Monthly Archives: October 2021

Haiku and photo: “Only”

Only

Halloween heart eek. /

She left me; I could not speak./

Only ghostly shriek.

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#pun #eek #heart #shriek #ghost #halloween #heartbroken #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #october #sunday #2021 #103121

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Haiku and photo: “The days”

The days

Bars stand vertical /

Days scratched straight, then strike at four /

The wall bares my time.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #writing #writer #wednesday #october #poet #tennessee #brushymountainstatepenitentiary #time #bars #days #wall #davidebooker #poet #writer #103019

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Photo finish Friday: “Bread”

Bread

Cranberry bread, baked /

in the fall of the fall, tart /

taste of holidays.

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#cranberry #bread #tart #taste #holidays #fresh #fall #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #october #friday #2021 #102921

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Haiku to you Thursday: “The sky”

The sky

Morning sky gives way /

to the sun’s rising thrust and /

fall leaf canopy.

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#poem #poetry #haiku #sky #morning #sun #thrust #fall #canopy #leaf #davidebooker #okdnorthknoxville #october #thursday #102821

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Haiku and photo: “Happy Halloween”

Happy Halloween

The ghost and pumpkin /

Had a party on the lawn. /

Happy Halloween.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #writing #writer #october #monday #2019 #ghost #pumpkin #halloween #party #lawn #davidebooker #decoration #102819

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Haiku and photo: “Iron bars”

Iron bars

Iron bars may not a /

Prison make, but the Earth may /

Embrace you forever.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #poet #photo #graveyard #prison #earth #tombstone #oldgray #halloween #autumn #writing #writer #photography #cemetery #102818 #oldgraycemetery

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Haiku and photo: “Color the sky”

Color the sky

Clouds color the sky /

Swirling high above the ground /

Sun rides the dark wires.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #poet #writer #writing #clouds #sky #sun #wire #davidebooker #photo #knoxville #tennessee #october #102621

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Haiku and photo: “The night”

The night

Horizon flares red /

Behind clouds smudged dark with night. /

Car travels film noir.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #filmnoir #noir #dark #red #horizon #night #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #photo #october #tuesday #2021 #102621

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Haiku and photo: “Take a tour”

Take a tour

Your pass approved /

Visit a prisoner’s past. /

Your past approved.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #writing #writer #october #2019 #friday #prison #prisoner #davidebooker #brushymountainstatepenitentiary #tennessee #visit #tour #past #102519

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Haiku and photo: “Reader”

Reader

Man stalks the monster /

An amphibious reader /

Halloween stories.

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#halloween #haiku #poem #poetry #writing #poet #writer #stories #stalker #amphibious #102318

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