Happy hard
There once was a writer of greeting cards, /
Who found this season a bit of a canard. /
All she had to say /
She’d said already for pay. /
To do it now for free was very hard.
Category Archives: 2021
Monday morning writing joke: “Happy hard”
“Oh, Deer Meat”
Oh, Deer Meat
Oh, deer meat, what can I say? /
What won’t offend you if I play? /
A word here, a word there, /
But venison I must play with care.
#pun #cartoon #deer #meat #venison #santa #holidays #humor #christmas #davidebooker #121221
Sunday silliness: “Fainting tree”
Fainting tree
Oh, those fainting Christmas trees.
They are a sight to see,
Can’t be left alone, can’t be.
You went to spread some cheer,
So let me be clear,
It wasn’t me here,
It was the cat.
Like the serpent in the tree,
She tempted me
And now you see
Where we’re at.
She challenged me,
Said I couldn’t be free,
That there would be
No Christmas present for me
Unless I ran around the tree
And that’s when it went ker-splat.
It fainted dead away.
I don’t know what to say.
It fainted that way.
The power cord’s now frayed.
Yes, it happened today.
I blame the cat.
Yes, sparks flew,
There was a spark or two,
Arcing a translucent blue,
Singed the cat through and through.
No, I don’t know where she’s at.
So, those fainting Christmas trees,
Looks like they just can’t be
Left unattended, you see.
I think we can right the tree,
Set it up to be
Fully faint free
With no cat calamity
Without the cat.
Filed under 2021, photo, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker, Sunday silliness
Haiku and photo: “Moments”
Moments
Colors riot through /
a December morning sky: /
touching but not touched.
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#riot #color #morning #sky #touched #untouched #photo #poem #haiku #poetry #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #december #saturday #2021 #121221
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Books like water
“My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.” – Notebook, 1885
Filed under 2021, books, Mark Twain
Photo finish Friday: “Darkness”
Darkness
Evening autumn sky: /
broken rainbow oozes forth from /
a cold horizon.
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#rainbow #autumn #evening #horizon #broken #ooze #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #december #friday #2021 #121021
Haiku and photo: “Rain”
Rain
We wait on the rain, /
fall and patter of droplets, /
feel and take of time.
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#rain #fall #patter #droplets #time #haiku #photo #poem #poetry #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #december #wednesday #2021 #120821
Haiku and photo: “Moments”
Moments
Today’s sunlight peeks /
around autumn’s bare branches /
and sheds all its warmth.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #sunlight #autumn #warmth #branches #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #december #tuesday #2021 #120721
Haiku and photo: “Molten”
Molten
Red, molten morning /
Umber clouds seethe in the sky /
Umbrage at the sun.
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#umber #clouds #sun #morning #umbrage #red #molten #seethe #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #december #monday #2021 #120621
Haiku and photo: “Beyond”
Beyond
Beyond withered leaves, /
bright buds promise renewal /
from the same dark root.
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#withered #leaves #buds #renewal #root #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #december #sunday #2021 #120521
Filed under 2021, haiku, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker
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