Category Archives: Haiku to You Thursday

Haiku to you Thursday: “Clattering”

Anger is a stone /

clattering for attention, /

never finishing.

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Haiku to you Thursday: “Do not donut”

Do not donut

Oh, do not donut. /

Sprinkles or plain entice me. /

Homemade make it home.

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Haiku to you Thursday: “Past present”

Past present

beauty in the light

raging from long ago.

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Haiku to you Thursday: “When”

When

When I’m old, I’ll don /

a lavender sheet and stand /

in my cold decline.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #photo #lavender #sheet #old #decline #stand #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #photooftheday #poemoftheday #april #thursday #2021

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Haiku to you Thursday: “Hand Placement”

Hand placement

My shifting hands say: /

See, speak, and hear no idea. /

Hands down, they lie.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #hands #no_idea #pun #cartoon #davidebooker #april #thursday #2021

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Haiku to you Thursday: “A new day”

A new day

Hang down; new day up. /

Daylight Savings Time rebuff. /

Eating im-possum-ble.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #possum #pun #eating #daylightsavingstime #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #thursday #2021

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Haiku to you Thursday: “Grip”

Grip

What has died reaches /

into what has yet to live. /

Holding and leaving.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #grip #death #live #holding #leaving #photooftheday #poemoftheday #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #april #thursday #2021

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Haiku to you Thursday (and photo): “Thieves”

Thieves

A thousand thieves may /

rip the jonquils from the ground /

but they can’t steal Spring.

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Haiku to you Thursday (and photo): “Spring”

Spring

You came unannounced. /

Arising quickly in March. /

Blooms and promises.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #blooms #promises #unannounced #photooftheday #poemoftheday #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #march #thursday #2021

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Haiku to you Thursday: “Sometimes”

Sometimes

Sometimes, you beat the /

Tire with the typewriter to /

Get the words to come.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #words #writing #writer #march #wednesday #2020 #tire #typewriter #typewriterpoetry #manuallabor

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