Deadheads
I deadhead lilies, /
snapping old petals so new /
flowers don’t suffer.
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Category Archives: haiku
Haiku and photo: “Berry with me”
Berry with me
Green as the spring born. /
Round as the full summer moon. /
Ripen berry soon.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #berries #pun #moon #spring #summer #green #friday #june #2020 #davidebooker #blueberry #oldnorthknoxville #knoxville #tennessee #photograph
Photo finish Friday: “Today we cry”
Today we cry
Today we cry, for /
Tomorrow we smile when clouds /
float our scars away.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #cry #clouds #scars #tomorrow #today #photooftheday #poemoftheday #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #june #friday #2021
Haiku to you Thursday: “A part apart”
A part apart
Us apart, a part /
of us still locked down because /
of a lack of love.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #apart #a_part #lack #love #virus #covid_19 #lockdown #photooftheday #poemoftheday #davidebooker #june #thursday #2021
Haiku and photo: “Window flower”
Window flower
Peeking through the glass, /
Orchard searches for the sun, /
seeking assurance.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #orchid #peeking #seeking #assurance #glass #photooftheday #poemoftheday #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #june #tuesday #2021
Haiku and photo: “Shapes”
Shapes
The shapes of nature, /
from spring flowers to raindrops, /
turn time into life.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #nature #raindrops #flowers #photooftheday #poemoftheday #shape #time #life #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #june #monday #2021
Haiku and illustration: “Free floating radicals”
Free floating radicals
The clock floated free; /
the jack, the pawn, and the car /
left their roles behind.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #time #clock #car #tack #pawn #laurenbooker #davidebooker #june #photooftheday #poemoftheday
Filed under 2018, haiku, Photo by Lauren Booker, Poetry by David E. Booker
Haiku and photo: “Your adventure”
Your adventure
Live your adventure. /
If it exceeds your limits /
Grow within it.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #graduation #westhighschool #photo #adventure #grow #limits #knoxville #davidebooker #june #wednesday #2021
Filed under 2021, haiku, photo, photo by David E. Booker, Poetry by David E. Booker
Haiku and photo: “Broken”
Broken
Broken tree shades /
broken lives laid in graves, their /
names in stone and wind.
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Filed under 2021, haiku, photo by David E. Booker, Poetry by David E. Booker
Haiku and photo: “Ditty”
Ditty
Oh, my Ditty do /
Unincorporated you /
Passing right on through.
Filed under 2018, haiku, Poetry by David E. Booker
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