March 11, 2021 · 4:12 pm

Thieves
A thousand thieves may /
rip the jonquils from the ground /
but they can’t steal Spring.
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March 11, 2021 · 3:39 am

Spring
You came unannounced. /
Arising quickly in March. /
Blooms and promises.
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March 4, 2021 · 10:02 pm

Sometimes
Sometimes, you beat the /
Tire with the typewriter to /
Get the words to come.
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Tagged as haiku, manual labor, March, poem, poetry, tire, typewriter, words. David E. Booker, writing humor
February 25, 2021 · 9:37 am




Persevere
Perseverance quests /
Outward on Mars to explore /
Our questions within.
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February 18, 2021 · 10:10 am

Life
Life is sorrowful/
But fool that I truly am /
I love you, always.
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February 11, 2021 · 9:04 pm

Shadows and sky
Sun climbs to freedom. /
Shadows take root in morning, /
Growing toward blue sky.
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February 4, 2021 · 4:47 pm

Truth
Digging up answers /
Is just like digging up bones. /
Results we’ll bury.
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January 28, 2021 · 12:38 pm

Frozen
Not so long ago, /
Nature’s life blood arrested. /
Locked in winter’s ice.
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January 21, 2021 · 9:56 pm

Once again
Cold day for treatment. /
Chemotherapy’s embrace /
In both weather and bones.
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January 21, 2021 · 4:00 pm

Mask
Abandoned or lost /
We will not find our way home /
By failing to care.
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