
The Devil’s Tongue
Silent in beauty /
Fiery as a summer day /
Speak now, Devil’s Tongue.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #devilstongue #flower #summer #june #saturday #2020 #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #knoxville #tennessee #061320

The Devil’s Tongue
Silent in beauty /
Fiery as a summer day /
Speak now, Devil’s Tongue.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #devilstongue #flower #summer #june #saturday #2020 #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #knoxville #tennessee #061320
Filed under 2020, haiku, Old North Knoxville, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poet, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker

Gone
Hot, he once was. /
Then, deliquesced, he was gone. /
Humid spot and cane.
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#cane #heat #humid #gone #deliquesce #senryu #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #june #sunday #061222 #2022
Filed under 2022, haiku, Old North Knoxville, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker

First
Red tomato ripe, /
taste homegrown garden delight. /
Love fruit in my sight.
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#tomato #ripe #love_fruit #delight #homegrown #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #saturday #061122 #2022

Working
The bee’s late day buzz, /
courting among the flowers. /
Evening reaches out.
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#bee #evening #buzz #courting #work #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #friday #061022 #2022

Reaching
The blue of evening /
cradles the quiet moon’s rise. /
Silent flowers wave.
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#flowers #sky #quiet #wave #silent #moon #poem #poetry #haiku #evening #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #photo #june #thursday #060922 #2022




Opening
Sunflower unfolds, /
Summer’s beauty exploring. /
Bees have work to do.
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#sunflower #summer #beauty #unfold #bees #work #photo #haiku #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #wednesday #060822 #2022
Filed under 2022, haiku, Old North Knoxville, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker

Window flower
Peeking through the glass, /
Orchid searches for the sun, /
seeking assurance.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #orchid #peeking #seeking #assurance #glass #photooftheday #poemoftheday #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #june #tuesday #2021 #060821
Filed under 2021, haiku, Old North Knoxville

Watch
I watch the flower, /
raindrops dangling and waiting, /
as do I for you.
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#raindrops #flower #see #dangling #waiting #you #photo #haiku #poem #poetry #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #tuesday #060722 #2022
Filed under 2022, haiku, Old North Knoxville, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker

The Poseur
Believes the man of /
The Orange Order: My life /
Matters more than yours.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #poseur #orangeorder #june #sunday #2020 #policestate #davidebooker #trumpsucks #060722
Filed under 2020, haiku, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker

First
Blackberry delight /
at the end of a bramble. /
The first ripening.
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#blackberry #bramble #ripen #delight #first #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #june #monday #060623 #2022
Filed under 2022, haiku, Old North Knoxville, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker