Monthly Archives: August 2022

“Signs”

Signs

Poets Corner Way. /

Signs huddled edge to edge. /

No Outlet irony.

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#edge #signs #no-outlet #irony #poets #corner #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #davidebooker #knoxville #august #saturday #081322 #2022

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Photo finish Friday: “Evening sun”

Evening sun

Evening sun threads light /

through the verdant August grass, /

weaving cat tableau.

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#evening #sun #weave #thread #grass #cat #light #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #friday #081222 #2022

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Haiku to you Thursday: “Skin”

Skin

Every fourteen days /

you shed into a new skin. /

You: you are, you were.

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#you #skin #shed #days #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #thursday #081122 #2022

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“Haikubaru”

Haikubaru

The Haikubaru — /

fully versed in getting you /

there in metered style.

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#pun #humor #haikubaru #verse #meter #poem #poetry #haiku #davidebooker #august #wednesday #081022 #2022

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“Heroes”

Heroes

Chose heroes wisely. /

Summer breeze may raise their capes, /

But not lift your hopes.

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#heroes #breeze #summer

#capes #hope #wise #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #davidebooker #superman #illinois #august #tuesday #080922 #2022 #060717

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“Love”

Love

Love is the big fish /

that always gets away, but /

leaves tall tales to tell.

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#love #fish #tall-tales #Beth #photo #haiku #poem #poetry #davidebooker #talltalestogo #august #monday #080822 #2022 #122915

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“Honor”

Honor
To honor the dead, /
the living must now remember: /
they are not alone.
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#honor #dead #living #alone #remember #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #august #sunday #080722 #2022

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“Leaf”

Leaf

Long shadows, dead veins, /

leaf stuck in blueberry bush. /

Reading the future.

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#leaf #blueberry #bush #shadows #veins #future #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #saturday #080622 #2022

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“Oh, Cindy Lou”

Oh, Cindy Lou

The Grinch met his end. /

Cindy Lou Who, was it you?/

Heartless mystery.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #thursday #august #2020 #drseuss #cindylouwho #grinch #davidebooker #photooftheday #mystery #oldnorthknoxville #knoxville #tennessee #whoville #murder #080620

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Photo finish Friday: “Unspoken”

Unspoken

Rumbling and ugly, /

hot with unspoken hate, sky /

gray with tattered hope.

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#gray #hope #hate #sky #ugly #hot #unspoken #tattered #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #davidebooker #knoxville #august #friday #080522 #2022

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