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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Haiku to you Thursday: “A part apart”

A part apart

Us apart, a part /

of us still locked down because /

of a lack of love.

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Haiku and photo: “Window flower”

Window flower

Peeking through the glass, /

Orchard searches for the sun, /

seeking assurance.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #orchid #peeking #seeking #assurance #glass #photooftheday #poemoftheday #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #june #tuesday #2021

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Haiku and photo: “Shapes”

Shapes

The shapes of nature, /

from spring flowers to raindrops, /

turn time into life.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #nature #raindrops #flowers #photooftheday #poemoftheday #shape #time #life #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #june #monday #2021

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Monday morning writing joke: “Writer from Nantucket”

There once was a writer from Nantucket/
Who stuffed her writing wish list bucket. /
Crammed with crumpled notes /
Stuffed until it bloats /
Each list a rewrite ending in “F6$k it!”

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Haiku and illustration: “Free floating radicals”

Free floating radicals

The clock floated free; /

the jack, the pawn, and the car /

left their roles behind.

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Haiku and photo: “Your adventure”

Your adventure

Live your adventure. /

If it exceeds your limits /

Grow within it.

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Haiku and photo: “Broken”

Broken

Broken tree shades /

broken lives laid in graves, their /

names in stone and wind.

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Haiku and photo: “Ditty”

Ditty

Oh, my Ditty do /

Unincorporated you /

Passing right on through.

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Haiku and photo: “New hope”

New hope

Yesteryear or now /

Wind driven or motorized /

Welcome to your home.

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