Category Archives: Poetry by David E. Booker

Haiku and photo: “Hanging”

Hanging

Some mornings don’t work. /
You try your best to succeed /
But you can’t hang on.
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#haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #mornings #hangon #succeed #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #wednesday #2021

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Haiku and photo: “Front yard follies”

Front yard follies

On a sunny day /

The hackberry branch breaks away. /

Nature splits the way.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #poet #writing #writer #davidebooker #nature #branch #collapse #sunnyday #august #saturday #oldnorthknoxville #2019 #hackberry #way #pun

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Haiku and photo: “Sunlight moment”

Sunlight moment

Head heavy with seeds. /

Petals shimmering with light. /

Namesake life giver.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #august #monday #oldnorthknoxille #sunflower #seeds #photooftheday #davidebooker #head #light #knoxville #tennessee

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Monday morning writing joke: “Writer’s bucket”

The once was a writer with a bucket,

Who threw his drafts in it, because they “suck it.”

One day a thief came by

And with his bucket she did hie.

Now she has a bestseller. O’ the luck of it.

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“The Glade”

The Glade

Yes, the irony /

Is clear to me /

How you define being brave. /

If it can be done /

With your gun, /

Then my life can’t be saved. /

But wear a mask /

A simple task /

And you holy rant and rave. /

Over your dead body, /

And this said hotly, /

You to the world vouchsafe. /

Your creed is clear. /

It is death you hold dear, /

A charging bull in the glade. /

For another’s life /

No sacrifice /

Can ever or today be made. /

Compassion has died, /

Empathy hied, /

But with your gun you’re brave. /

You’re cold, dead hands /

Stretch across this land, /

But there is nothing to save. /

That shot in your arm /

You feared would cause you harm, /

Has no hope for you today. /

You’re the Bull Without the Mask /

And your soul’s task /

Is to drive life forever from the glade.

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Haiku and photo: “Work day”

Work day

Bee has no time clock. /

Only sun, life, instinct, work. /

Grace in the effort.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #bee #clock #grace #life #sun #instinct #work #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #photo #july #saturday #2021

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Photo finish Friday: “Taste is Summer”

Taste is Summer

Dance, proboscis, dance.

Nectar of the cone flower

sways with your summer.

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#davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #haiku #poem #photooftheday #tennessee #proboscis #dance #flower #summer #july #friday #2021

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Haiku to you Thursday: “Out There”

Out there

Out there is in here. /

Rain, turmoil, thunder, lightning /

Pain, grief, love, release.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #clouds #pain #rain #love #release #wednesday #lightning #july #2020 #photooftheday #knoxville #davidebooker #tennessee #grief

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Haiku and photo: “The sky”

The sky

The clouds above me /

Form around a dust whisper /

Cry into the night.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #photooftheday #davidebooker #clouds #dust #night #cry #july #tuesday #2020 #sky

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Haiku and photo: “The journey”

The journey

Into the wide world, /

One step begins the unknown /

One heart brings new love.

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