Exploring
Exploring Mars now /
requires Perseverance and /
Ingenuity.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #mars #perseverance #ingenuity #exploring #poemoftheday #photooftheday #davidebooker #may #monday #2021
Tag Archives: May
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
Filed under 2021, haiku, photo by David E. Booker, Poetry by David E. Booker
Haiku and photo: “Yearning”
Yearning
Earth’s Moon hanging high /
bright light in the cold night sky /
we, in yearning, try.
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#moon #haiku #poem #poetry #yearning #friday #may #2020 #davidebooker #nightphotography
Filed under 2020, haiku, photo, Poetry by David E. Booker
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.
Filed under 2021, photo, Photo Finish Friday, Poetry by David E. Booker
Haiku and photo: “Hope for the creek”
Hope for the creek
The Hail Mary here /
Is neither pass nor prayer /
But hope for the creek.
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Haiku and photo: “Purple Iris”
Purple Iris
Petals up and down /
Shining in the sun’s pleasure /
Bright beard on curled tongue.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #may #tuesday #2020 #iris #davidebooker #photo #beard #flower #sun #pedals #purple #oldnorthknoxville #knoxville #tennessee
Filed under 2020, haiku, photo, photo by David E. Booker, Poetry by David E. Booker
Photo and haiku: “Lacewing”
Lacewing
Translucent lacewing, /
Benefits not from the sun. /
Four weeks, a pale life.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #lacewing #pale #translucent #life #sun #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #photooftheday #poemoftheday #may #monday #2021
Poem and illustration: “It’s the economy, stupid”
The economy, stupid
Oh, crap, it’s the economy, /
The dinosaur said, ignoring astronomy. /
The big rock blazed through the sky /
Attracted attention as it hurtled by./
It matter little they were in danger /
From this fulsome, rocky, plummeting stranger. /
It’s the economy, again came the cry. /
Nothing else matters, “Even if we die!“ /
It’s wonderful to have and hold your things /
And the temporary joy ownership brings. /
But when you’re dead and in the ground /
The joy of ownership will let you down.
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#poem #poetry #fable #comet #dinasour #coronavirus #extinction #sunday #may #2020 #davidebooker #economy #ownership #allegory
Filed under 2020, poem, Poetry by David E. Booker
Haiku and photo: “Recycling”
Recycling
Flames bloom like wildflowers /
Neighbors sprout masks, recycle air. /
Toxic smoke rains down.
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#davidebooker #poem #haiku #poetry #poet #writer #writing #may #thursday #2019 #toxic #recycling #neighbors #smoke #flames #bloom #wildflowers #air #masks #rain #northknoxvilletn
Filed under 2019, haiku, Poetry by David E. Booker
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