From Bad to Verse: Safe From Drowning, Obfuscation, Graduation

Safe From Drowning 

Your shallow thoughts
It can be said
Will never, ever
Reach your head 

Obfuscation 

Here’s some advice
I think is a keeper
Muddying waters
Makes them seem deeper 

Problems and Pleasures
Problems seem greatest in anticipation
But keep in mind, for good measure
They aren’t any different in that regard
Than treasure 

Fishy Character 

Deep sea divers 

Seeking treasure 

Function well 

Under pressure 

Graduation 

So it is graduation day 

A time that once seemed far away 

Now after this hip hip hooray 

It’s time to do your thing 

We all await your expertise 

Some educated strategies 

The world is yours, here are the keys 

They’ll open anything 

I Think 

The scariest people on Earth today 

I can tell you within a blink 

Are the ones who know nothing at all 

But clearly think they think 

A fully formed thought, they’ve never had 

Their neurons, disconnected 

And when they speak their minds out loud 

They need to be corrected 

These people act without a thought 

And the reason the world’s on the brink 

Is because of the people who think they think 

At least it is, I think 

Kevin Ahern is an Oregon State University professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Biophysics. In his retirement, he writes verses.