Subside
Coneflowers subside, /
become next summer’s promise. /
Will hope find its roots.
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Ditto
Ditto and ditto /
and ditto until life’s end. /
Then begin again?
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Rising and falling
Hard: stairs and prayers. /
Thoughtless: stares and players. /
Rising and falling.
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Scents
Summertime bread /
expands the kitchen with scents /
slowly lost to time.
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Touch
A touch of rain. /
Here and there; now and then. /
A lover felt and gone.
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Puff
Puff the magic cloud /
rides the summer updraft heat: /
weather and dragon.
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Border
Dog at the border: /
more attention and more food. /
Enough is not real.
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Within
Deep, the well within. /
Bright, the penny descends. /
Soft, the echo ends.
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#within #well #penny #echo #descends #ends #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #davidebooker #july #saturday #070326 #2026 #stormhaven #070623t
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Rule
Rule of 95. /
Any flavor you contrive. /
Eat Ice Cream — Survive.
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Stairs
Stairs point up and down, /
each step blocked by the next /
obstacle and release.
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#stairs #step #obstacle #release #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photonotmine #davidebooker #june #tuesday #060320p #062823t #063026 #2026
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