Solitary
Cool, solitary room, /
occasional swaths of light
and slow ceiling fan.
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Category Archives: 2012
“Curiosity”
Curiosity, with some of her cameras pointed out. This 1-ton vehicle and science lab landed by NASA in the early morning of August 6, 2012 Eastern Time.
Curiosity
Curiosity
builds wonder from achievement
and knowledge from hope.
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[Editor’s note: inspired by the successful landing by NASA of Curiosity on Mars in 2012. The rover is still active and recently kicked off its 14th year of exploring Mars. Originally, it was not supposed to last more than two years.]
Filed under 2012, haiku, photo, poem, poet, poetry, poetry by author, Poetry by David E. Booker
“Curiosity”
Curiosity
Curiosity /
builds wonder from achievement /
and knowledge from hope.
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#051112 #2012 #curiosity #rover #wonder #achievement #knowledge #hope #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photonotmine #mars #davidebooker #may
Filed under 2012, haiku, photo, poem, poet, poetry, poetry by author, Poetry by David E. Booker
“Three leaves”
Three leaves
Three leaves gather rain. /
Heavy with sky, touch the ground. /
Glistening repose.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #leaves #rain #sky #ground #repose #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #wednesday #050612t #050824p #2014
“At home with a good book”
“At home with a good book”
I wanna go home
where the buffalo roam
all about the loam,
and the troll and the gnome
eat crumpets from a comb
and the strumpets of Rome
read erotica from a tome
and wait for you at home
where the fun’s allowed to roam
wild as strumpets on a comb
and crumpets on the loam
and buffalo with a tome
thundering about the streets of Rome.
I wanna go home.
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#poetry #erotica #poems #strumpets #book #rome #buffalo #tome #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #110212
“…strumpets read erotica from a tome….”
Haiku and photo: “Nine years ago”
Nine years ago
Eggs, age were hidden /
Nine years past, when both were young. /
Spring hides without end.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #eggs #age #hidden #spring #oldnorthknoxville #photooftheday #poemoftheday #davidebooker #laurenrider #easter #april #2012
Photo by Lauren Rider
Filed under 2012, 2021, haiku, Poetry by David E. Booker
Monday morning writing joke: Let me preface this
Let me just preface my remarks by saying I shouldn’t have prefaced my remarks.
My critique group can be rather direct. I turned in the first part of the novel, including the preface. One member said he doesn’t read prefaces or preludes or prologues of any kind.
Another one wrote this on in the margin of her critique: “Your preface states that the characters bear no resemblance to any person living or dead. That’s precisely what’s wrong with this story.”
I guess an epilogue is out of the question.
Freeform Friday: Ramparts of Obscurity
I stand on the ramparts of tautology
Forever eschewing any hint of scatology.
But don’t ask me this fine day
To bind my obfuscations away.
For where o’ where would I be
If I could not in confidence convolute thee?
Oh, where o’ where, pray tell
Would my alliterations have place to dwell?
I am but a humble servant of words
Trundling through this world of the absurd.
A land of regret full of monsters who fete
On a mind that will now be quiet.
Filed under 2012, Freeform Friday, poetry by author
Haiku to you Thursday: “Hidden smile”
Petals opening,
flowers await Sun’s embrace.
Moon’s smile lies hidden.
Filed under 2012, Haiku to You Thursday, poetry by author
cARtOONSdAY: tHE mILLION mONKEY tYPE
Some say a million monkeys at a million keyboards would eventually write something equal to Shakespeare’s works. Depends upon the monkeys. They might decide upon the million monkey march, or something a little more at play.
Filed under 2012, cartoon by author, CarToonsday
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