Monthly Archives: May 2023

Photo finish Friday: “Voodoo lily”

Voodoo lily

Voodoo lily gleams. /

Dark stench of rotten flesh blooms /

briefly in the sun.

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#voodoo #lily #gleams #rotten #flesh #stench #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #Friday #052523 #2023

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“Love is”

Love is

Love is as is rain. /

It’s work is not in what is /

but in what it does.

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#live #rain #work #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #may #wednesday #052522 #2022

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“Waiting”

Waiting

Widow’s tears, waiting /

by the empty walkway. /

The gate remains closed.

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#waiting #widow #tears #gate #walkway #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #wednesday #052423 #2023

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“Rose”

Rose

Pink rose in the rain /

made heavy by May water. /

The beauty remains.

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#rose #rain #beauty #water #remains #photo #haiku #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #knoxville #May #Tuesday #052323 #2023

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“Road”

Road

Adventure begins /

with an open heart and a /

mind light as a cloud.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #poemoftheday #photooftheday #road #adventure #cloud #sky #heart #mind #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #friday #2021 #052121

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“Flesh”

Flesh

Flesh of the Spring soil, /

blueberry opened and exposed, /

dripping back to Earth.

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#blueberry #flesh #spring #Earth #opened #exposed #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #monday #052223 #2023

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“Spring’s love”

Spring’s love

Sun, soil, sky, and bees /

An Alchemist’s taste of Spring: /

Blueberries return.

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#poem #haiku #davidebooker #wednesday #poetry #poet #writer #writing #may #2019 #spring #blueberry #soil #sun #sky #bees #alchemist #052219

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“Blueberry tithe”

Blueberry tithe

Pass the tattered cap /
this Sunday morning, collect /
your blueberry tithe.
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#tithe #blueberry #Sunday #cap #collect #photo #poem #haiku #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #May #052123 #2023

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“Precarious ride”

Precarious ride

Pallet-able or /

portable. Buss a bump and /

come undone-able.

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#oldnorthknoxville #pun #humor #pallet #buss #davidebooker #may #poem #poetry #photo #052016 #haiku #052921 #052023

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“Donut Do not”

Donut Do not

Raccoon’s arrival. /

Donut know he’s being watched. /

Sweet Spring on a string.

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#poem #haiku #davidebooker #poet #writing #writer #may #2019 #sunday #raccoon #donut #spring #sweet #051919 #oldnorthknoxville

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