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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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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 photo: “Ditty”

Ditty

Oh, my Ditty do /

Unincorporated you /

Passing right on through.

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Haiku and photo: “Perplexed”

Perplexed

My dentist perplexed. /

Been chewing on your fingers? /

One cavity found.

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Tall tale

The gravedigger says, /

As his needling wife’s unearthed, /

“It’s all a big yarn.”

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Haiku and photo: “Fall apart”

Fall apart

Stand up; fall apart. /

Brain pops out, as does the heart. /

Night comes; we restart.

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#poem #haiku #davidebooker #poetry #apart #night #writer #writing #heart #brain #may #sunday #2019 #standup #restart

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Haiku and photo: “Headline”

Headline

Happy Mother’s Day! /

Early Detection Saves Lives. /

My mother’s or mine?

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#haiku #poem #poetry #newspaper #headline #poor_placement #satire #mothersday #davidebooker

#may #sunday #2021

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Photo finish Friday: “Hip-oh”

I don’t know who is showing the most hip, but I can guess who is being the most cheeky in this photo.

Is this a drunken, African version of the Running of the Bulls? The Hightailing Away from the Hippopotamus? Or would that be Hippopotami?

Oh my

the hippopotami

have come to try

and drive me away.

I undressed

to my birthday best

to take my rest

on a hot day.

I did not know

it was no place to go

that I could not show

my full display.

I have caused unrest

put nature to the test

because I undressed

and tried to stay.

One big old brute

did not like my birthday suit

so I gave him the salute

and he huffed my way.

With no pants

I had little chance

to make a stance

or have my say.

I now must leave

but please don’t grieve

and don’t yet believe

I am human filet.

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No pussyfooting around here

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Haiku to you Thursday: “Hand Placement”

Hand placement

My shifting hands say: /

See, speak, and hear no idea. /

Hands down, they lie.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #hands #no_idea #pun #cartoon #davidebooker #april #thursday #2021

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