Category Archives: Poetry by David E. Booker

“Half-moon”

Half-moon

Autumn half-moon, high, /

waves to the world, good-bye; /

night soon fills the sky.

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“Brushy Mountain”

Brushy Mountain

Watchers and watched speak /

Memories wet and cold as /

A Saturday rain.

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“Brushy Mountain”

Brushy Mountain

Watchers and watched speak /

Memories wet and cold as /

A Saturday rain.

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#rain #saturday #haiku #poem #poetry #writing #writer #davidebooker #october #2019 #prison #memories #brushymountainstatepenitentiary #watchers #watched #tennessee #102019

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“Name”

Name

Your name, the creek speaks, /

decorated with fall leaves /

and human folly.

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#name #folly #creek #fall #leaves #human #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #october #saturday #102123 #2023

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Photo finish Friday: “Red”

Red

Color climbs to the sky. /

Fall red brushing the heavens. /

Soon to paint the earth.

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#red #sky #color #heavens #paint #earth #brush #poem #poetry #haiku #fall #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #october #friday #102023 #2023

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Haiku to you Thursday: “Wish”

Wish

Iris in autumn, /

blooming purple as if May /

were a wish away.

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#iris #autumn #wish #may #bloom #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #october #thursday #101923 #2023

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“Salutation”

Salutation

I stand up to you, /

Young cat said to Old cane. /

Old cane kept its lean.

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#cane #cat #salutation #stand #young #old #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #knoxvilletn #davidebooker #october #sunday #101622 #2022

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“Shadow”

Shadow

Shadow has no grip, /

but can hold you anyway, /

and never release.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #photo #shadow #grip #hold #release #davidebooker #tennessee #october #tuesday #101921 #2021

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“Surreal”

Surreal

In the fall I grow /

the dead in plastic or /

quiet memory.

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#surreal #fall #grow #dead #plastic #memory #poem #poetry #photo #haiku #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #october #wednesday #101823 #2023

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“Slight”

Slight

Moon above, street light /

below. Clouds hue the fall night. /

Leaves limn with what’s bright.

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#bright #night #light #fall #moon #street #leaves #hue #photo #haiku #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #october #wednesday #101222 #2022

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