
Dead head
Dead head hanging low. /
Summer clouds a heavy gray. /
Sun not flowering.
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Dead head
Dead head hanging low. /
Summer clouds a heavy gray. /
Sun not flowering.
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#haiku #poem #poet #poetry #writer #writing #davidebooker #sun #sunflower #clouds #gray #summer #july #wednesday #2019 #072419
Filed under 2019, haiku, Old North Knoxville, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker

Burdens
Blooms give way to seeds. /
Beauty and function balanced. /
Hope burdens summer.
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Reach
I am not a dream. /
Your waking will not end me. /
Lower that snack — now.
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City
Green near, blue far back. /
Mankind’s river flows between /
concrete, trees, and dreams.
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#concrete #dreams #mankind #trees #river #green #blue #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #july #thursday #072122 #2022

Sky
Climb the evening sky: /
clouds and dreams, unuttered truths /
ride down the sunbeams.
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#sunbeams #sky #clouds #truths #clouds #evening #dreams #poems #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #photo #july #wednesday #072022 #2022
Filed under 2022, haiku, Old North Knoxville, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker

Oh, Monday
Oh, Monday, you vex me. /
A sour text, you text me. /
You proclaim elation, /
Lying on a bed of consternation. /
You say, Arise! Make the wheels of capitalism spin /
As though my last ounce of weekend indolence a sin. /
Oh, Monday, I wish I could love you, /
Or at least, like a dove, fly above you. /
But the best I can do is grin /
And say, Let the hell begin again. /
Each day will have its number. /
Each day will have its blunder. /
But Monday is the gatekeeper /
Of all that will befall or be reaped here. /
I wish you all pleasant circumstances, /
Moments filled with life’s entrances. /
But remember, Monday is always near, /
Never far and always clear. /
Up ahead is your Twilight Zone, /
Childhood changed and then left alone. /
And all the monsters on Maple Street, /
Need a Monday to make them complete. /
Fear this monster, or if you dare, /
Extend a hard and show some care. /
Maybe Monday is lonely, too, /
And could use a friend just like you.
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#monday #vex #monster #newweek #twilightzone #cat #poem #poetry #rhyming #angst #anxiety #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #talltalestogo #july #monday #071822 #2022

Work
Blooms seduce and bring /
buzzing, focus on soft things. /
Summer’s work has wings.
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#summer #wings #work #buzzing #focus #blooms #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #july #saturday #071622 #2022
Filed under 2022, haiku, Old North Knoxville, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker

Fall
Pumpkin peeking. /
Heat above the leaves holds sway. /
Fall whispers its name.
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#fall #pumpkin #heat #leaves #whispers #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #july #friday #071522 #2022

Days
Some days are lemon, /
some days are orange, other /
days are empty cans.
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Days
Some days are lemon, /
some days are orange, other /
days are empty cans.
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#days #lemon #orange #cans #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #july #thursday #071422 #2022