Category Archives: 2022

“Watch”

Watch

I watch the flower, /

raindrops dangling and waiting, /

as do I for you.

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“First”

First

Blackberry delight /

at the end of a bramble. /

The first ripening.

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#blackberry #bramble #ripen #delight #first #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #june #monday #060623 #2022

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Monday morning writing joke: “A swing and a miss”

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June 6, 2022 · 1:43 pm

“Icarus”

Icarus

Icarus, soaring /

between the sunflower and /

the sun, hoping.

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#icarus #sunflower #sun #forgetting #soaring #hope #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #june #sunday #060522 #2022

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“Roles”

Roles

The clock floated free; /

the jack, pawn, car, and acorn /

left their roles behind.

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#06041822 #pawn #jack #car #pawn #acorn #clock #haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #davidebooker #laurenabooker #june #saturday

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“Blueberry”

Blueberry

Each orb a new world. /

Each green new world ripens blue. /

Each blue a new taste.

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#new #orb #world #taste #green #blue #blueberry #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #saturday #060422 #2022

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Haiku to you Thursday: “Waiting”

Waiting

Blackberry, once green, /

now red in the sun’s embrace; /

dark soon in glory.

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#blackberry #waiting #red #green #dark #glory #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #thursday #060222 #2022

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“Arise”

Arise

Arise, bloom, and shine, /

new suns of the old Earth: /

seeds birth memories.

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#seeds #memories #suns #earth #bloom #shine #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #wednesday #060122 #2022

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“Once”

Once

Once proud and erect, /

open and putrid, this corpse /

Is corpse bloom no more.

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#corpse #flower #bloom #proud #erect #putrid #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #tuesday #053122 #2022

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“Nature”

Nature

Beatific bee /

finds flower in full career. /

They say it won’t last.

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#bee #flower #career #last #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #may #monday #053022 #2022

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