Category Archives: poet

“Headlines”

Headline

Happy Mother’s Day! /

Early Detection Saves Lives. /

My mother’s or mine?

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#haiku #poem #poetry #newspaper #headline #poor_placement #satire #mothersday #davidebooker

#may #sunday #2021 #050821

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“Spiderwort”

Spiderwort

Small, purple petals, /

the Ohio Spiderwort /

weaves through your garden.

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#flower #garden #spiderwort #ohio #photo #haiku #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #saturday #050722 #2022

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“Heavens”

Heavens

The colors of stars /

Constellations in bloom /

Heavens underfoot.

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#colors #stars #constellations #bloom #heavens #underfoot #032918 #haiku #photo #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #march

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“Relics”

Relics

Sunlight paints the clouds. /

Storm relics in winter sky. /

Sunset pastels.

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#relics #storm #winter #sky #sunset #pastels #sunlight #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #february #tuesday #022823 #2023

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“Ice moment”

Ice moment

Winter is not done./

Reaching out, a cold great aunt’s touch /

With soft glove missing.

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#haiku #poem #poet #poetry #writing #writer #davidebooker #february #thursday #2020 #ice #greataunt #winter #glove #touch #oldnorthknoxville #knoxville #tennessee #snow #missing #022220

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“Possum love”

Possum love

The night was fulsome. /

The opossum was hungry. /

Bird seed made a feast.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #photooftheday #poemoftheday #opossum #possum #seed #night #feast #oldnorthknoxville #february #sunday #2021 #021421

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Photo finish Friday: “How”

How

How immense the sky. /

How small the cardinal, yet

how wondrous he flies.

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#how #small #immense #wondrous #sky #cardinal #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #december #friday #120222 #2022

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“Laughter”

Laughter

I hold up the sky!

boasts the Catalpa tree.

Overhead, clouds laugh.

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#clouds #laugh #sky #overhead #tree #catalpa #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #november #monday #122822 #2022

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Monday morning writing joke: “Shelf adoration”

There once was a writer in a bookstore /

Of her novels, she wanted to see more. /

Up on the shelves /

She wanted them to dwell /

But first she had to do more than adore.

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“Contrast”

Contrast

Butterfly and tire, /

flapping and round. Lantana /

colors fall contrast.

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#contrast #butterfly #tire #lantana #fall #colors #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #november #wednesday #110922 #2022

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