
Late arrival
A stray day lily /
Yellow in the August heat /
Fashionably late.
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#haiku #poet #poem #lily #late #stray #yellow #heat #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #thursday #2021

Late arrival
A stray day lily /
Yellow in the August heat /
Fashionably late.
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#haiku #poet #poem #lily #late #stray #yellow #heat #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #thursday #2021

Volunteer
Oh, Murder Mittens /
The unwanted assistant /
In the way gettin.’
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#haiku #poem #poetry #cat #volunteer #assistant #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #wednesday #2021

Nectar
Nectar-hunting bee /
Cares not a bit about me. /
I am unworthy.
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#nectar #bee #me #hunting #unworthy #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #tuesday #2021

Riding home
Nostalgia dreaming: /
Brontosaurus pedals bike. /
Whimsy fills my breath.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #photo #brontosaurus #bike #nostalgia #whimsy #dreaming #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #monday #2021

Morning bee
August bee sleeps wet. /
Mexican Sunflower drips. /
Dry day yet to be.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #photo #bee #sleeps #wet #drips #mexican_sunflower #dry #day #morning #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #sunday #2021
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Eclipse cool
We were eclipse cool. /
Special glasses — we no fools. /
Swam in shadow pool.
Eclipse in August 21, 2017
Haiku written 082121

Comin’ home?
When ya comin’ home? /
Lonely as the last flower. /
Come toss me a bone.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #photo #dog #home #bone #flower #last #lonely #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #august #friday #2021
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Sometimes
To feed a hunger /
Sometimes takes extra portions, /
Patience, and giving.
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#patience #giving #portions #extra #feed #hunger #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #cat #food #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #tuesday #2021
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Sere
Tithonia behold: /
Brown grass crunches with each step. /
Summer’s sere whisper.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #sere #summer #mexican-sunflower #tithonia #grass #brown #whisper #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #sunday #2021
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How
Cloud, how can this be?
You floating full in the sky.
Me standing empty?
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#haiku #poem #poetry #cloud #empty #full #floating #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #august #saturday #2021
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