
Reflection
Do we fret and strut /
Our hour upon the stage then /
Leave unreflected?
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#poem #haiku #davidebooker #poet #poetry #write #writer #writing #reflection #unreflected #stage #strut #fret #stage #062619 #2019

Reflection
Do we fret and strut /
Our hour upon the stage then /
Leave unreflected?
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#poem #haiku #davidebooker #poet #poetry #write #writer #writing #reflection #unreflected #stage #strut #fret #stage #062619 #2019
Filed under 2019, haiku, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker

Damnation
The Devil’s Tongue blooms /
Under summer’s hot, first days /
Sun and damnation.
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#damnation #summer #devil #tongue #sun #bloom #photo #haiku #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #062618 #2018
Filed under 2018, haiku, Old North Knoxville, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker

Home
The dead and living /
Occupy the same domain. /
Sharing rain and sun.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #photooftheday #living #dead #sun #rain #share #garden #domain #lily #flower #thursday #june #2020 #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #tennessee #knoxville #062520
Filed under 2020, haiku, Old North Knoxville, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker

Threshold
Today speaks decay. /
Memory echoes the past. /
Threshold whispers, “Why?”
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#threshold #why #echoes #whispers #today #memory #speaks #decay #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #talltalestogo #june #saturday #062522 #2022
Filed under 2022, haiku, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker

Threshold
Rival bumblebees /
joust across the dark flower: /
pollen and honor.
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#threshold #pollen #honor #bummblebee #flower #joust #rivals #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #davidebooker #talltalestogo #oldnorthknoxville #june #friday #062422 # 2022

Waiting
Lightning Bug waits on /
the sunflower stalk for dark /
and the Mistress Moon.
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#lightningbug, #mistress #moon #sunflower #stalk #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #june #thursday #062322 #2022

Good eats
Thanks for the big eats. /
I lick my face to finish. /
Better than a bird.
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#cat #eats #face #finish #bird #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #wednesday #062222 #2022
Filed under 2022, haiku, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker

No return
It feels good, Beth said. /
She snapped off dead lily heads, /
dropped them to the ground. /
This evening, I did the same, /
but she did not return.
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#waka #tanka #haiku #lily #head #dead #evening #beth #photo #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #tuesday #062122 #2022
Filed under 2022, haiku, Old North Knoxville, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker

Incantation
Fire of the sunlight, /
Lucifer Crocosmia. /
Incantation’s tongue.
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#lucifer #fire #sunlight #crocosmia #incantation #photo #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #monday #062022 #2022
Filed under 2022, haiku, Old North Knoxville, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker

Historic
History in bloom. /
Old North Knoxville sunflowers /
rise to meet the day.
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#history #bloom
#ONK #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #sunflower #historicneighborhood #june #sunday #061922 #2022
Filed under 2022, haiku, Old North Knoxville, photo, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker