Running late. /
Will be there shortly. /
Incomplete.
[Editor’s note: Most haiku are 5 syllables for the first line, 7 syllables for the second line, and 5 syllables for the third line. This one is another shortened version with a structure of 3/5/3.]
Filed under 2015, Haiku to You Thursday, poetry by author
A new start /
often begins with /
“It’s over.”
[Editor’s note: Most haiku are 5 syllables for the first line, 7 syllables for the second line, and 5 syllables for the third line. This one is a shortened version with a structure of 3/5/3.]
Filed under 2015, Haiku to You Thursday, poetry by author
Morning comes with love /
unpacked each day when I see /
the light in your eyes.
Filed under 2015, Haiku to You Thursday, poetry by author
An Act of God
It was an Act of God, we said
that killed the children and made them dead.
There was no other answer so
for why the children had to go.
The triggers were pulled, the bullets fast
and it was God when made them past.
Oh why, oh why would God do so?
But “An Act of God” is all we know.
We now put guns in our parks
in case of criminals there in the dark
acting out God’s will, you know
culling the herd of those too slow
to pull a gun and aim it fast
to squeeze the trigger and make it blast
the muzzle to thunder with God’s own voice.
After all, you know, we have no choice.
“It’s An Act of God,” we will say
when the police take us away
and we’ll utter that magical chant
and our actions we won’t recant
when the body’s pulled into the light
of the child who’d hidden in fright
thinking we were the ones to fear
and how that now seems so queer
that we would be the ones to fear.
Yes, we would be the ones to fear.
Written by David E. Booker
Inspired by this political insanity: http://nashvillepublicradio.org/post/top-republicans-say-theyll-oppose-proposal-let-guns-tennessee-capitol
which is part of this: http://aattp.org/tennessee-state-rep-proclaims-child-shootings-an-act-of-god-like-bicycle-accidents/
Background information: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/state/haslam-expresses-major-concerns-about-gunsinparks-bill_96846738
and http://www.knoxnews.com/news/state/tennessee-mulls-removing-control-over-guns-in-parks
Filed under 2015, poetry by author
There once was a writer from town /
who met every blank sheet with a frown. /
That it is why it is said /
he never went to bed /
and slept on his couch face down.
Filed under 2015, Monday morning writing joke, poetry by author
One size rarely fits all — except possibly to entice all to fits.
Fit
Yard Sale – we have hot pants!
Stop! Buy today and take a glance.
Try a pair – they’re over there
Under the bicycle kit for repair.
“Women’s Plus Size Petite Pants”
Marketing words meant to entrance.
That’s how they’re being sold online.
They can be yours: they once were mine.
Wore them once and put them away.
“Petite, my ass,” is all I’ll say.
But they’re a treasure beyond all measure
and they’re here today to give you pleasure.
Yard Sale – we have hot pants.
Stop! Buy today and give them a chance.
You want a pair, I know you do.
Make that two or three or quite a few.
–Photo and poem by David E. Booker
And now there is rain /
The boom of thunder echoing /
Your name in my heart.
Filed under 2015, Haiku to You Thursday, poetry by author
There once was a writer from Spokane /
who did his best output in the can. /
Flushed with success, /
he created such a mess /
and ruined his one and only fan.
[Editor’s note: writing joke in the form of a limerick. It might not be the last one as April is Poetry Month. You have been warned.]
Filed under 2015, Monday morning writing joke, poetry by author
My insanity: /
the only thing keeping me /
well … kind of … normal.
Filed under 2015, Haiku to You Thursday, poetry by author
Road sign overhead reads: /
“EXPECT POTHOLES, USE CAUTION” /
Would prefer asphalt.
Filed under 2015, Haiku to You Thursday, poetry by author
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