
Mother
Your garden whispers /
your name, unfolds your beauty /
in each bright petal.
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Mother
Your garden whispers /
your name, unfolds your beauty /
in each bright petal.
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#garden #whispers #mother #beauty #name #petal #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #sunday #050822 #2022

Yearning
Earth’s Moon hanging high /
bright light in the cold night sky /
we, in yearning, try.
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#moon #haiku #poem #poetry #yearning #friday #may #2020 #davidebooker #nightphotography #050820
Filed under 2020, haiku, photo, poem, poetry, poetry by author, Poetry by David E. Booker

Tall tale
The gravedigger says, /
As his needling wife’s unearthed, /
“It’s all a big yarn.”
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#poem #haiku #davidebooker #poet #writer #writing #may #monday #2019 #pun #wife #gravedigger #humor #unearthed #skeleton #needles #050619
Filed under 2019, haiku, photo, poem, poetry, poetry by author, Poetry by David E. Booker

Spiderwort
Small, purple petals, /
the Ohio Spiderwort /
weaves through your garden.
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#flower #garden #spiderwort #ohio #photo #haiku #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #saturday #050722 #2022

I don’t know who is showing the most hip, but I can guess who is being the most cheeky in this photo.
Is this a drunken, African version of the Running of the Bulls? The Hightailing Away from the Hippopotamus? Or would that be Hippopotami?
Oh my
the hippopotami
have come to try
and drive me away.
I undressed
to my birthday best
to take my rest
on a hot day.
I did not know
it was no place to go
that I could not show
my full display.
I have caused unrest
put nature to the test
because I undressed
and tried to stay.
One big old brute
did not like my birthday suit
so I gave him the salute
and he huffed my way.
With no pants
I had little chance
to make a stance
or have my say.
I now must leave
but please don’t grieve
and don’t yet believe
I am human filet.
Filed under 2023, humor, poem, poetry, Poetry by David E. Booker

Drupelets
Green drupelets encase /
blackberry seeds and ripen. /
Summer’s dark delights.
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#summer #blackberry #drupelets #seeds #delights #ripen #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #saturday #050623 #2023

Hope for the creek
The Hail Mary here /
Is neither pass nor prayer /
But hope for the creek.
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#050518 #Beth #Hail-Mary #creek #hope #May #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker

Know
I will never know /
an Iris’s mind; only that /
you planted it.
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Water flower
White Iris petals /
Folded by the falling Spring /
Rise to catch the rain.
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#olddnorthknoxville #photo #davidebooker #2019 #april #haiku #poem #poetry #poet #writing #writer #iris #rain #spring #pedal #040519

Smudge
Obscured moon tonight. /
Thin clouds and haze smudge my sight. /
Rain, tomorrow’s plight?
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#smudge #moon #tonight #clouds #haze #sight #rain #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #thursday #050423 #2023