Tag Archives: David E. Booker

May 14, 2022 · 6:02 pm

“If I should meet”

If I should meet

If this author I should meet

In a bookstore or on the street

Will she autograph my books

Or give me ugly, sullen looks?

Will she shoo her hand and say,

“Old man just go away.”

Or will she take her pen in hand

And send me to the Promised Land?

Driving pen down into my heart

And ending life with a sudden start?

Or will she stop and graciously offer

To personalize the books I proffer?

Thanking me for supporting her

Though these works may be obscure?

If this author I should meet

On a bench or restaurant seat

Sadly, I’ll not have her books with me.

What a disappointment that will be.

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May 13, 2022 · 9:33 am

“Rhymes with orange”

On Triskaidekaphobia Day, remembering when we were very unlucky.

Rhymes with orange

He bickers and whines. /

One is eight or nine. /

One wears a red tie.

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May 12, 2022 · 11:26 pm

Haiku to you Thursday: “Cathedral”

Cathedral

Nature’s stained glass bends /

light through lavender petals: /

Sunset cathedral.

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May 12, 2022 · 3:50 pm

“Tall tale”

Tall tale

The gravedigger says, /

As his needling wife’s unearthed, /

“It’s all a big yarn.”

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May 12, 2022 · 3:41 pm

“Fall apart”

Fall apart

Stand up; fall apart. /

Brain pops out, as does the heart. /

Night comes; we restart.

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May 11, 2022 · 9:14 pm

“Undone”

Undone

That ol’ evening sun, /

fire settles, day is done, /

hope forgiven, then undone.

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May 10, 2022 · 9:33 pm

“Purple cornflower”

Purple cornflower

Bachelor’s Button /

growing by the road, waving /

at passing ladies.

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May 9, 2022 · 11:33 pm

“Tasty kindness”

Tasty kindness

Flowers, smilie face /

On my wildlove lemon olive oil /

Cake reflects my joy.

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May 9, 2022 · 3:36 pm

“Love-in-the-mist”

Love-in-the-mist

Slender to the eye, /

iridescent in the light, /

lives love-in-the-mist.

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May 8, 2022 · 9:33 pm

“Mother”

Mother

Your garden whispers /

your name, unfolds your beauty /

in each bright petal.

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