Time
Now is elastic, /
Memory stretches then, /
Next shrinks away.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #time #memory #now #elastic #shrinks #next #cartoon #davidebooker #january #sunday #2021
Category Archives: Poetry by David E. Booker
“A sip” haiku and photo
A sip
Some cats sip at bowl.
Some cats are on hot tin roof.
Reflecting on thirst.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #poet #writing #writer #january #friday #2020 #cat #water #bowl #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #knoxville #tennessee #roof #tin #reflect
“The birds” haiku and photo
The birds
Birds descend to seeds /
Hanging in the winter air. /
Late sun shows mercy.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #poet #writer #writing #davidebooker #winter #sun #birds #seeds #oldnorthknoxville #knoxville #tennessee #thursday #2020 #mercy
Filed under 2020, haiku, photo, photo by David E. Booker, Poetry by David E. Booker
Photo finish Friday (and haiku: “Let us”
Let us
Let us ride balloons: /
Up to the heavens and moons. /
Light as grace and stars.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #balloons #moons #heavens #light #grace #stars #photooftheday #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #january #knoxville #tennessee #friday #2021
Haiku to you Thursday: “Once again”
Once again
Cold day for treatment. /
Chemotherapy’s embrace /
In both weather and bones.
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Haiku to you Thursday: “Mask”
Mask
Abandoned or lost /
We will not find our way home /
By failing to care.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #mask #covid_19 #abandoned #lost #home #we #care #photooftheday #davidebooker #knoxville #tennessee #january #thursday #2021
“Peeking” haiku
Peeking
Peek: sun between clouds, /
Eyes between slats — onto world: /
Seeing and seeming.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #sun #eyes #peek #clouds #world #slats #january #see #seem #photooftheday #davidebooker #knoxville #tennessee #wednesday #2021
“Buds” haiku
Buds
Crimson and bulging /
Weathering winter’s embrace /
Buds engaged and full.
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#haiku #poetry #poem #buds #winter #embrace #oldnorthknoxville #photooftheday #crimson #knoxville #tennessee #january #davidebooker #tuesday #tuesday #2021
“Almost” haiku
Almost
Spring is almost there /
Budding slightly beyond sight /
And Winter’s dark cane.
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#spring #winter #bud #cane #sight #poem #poetry #poet #davidebooker #photo #oldnorthknoxville #knoxville #tennessee #saturday #january #2020 #haiku
Filed under 2020, haiku, photo by David E. Booker, Poetry by David E. Booker
“Colors” haiku
Colors
Colors of winter. /
Snow and holy berries, /
Grace within the cold.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #hollyberries #winter #color #snow #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #tennessee #january
Filed under 2018, haiku, photo by David E. Booker, Poetry by David E. Booker
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