Category Archives: Poetry by David E. Booker

“The new pink”

The new pink

The Danse Macabre /

Dark is a black flamingo /

Death is the new pink.

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“One day”

One day

One day, the days end. /

The gravestones mark those days. /

The clouds mourn not.

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“Cat”

Cat

Dreams find you, /

even on a cloudy day, /

napping on a railing.

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“See”

See

See a soaring face. /

See a gray, brooding mountain. /

See the clouds misplaced.

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“Soft”

Soft

Soft waves stroke the beach. /

Soft strokes touch your tired soul. /

Recede and return.

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“Abstract”

Abstract

Clouds swirl arabesque, /

counting winds, flirting with light. /

Gossamer kisses.

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“Hope”

Hope

Hope flutters my thoughts, /

shaded nighttime butterflies, /

carrying my dreams.

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“Adaptable”

Adaptable

Adaptable and /

pragmatic, the flower finds /

a path to grow.

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“Two cats”

Two cats

The quarter moon

hung upside down

and two cats were happy.

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“Seat”

Seat

Somewhere a seat waits: /

departure or arrival. /

love or loneliness.

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