Ad on Facebook prompted this off the cuff, tongue in cheek haiku.
Hey
Hey, girls write first. /
If I knew where to find them, /
I wouldn’t say a word.
.
.
#hey #girls #write #word #offthecuff #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photonitmine #davidebooker #sunday #august #083125 #2025
Filed under 2025, haiku, humor, humor and haiku, old age, photo, poem, poet, poetry, poetry by author, Poetry by David E. Booker
Still life
Still life, resting fruit, /
tormented painter strokes canvas, /
shaping color.
.
.
#still #life #fruit #color #painter #tormented #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #painting #ekphrasis #august #sunday #083125 #2025
Filed under 2025, haiku, photo, Photo by author, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poet, poetry, poetry by author, Poetry by David E. Booker
Orphan
Orphaned in my cell, /
ten thousand of who I am, /
bury my soul.
.
.
#082925 #orphan #soul #cell #senryu #haiku #haiga #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #knoxville #painting #ekphrasis #davidebooker #august #friday #2025
Still
Shirt draped over chair. /
Shadows trick my memories. /
You gone; me here still.
.
.
#memories #ekphrasis #haiku #painting #thursday #082925 #shirt #still #shadows #senryu #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #davidebooker #knoxville #2025 #august
Descending
Sun fades onto lake.
Brown trees embrace the shore.
Autumn descending.
.
.
#descending #sun #lake #trees #embrace #shore #autumn #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #painting #davidebooker #august #thursday #082825 #2025 #ekphrasis
Filed under 2025, haiku, photo, Photo by author, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poet, poetry, poetry by author, Poetry by David E. Booker
August days
Rusted tin man /
and dying cornflowers — /
August days decay.
.
.
#august #days #tinman #cornflower #decay #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #tuesday #082625 #2025
Latte-dah
Summer is over, so Starbucks declares, /
bringing forth their fall pumpkin wares. /
Temperatures still roiling across the US. /
When they will break is anybody’s guess. /
Hurricanes hit California and other coasts, /
but Iced Pumpkin Cream Chai Latte Starbucks boasts. /
It may be 69 days until Halloween /
but this declaration seems self-serving and a bit obscene.
.
.
#latte-dah, #summer #starbucks #pumpkin #chai #poem #poetry #satire #illustration #davidebooker #082423 #2023
Filed under 2023, photo, poem, poet, poetry, poetry by author, Poetry by David E. Booker
My arrow
Oh, love’s arrow,
Straight and true,
Toward my love,
Fly to you.
But if my love
Should ever stray,
May my arrow
End your way.
.
.
#082525 #poem #poetry #humor #love #arrow #photonotmine #davidebooker #august #monday #2025
Filed under 2025, photo, poem, poet, poetry, poetry by author, Poetry by David E. Booker
Stops
Abandoned portals: /
memories echo, dust stirs, /
footsteps lead to wind.
.
.
#stops #footsteps #wind #dust #portals #memories #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #august #tuesday #082322 #2022 #haiga
Filed under 2022, haiku, photo, Photo by author, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poet, poetry, poetry by author, Poetry by David E. Booker
Refrain
Thunder and rain /
August in ugly refrain. /
Dog feeling restrained.
.
.
#refrain #restrain #thunder #rain #dog #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #stormhaven #august #sunday #082325 #2025
Booker's Blog 