Beyond
Somewhere, beyond the /
flag, the sun still shines and hope /
unfurls, untarnished.
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“Beyond”
Filed under 2025, haiku, photo, Photo by author, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poet, poetry, poetry by author, Poetry by David E. Booker
“Two chairs”
Two chairs
We shall find ourselves, /
two chairs by an ageless sea, /
folding in our names.
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#chairs #sea #we #names #australia #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #davidebooker #mariaforoudi #september #sunday #090422 #2022 #haiga
Filed under 2022, haiku, photo, poem, poet, poetry, poetry by author, Poetry by David E. Booker
Haiku to you Thursday: “Once above”
Once above
What was once above /
descends September today, /
blurring sight and streets.
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#once #above #blurring #sight #streets #september #descends #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #thursday #090425 #2025
“Hurricane rain”
Hurricane rain
Her hurricane rain: /
Tattered, battered, liquid skirt. /
Dignity falling.
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#hurricane #rain #skirt #dignity #falling #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #davidebooker #knoxville #tennessee #august #2021 #090321 #haiku
Filed under 2022, haiku, photo, Photo by author, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poet, poetry, poetry by author, Poetry by David E. Booker
“Indecision”
Indecision
Rain off and on, /
indecision at the beach, /
the gull and me.
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#haiku #indecision #gull # me #beach #rain #photobyBetsyNewman #davidebooker #wednesday #haiga #september #090325 #2025
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“Unpainted”
Unpainted
Out of frame, /
an unpainted apple tree /
endures the seasons.
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#unpainted #frame #apple #tree #seasons #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #painting #ekphasis #knoxville #davidebooker #september #monday #090225 #2025
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“Hey”
Ad on Facebook prompted this off the cuff, tongue in cheek haiku.
Hey
Hey, girls write first. /
If I knew where to find them, /
I wouldn’t say a word.
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#hey #girls #write #word #offthecuff #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photonitmine #davidebooker #sunday #august #083125 #2025
Filed under 2025, haiku, humor, humor and haiku, old age, photo, poem, poet, poetry, poetry by author, Poetry by David E. Booker
“Still life”
Still life
Still life, resting fruit, /
tormented painter strokes canvas, /
shaping color.
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#still #life #fruit #color #painter #tormented #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #painting #ekphrasis #august #sunday #083125 #2025
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Photo finish Friday: “Orphan”
Orphan
Orphaned in my cell, /
ten thousand of who I am, /
bury my soul.
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#082925 #orphan #soul #cell #senryu #haiku #haiga #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #knoxville #painting #ekphrasis #davidebooker #august #friday #2025
Haiku to you Thursday: “Still”
Still
Shirt draped over chair. /
Shadows trick my memories. /
You gone; me here still.
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