Monthly Archives: January 2023

“Happy Eve”

Happy Eve

Happy Triskaidekaphobia Eve

To all who practice and believe.

Beware now that sidewalk crack

For you may break your mother’s back.

You’ve probably already broken her heart,

With your non replies or answers smart.

So she has now visited upon you

This Friday day over which to stew.

The Ides of March did Caesar in,

His conspirators waited until the middle to begin.

But this Friday and this thirteen

Stabs without antagonist seen.

There is always one and up to three

To torment you, to not let you be.

So, gird your loins and be on your guard,

Lest you be hoisted by your own petard.

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“Dreams”

Dreams

Good night, Earth. /

I search with headlights /

for truthful dreams.

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“Shadows”

Shadows

Darkness and shadows /

Descending day raises night. /

Images drift free.

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“Shelter”

Shelter

Build walls to shelter /

To share moments together /

Not divide the heart.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #poet #writing #writer #january #2019 #sunday #love #walls #divide #build #shelter #divide #heart #border #010619

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“Cake”

Cake

An egg nog pound cake. /

Aren’t the holidays over? /

I ruminate more.

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“Fence and flesh”

Fence and flesh

Rough wood, cold fingers,

morning sunlight, winter’s day.

Some moments focused.

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#wood #fingers #sunlight #winter #day #moments #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #january #saturday #010822 #2022

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Winter 2019

Winter 2019

Cancer is Winter: /

Hard on the outer shell /

Opens inner seeds.

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#outer #010319

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“Whisper”

Whisper

Bend now bare limbs /

burdened by the clouds passing, /

whispering of spring.

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“Morning light”

Morning light

Morning light moves night, /

Shining from kitchen and sky. /

Horizons await.

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“Fire”

Fire

Evening sky on fire. /

Incendiary and gone. /

Subsumed by the night.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #fire #sky #subsume #sky #evening #night #photooftheday #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #knoxville #tennessee #january #sunday #2021 #010321

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