Category Archives: 2023

“Soon”

Soon

Green now, yellow soon. /

Tall sunflower, many heads. /

Hydra of the Summer.

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#hydra #summer #sunflower #soon #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #saturday #052723 #2023

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Photo finish Friday: “The ferryman”

The ferryman

Down at the river /
the road laps into water. /
The ferryman cries.
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#river #road #ferryman #cries #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #briangriffin #davidebooker #may #friday #052623 #2023

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Photo finish Friday: “Voodoo lily”

Voodoo lily

Voodoo lily gleams. /

Dark stench of rotten flesh blooms /

briefly in the sun.

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#voodoo #lily #gleams #rotten #flesh #stench #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #Friday #052523 #2023

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“Waiting”

Waiting

Widow’s tears, waiting /

by the empty walkway. /

The gate remains closed.

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#waiting #widow #tears #gate #walkway #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #wednesday #052423 #2023

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“Rose”

Rose

Pink rose in the rain /

made heavy by May water. /

The beauty remains.

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#rose #rain #beauty #water #remains #photo #haiku #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #knoxville #May #Tuesday #052323 #2023

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“Flesh”

Flesh

Flesh of the Spring soil, /

blueberry opened and exposed, /

dripping back to Earth.

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#blueberry #flesh #spring #Earth #opened #exposed #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #monday #052223 #2023

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“Blueberry tithe”

Blueberry tithe

Pass the tattered cap /
this Sunday morning, collect /
your blueberry tithe.
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#tithe #blueberry #Sunday #cap #collect #photo #poem #haiku #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #May #052123 #2023

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“Precarious ride”

Precarious ride

Pallet-able or /

portable. Buss a bump and /

come undone-able.

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#oldnorthknoxville #pun #humor #pallet #buss #davidebooker #may #poem #poetry #photo #052016 #haiku #052921 #052023

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Photo finish Friday: “The view”

The view

See Rock City /

with your cat and from the back /

of your wheelbarrow.

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#see #view #rock-city #wheelbarrow #cat #photo #humor #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #friday #052923 #2023

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Haiku to you Thursday: “Harvest”

Harvest

One warm day in May. /

One young blueberry ripens. /

One moment in time.

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#blueberry #harvest #one #moment #ripens #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #May #Thursday #051823 #2023

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