Threshold
Rival bumblebees /
joust across the dark flower: /
pollen and honor.
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#threshold #pollen #honor #bummblebee #flower #joust #rivals #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #davidebooker #talltalestogo #oldnorthknoxville #june #friday #062422 # 2022
Category Archives: haiku
Haiku to you Thursday: “Waiting”
Waiting
Lightning Bug waits on /
the sunflower stalk for dark /
and the Mistress Moon.
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#lightningbug, #mistress #moon #sunflower #stalk #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #june #thursday #062322 #2022
“Good eats”
Good eats
Thanks for the big eats. /
I lick my face to finish. /
Better than a bird.
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#cat #eats #face #finish #bird #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #wednesday #062222 #2022
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“No return”
No return
It feels good, Beth said. /
She snapped off dead lily heads, /
dropped them to the ground. /
This evening, I did the same, /
but she did not return.
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#waka #tanka #haiku #lily #head #dead #evening #beth #photo #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #tuesday #062122 #2022
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“Incantation”
Incantation
Fire of the sunlight, /
Lucifer Crocosmia. /
Incantation’s tongue.
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#lucifer #fire #sunlight #crocosmia #incantation #photo #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #monday #062022 #2022
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“Historic”
Historic
History in bloom. /
Old North Knoxville sunflowers /
rise to meet the day.
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#history #bloom
#ONK #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #sunflower #historicneighborhood #june #sunday #061922 #2022
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Photo finish Friday: “Pollination”
Pollination
Come hither, dear bee, /
delights from me to thee. /
New flowers make we.
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#bee #me #flowers #we #pollination #hither #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #friday #061722 #2022
Haiku to you Thursday: “Sunflower tree”
Sunflower tree
Tall sunflower tree /
blooms where a tree used to be, /
holds your memory.
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#sunflower #tree #tall #blooms #memory #photo #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #thursday #061622 #2022
Sunflow
Nature sings to time. /
Bee’s dance; sunflower’s allure. /
Symbiotic love.
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#allure #sunflower #bee #dance #love #time #sing #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #tuesday #061422 #2022
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“The Devil’s Tongue”
The Devil’s Tongue
Silent in beauty /
Fiery as a summer day /
Speak now, Devil’s Tongue.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #devilstongue #flower #summer #june #saturday #2020 #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #knoxville #tennessee #061320
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