-houses of knowledge of the ancient world, the Library at Alexandria was largely destroyed at the behest of Bishop Theophilus for fear of the knowledge it contained. (This was not the first disaster to befall the library, but was the most deliberate act of vandalism). Dogma was at the root of the next 1000 years of superstition, persecution and fear - a time when, for want of libraries, 'heretics' were burned instead.

Two Senryu

[Senryu has the syllabic form of a Haiku but its content is not a pithy response to a observation from nature as a strict Haiku should be] Senryu/Haiku seem to be an ideal form of poetry for texting Senryu 1 - Stiletto Hope brought by ring tone To disappointment fast changed "No": the lonely text Senryu 2 - Bond-age Car stuck in traffic Thus message read, concluding From Rush Hour with Love.

Plagiarists - an acrostic poem

People wanting to impress
Liking scores, but not the mess,
Achievements not by merit earned,
Grades, ratings, so devoutly yearned.
Insincerely claim as own
All the while the lie is known.
Reaping praise for other's work,
Inwardly pleased by growth they shirk. So they record in review logs
Thoughts returned by pedagogues.
Sloathful oafs these larcenous dogs.

 [This was originally written for another site on which reviews were submitted for poetry - hence the reference to 'review logs' - and involves the rather paranoid fancy of someone stealing poetry from that site, submitting it elsewhere, and then submitting the review of a third party back to the original site, thus becoming a double plagiarist.]