Monthly Archives: May 2023

“New myth”

New myth

Eve didn’t eat first /

and he didn’t wait until ripe. /

It was the serpent.

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#myth #new #eve #serpent #eat #ripe #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #talltalestogo #may #sunday #051423 #2023

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“Rhymes with orange”

Rhymes with orange

He bickers and whines. /

One is eight or nine. /

One wears a red tie.

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“Stark”

Stark

Cruel evening light /

renders its stark contrasts. /

Corners tucked in night.

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#cruel #evening #light #contrasts #corners #tucked #night #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #saturday #051323 #2023

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“Headlines”

Headline

Happy Mother’s Day! /

Early Detection Saves Lives. /

My mother’s or mine?

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#haiku #poem #poetry #newspaper #headline #poor_placement #satire #mothersday #davidebooker

#may #sunday #2021 #050821

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Haiku to you Thursday: “What’s sup?”

What’s sup

Young blueberries plump, /

on you will I one day sup /

or will birds fill up?

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#blueberries #sup #birds #plump #young #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #thursday #051123 #2023

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“Wind”

Wind

Sun fuels plants and wind. /

Wind pushes the peony. /

Still, the flower blooms.

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#sun #plants #wind #flower #blooms #fuel #pushes #photo #poem #peony #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #talltalestogo #davidebooker #may #wednesday #051023 #2023

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“Purple cornflower”

Purple cornflower

Bachelor’s Button /

growing by the road, waving /

at passing ladies.

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#cornflower #bachelor’s_button #ladies #road #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #may #tuesday #051022 #2022

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“Blueberry”

Blueberry

Maybe tomorrow /

I will catch the sun and hold, /

turning green to blue.

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“Love-in-the-mist”

Love-in-the-mist

Slender to the eye, /

iridescent in the light, /

lives love-in-the-mist.

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#slender #irridescent #eye #light #love-in-the-mist #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #monday #050922 #2022

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“Heart”

Heart

I know not this path, /

the one of the heart, only /

the flowers you left.

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#heart #path #flowers #know #I #you #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #monday #050823 #2023

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