Need
Red lights strip the dark /
Sirens usurp the silence /
Need consumes the street.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #Monday #redlight #siren #need #writing #knoxville #photo #fireengine #talltalestogo #oldnorthknoxville #historic #100818
Category Archives: 2018
“Need”
Filed under 2018, haiku, Old North Knoxville, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker
Two haiku
Step lightly
Raise your leg higher /
Keep your foot above your heart /
Step lightly on air.
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#100218
Surgery
Surgery divides /
flesh, bringing forth life’s pulse that /
only the heart heals.
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#100522 #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #surgery #leg #flesh #surgery #heart #foot #october #wednesday
Filed under 2018, 2022, haiku, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker
“Hope”
Hope
Desiccated leaves /
Fall murmurs through the breezes /
Hope, too, rides the air.
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#100318 #leaves #murmurs #breezes #hope #desiccated #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #knoxvilletennessee #davidebooker #october
Filed under 2018, haiku, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker
“Horses”
Horses
Abandoned horses /
Rusted metal, squeaky wheels /
Corralled for new home.
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#092218 #horses #metal #wheels #abandoned #haiku #photo #poem #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #firstcreekgreenway #september
Filed under 2018, haiku, Old North Knoxville, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker
“The edge”
The edge
At the river’s edge /
Waters smooth my ragged soul. /
Rocks, though, on their own.
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#082518 #edge #waters #rocks #soul #river #sign #photo #poem #poem #haiku #davidebooker #knoxville #august #2018
Filed under 2018, haiku, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker
“Magic”
Magic
Books are phrased Magic /
Words shaped by the writer’s touch /
Sculpted on the page.
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#books #magic #words #writer #sculpted #page #photo #poem #haiku #davidebooker #august #082218
“Recipe”
Recipe
They came from beyond /
Giants with cooking tools /
Meant to serve mankind.
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#081418 #cooking #giants #serving #mankind #august # photo #humor #haiku #poem #poetry
“Anew”
Anew
Summer work anew /
sprouting from seed to flower /
to pollen to bee.
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#071218 #summer #work #pollen #bee #flower #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #photo #poetry #poem #haiku #july #2018
Filed under 2018, haiku, Old North Knoxville, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker
“Hey”
Hey
“Hey, would you buzz off?” /
One bee said to another. /
Flowering friendship.
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#buzz #friendship #bee #flower #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #072518
Filed under 2018, haiku, humor, Old North Knoxville, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker
“Control”
Control
I have lost control. /
My son, the basketball, swings /
freely in the park.
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#072418 #son #basketball #swing #control #park #humor #farce #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #july #2018
Filed under 2018, haiku, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker
