September 10, 2023 · 10:23 pm
Streamers
Colorful streamers. /
Former sunflower petals. /
Bright and then dead brown.
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#streamers #sunflower #petals #bright #dead #brown #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #September #Sunday #091023 #2023
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August 31, 2023 · 11:44 pm
Secrets
Whispering secrets, /
the dying sunflower /
to the living one.
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#secrets #whispering #sunflower #dying #living #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #thursday #083123 #2023
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August 26, 2023 · 11:39 pm
Hide
Fragile and sun-bleached, /
petals of the sunflower /
hide the predator.
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#fragile #petals #sunflower #predator #sunbleached #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #hide #talltalestogo #davidebooker #august #saturday #082624 #2023
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August 18, 2023 · 11:59 pm
Fractured
Face turned toward the light, /
sunflower leaves catch its shade, /
fractured by sunlight.
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#fractured #shade #face #leaves #sunlight #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #friday #081823 #2023
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August 8, 2023 · 11:55 pm
August light
Burnt red sunflower /
hangs its heavy summer head /
in the August light.
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#sunflower #summer #head #light #August #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #Tuesday #080823 #2023
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August 7, 2023 · 11:57 pm
Waits
Praying mantis waits, /
perched on dying sunflower. /
Death waits on death’s face.
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August 4, 2023 · 11:53 pm
Zebulon skipper
Raindrops on petals, /
butterfly on sunflower. /
August on the air.
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#raindrops #butterfly #august #petals #sunflower #air #zebulon-skipper #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #friday #080423 #2023
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July 19, 2023 · 11:53 pm
Both
One sunflower dies. /
Others struggle to be born. /
The stalk supports both.
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July 17, 2023 · 11:54 pm
Bowed
Discarded seed husks /
litter the sunflower’s back, /
its face bowed earthward.
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