Monthly Archives: May 2022

“Once”

Once

Once proud and erect, /

open and putrid, this corpse /

Is corpse bloom no more.

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#corpse #flower #bloom #proud #erect #putrid #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #tuesday #053122 #2022

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“Ditty”

Ditty

Oh, my Ditty do /

Unincorporated you /

Passing right on through.

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#ditty #unincorporated #haiku #poem #humor #davidebooker #bethabooker #053018 #2018

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“Nature”

Nature

Beatific bee /

finds flower in full career. /

They say it won’t last.

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#bee #flower #career #last #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #may #monday #053022 #2022

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“Skyward”

Skyward

Desiring the Sun, /

the sunflower stretches up, /

renouncing the Earth.

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#sun #sunflower #earth #renounce #skyward #desire #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #sunday #052922 #2022

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Photo finish Friday: “The sun”

The sun

Rising to the sun, /

sunflower reaches skyward, /

into its future.

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#sunflower #future #skyward #sun #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #friday #052722 #2022

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Haiku to you Thursday: “Your rose”

Your rose

Your rose, dressed in rain, /

whispers down memory lane: /

wordless, its refrain.

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#refrain #rose #rain #whispers #memory #wordless #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #davidebooker #talltalestogo #oldnorthknoxville #may #thursday #052622 #2022

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cARtOONSdAY: Wild, wild western novel

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“Thunderhead”

Thunderhead

Thunderhead in the sky /

I watch you blithely float by. /

Why no rain? Say why.

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#thunderhead #cloud #rain #float #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #may #sunday #052222 #2022

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“Big cat”

Big cat

Did a big cat eat /

And leave its spots as payment /

For a child consumed?

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#cat #spots #child #consumed #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #052218 #2018

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“The Monster”

The Monster

The thunder outside /

Echoes storms speaking within. /

Love breeds its Monster./

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#haiku #poem #poetry #may #friday #2020 #thetwilightzone #williamshatner #nightmareat20000feet #rodserling #monster #richardmatheson #052220

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