Shocking!! Brief!! -- a little Senryū poem for you

Don't tell, do me in  

Poised and perky, Tesla coil

I'm easily shocked

Large coil producing 3.5 meter (10 foot) streamer arcs

picture courtesy of Wikipedia,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil#Output_voltage

 

Senryū Poem Copyright © 2016 Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved

 - today I'm linked with Mama Zen at Words Count With Mama Zen.  Her instructions were, "Shock me . . . make me feel better!  Or, worse.  Or, whatever.  Just shock me . . . in 77 words or less."  I'm sure this little 13 word Senryū (some people will call it a Haiku) won't shock her.   - This is a very busy day for me so unless I write something else in a hospital (Mrs. Jim testing) or gymnasium (KP, gymnastics) where I'm going today and tonight there won't be more. - Perhaps you made a Tesla coil in a science or physics class.  They are a fun demonstration of stored electrical power (voltage) but not to useful in ordinary day-to-day electronic devices.  
 - Read until you drop, it won't shock you, from the Wikipedia article (link) or just Google (link) for some pretty Tesla coil pictures and other ideas and uses concerning the Tesla coil. 
 - BTW, the Tesla Car is named after the inventor, Nikola Tesla.

 

Call? ~~ a Poem for Tuesday Platform

The cows will come

The cows will come
at farmer's call

Into the barn
each knows her stall

Brownie comes last
she's boss of all

The pigs come too
crowding their trough

Roosters don't come
'til lights go off

I'm not a cow
pig or goat's gruff

Still I come when-
ever you call

[click on a picture to make it larger - click again for larger still]

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. - Photo and Poem Copyright © 2016 Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved
. - I'm linked with Kerry O'Connor  at The Tuesday Platform with the Real Toads in the Imaginary Garden.  This is an open forum time for us to post a poem of our choosing.  I wrote this one especially for today's posting.
. - The animal pictures were taken at the Vauxhall City Farm, at Vauxhall, Borough of Lambeth, London, U.K. (visit it here). Oh, yes, the top picture is on of the horses coming in from giving rides all day.  The cows weren't receptive to picture taking.  The resting Ducks were at a canal near Northampton. 
. - We took KP to the farm, she loved it.  A little scared of the geese, but even some adults are afraid of that.  If you visit London with young ones, take them there.  Also zoo at Regent's Park is very nice.  Admittance is free, both places.

Old Cannibal ~~ a Limerick for Sunday's Mini-Challenge

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The Old Cannibal 

Wild man he was, heathen in broad daylight 
Old cannibal, missionaries' delight 
Their telling how Jesus saves 
And of the Lord's golden caves 
Ate them with fork and knife, he'd seen the light 
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 - Poem Copyright © 2016 Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved 
 - Valentine Photo above from http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2016/02/sunday-mini-challenge-carpe-jugulum.html where I'm linking this post. Directions there are for us to " use the following quote, from Terry Pratchett’s Carpe Jugulum, as a foundation: “Don’t trust the cannibal just ’cos he’s usin’ a knife and fork!
 - The idea for the above prompt was Imagined By Magaly Guerrero at the above link.