Category Archives: Humor
Transportation and Latent Demand
The developer wants tax breaks and a highway system for his shopping mall and subdivisions. Build it, and the developer will come.
‘Knock, Knock’ Jokes
These ‘Knock, knock’ jokes aren’t very funny. This poem is already too long. And it keeps getting longer. Knock, knock. Who’s there? Trayvon. Trayvon who? Trayvon Martin, who just left his house to go to the store. Knock, knock. Who’s … Continue reading
Erda Explains
Why all those Valkyries? Well, it’s my nature to bear children. So I gave birth to daughters, women warriors, to defend the old gods. Why Zeus? Well, I couldn’t do it all by myself, could I? I had to fuck … Continue reading
Girl Talk
Was the guy you took home last night as good as he looked? Not bad, not bad. So he wasn’t the most exciting one you’ve ever had? Comparisons are odious. Anyway, I’m not running some kind of competition for the … Continue reading
Lament for the Symposium
Alas the symposium, drought stricken low. Who thinks from solemnities knowledge will flow? How far will a car without lubricant go? In a desert will perish whatever you sow. Where is the cure for the dry status quo? Wherever seeds … Continue reading
Three transportation planning haiku
Traffic is awful We need a new road, and I need jusht one more drink. Gas shortage? Don’t blame S.U.V. owners. They earned the right to pollute. Who needs buses? A nurse on shift Sundays Can drive her Porsch.
Jon Robison Poetry 