Category Archives: Poetry by David E. Booker

Photo finish Friday: “The Tong Dynasty”

The Tong Dynasty

King Kong and Godzilla met in a kitchen. /

King Kong heard Godzilla wailin’ and bitchin’ . /

“My toast! My toast! I can’t get it out. /

“My toast! My toast! It’s stuck in that snout. /

Every time I reach in sparks fly out. /

Angry it is!” He stomped round about. /

King Kong reached forth with bamboo tongs. /

They grabbed that toast like a pair of thongs. /

Godzilla thank Kong and went on his way. /

Thus, civilization was saved that day.

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#poem #poetry #rhyming #humor #tongs #Godzilla #KingKong #davidebooker #June #2021

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Haiku and photo: “Vacation”

Vacation

Summer clouds to sky /

Sand to beach, water to sea /

Embrace your beauty.

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#poem #haiku #davidebooker #poetry #writer #writing #sand #water #beach #clouds #sky #water #sea #summer #beauty #you #vacation

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Haiku and photo: “Across the face”

Across the face

Bee collects pollen /

Across the sunflower’s face. /

Heat is time rising.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #pollen #time #heat #sunflower #face #bee #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #photooftheday #poemoftheday #june #wednesday #2021

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Haiku and photo: “Walk on the wild side”

Walk on the wild side

Walking sometimes wins /

Even when feathers offer flight. /

A Daedalus day.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #june #monday #geese #daedalus #walking #feathers #2020 #davidebooker #photography #oldnorthknoxville #knoxville #tennessee

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Haiku and photo: “Roundabout light”

Roundabout light

In darkness we take /

a turn in the roundabout. /

Toward the light we give.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #roundabout #darkness #light #turn #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #photooftheday #poemoftheday #june #tuesday #2021

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Haiku and photo: “Beauty”

Beauty

A flower’s beauty /

is built on moments of work. /

Kindness upon toil.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #flower #bee #beauty #kindness #toil #work #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #photooftheday #poemoftheday #june #monday #2021

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Haiku and photo: “Deadheads”

Deadheads

I deadhead lilies, /

snapping old petals so new /

flowers don’t suffer.

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#poem #poetry #haiku #lilies #old #new #deadhead #suffer #flowers #photooftheday #poemoftheday #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #june #sunday #2021

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Haiku and photo: “Berry with me”

Berry with me

Green as the spring born. /

Round as the full summer moon. /

Ripen berry soon.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #berries #pun #moon #spring #summer #green #friday #june #2020 #davidebooker #blueberry #oldnorthknoxville #knoxville #tennessee #photograph

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Photo finish Friday: “Today we cry”

Today we cry

Today we cry, for /

Tomorrow we smile when clouds /

float our scars away.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #cry #clouds #scars #tomorrow #today #photooftheday #poemoftheday #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #june #friday #2021

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Poem and illustration: “Tilt”

Tilt

Do you run like Mercury? /

Straight arrow to the end? /

Is you love like Venus? /

Head over heals to begin? /

Are you a quarter way over, /

Mars tilted into battle? /

Or are you Uranus, /

Cockeyed like a rattle? /

Jupiter tilts only slightly /

As the mighty often do. /

Saturn, Neptune, and Ol’ Earth /

Bend as if they’ve had a few, /

Hanging out with Mars, /

Swapping stories, one or two. /

All the planets have stories /

And each an angle of repose. /

That includes Pluto, to whom /

Some have turned up their collective nose.

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