Wait
August hugs the air /
with clouds and humid goodbyes. /
Street lamp waits for fall.
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“Wait”
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“Sticker Shock”
Sticker shock
The sticker made it clear: /
Do not steal the word of God. /
Let preachers do it.
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Filed under 2018, haiku, photo, Photo by author, poem, poet, poetry, poetry by author, Poetry by David E. Booker
Haiku to you Thursday: “Even”
Even
Even for the oak /
the future begins small /
and hidden from sight.
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#even #oak #seed #future #small #hidden #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #august #thursday #081425 #2025
“Lost”
Lost
Man in a boat, /
mounted on an eatery wall, /
lost his way fishing.
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#lost #man #boat #eatery #fishing #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #davidebooker #legrangega #august #wednesday #081325 #2025
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“Pause to Consider”
Pause to consider
The Doctor and Mrs. Brain
Found a brain they couldn’t contain.
They named it Abby Normal
And tried to teach it manners formal,
But Abby would have none of it,
Shunned even the slight little bits
Of social manners and decorum.
Opting instead for the ugly forum.
One night Abby escaped.
Some say she ran to the cape
Or somewhere where she could hide
A place to display her pathological stride.
Now she attempts the rule the US
A tyrant ranting more and less
Throwing out decrees
Molesting as she please
Though none would ever believe
That the ugliness they perceive
From the man in the Oval Office
Has a brain full of Abby’s puss.
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“Curiosity”
Curiosity, with some of her cameras pointed out. This 1-ton vehicle and science lab landed by NASA in the early morning of August 6, 2012 Eastern Time.
Curiosity
Curiosity
builds wonder from achievement
and knowledge from hope.
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[Editor’s note: inspired by the successful landing by NASA of Curiosity on Mars in 2012. The rover is still active and recently kicked off its 14th year of exploring Mars. Originally, it was not supposed to last more than two years.]
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“Hardboiled”
Hardboiled
Smoke paints the dawn. /
Heat climbs to triple digits. /
LA is hardboiled.
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Robert Crais’s original words: Smoke painting the dawn, unhealthful air quality, heat climbing to triple digits—LA is hardboiled. Photo by Robert Crais, writer of the Elvis Coke and Joe Pike private detective novels, and others.
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“The new pink”
The new pink
The Danse Macabre /
Dark is a black flamingo /
Death is the new pink.
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“One day”
One day
One day, the days end. /
The gravestones mark those days. /
The clouds mourn not.
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#one #day #clouds #gravestones #mourn #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxvilletn #davidebooker #august #tuesday #080525 #2025
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“Cat”
Cat
Dreams find you, /
even on a cloudy day, /
napping on a railing.
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#cat #dreams #napping #day #railing #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #august #sunday #080325 #2025
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