Not a curse
Get vaccinated. Wear a mask.
Neither are difficult tasks.
Do it for yourself and your friends to see.
Show compassion and responsibility.
It’s not a trick and it’s not a shame.
Treat yourself and others the same.
Kindness and courtesy are not a curse.
Being sick or dead would be far worse.
Rise up now and do your part.
A mask and a shot are moral places to start.
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#poem #poetry #halloween #pumpkins #davidebooker #102021
Filed under 2021, photo, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker
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
Filed under 2021, haiku, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker
Vote
Early voting now. /
Signs abound, asking your votes. /
Progress in your hands.
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Filed under 2021, haiku, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker
Fall sky
Bright light claims the blue. /
White clouds glow opalescent. /
Fall sky polished clear.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #poet #sky #clouds #fall #white #blue #writer #writing #photography #101818
Filed under 2018, haiku, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker
Halloween
Summer’s fallen dreams /
rests in pieces: Halloween. /
Buried nightmares bloom.
#haiku #poem #poetry #summer #halloween #nightmares #bloom #dreams #oldnorthknoxville #photo #davidebooker #October
101815/101821
Filed under 2015, 2021, haiku, Old North Knoxville, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker
Work undone
Work undone, days down. /
Flowers on the way, decline. /
Do now, work undone.
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#haiku #poetry #poem #bee #flower #october #sunday #work #undone #2020 #decline #photooftheday #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #knoxville #tennessee #101820
Filed under 2020, haiku, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker
Butterfly
When I see a butterfly,
I think of you.
Not because you flutter
And onto other flowers move.
No, you are more steady
Than that,
A Gardner’s steady
In a wide brimmed hat.
Turning the soil
And amending where needed
So the butterflies will come
To the flowers seeded.
They know not the beauty
Of your touch.
Only the beauty
Of summer’s flower rush.
I think of you
When I see butterflies,
Fluttering up and around
Reaching for the bright blue sky
Then swooping back to your prepared ground.
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For Beth
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#poem #photo #gardner #butterfly #beth #flower #davidebooker #october #sky #oldnorthknoxville #101621
Forming
Butterfly, I see /
Poised on a flower’s petals. /
Tomorrow forming.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #butterfly #forming #flower #petals #october #wednesday #2020 #tomorrow #photooftheday #davidebooker #knoxville #oldnorthknoxville #tennessee
101420
Color
Etched against autumn, /
Butterfly and sunflower /
Hold to summer’s bloom.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #butterfly #sunflower #bloom #summer #autumn #oldnorthknoxville #photo #davidebooker #october #friday #2021 #101521
Monsters
Monsters are due soon, /
Breaking promises in two: /
Trick or Treat, amen.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #halloween #oldnorthknoxville #writing #monster #writer #poet #trickortreat #101318
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