Monthly Archives: April 2024

“Rose”

Rose

I stop and wonder /

what religion is the rose, /

both fragrance and thorns.

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“Early”

Early

Early ripening /

tomatoes in the morning /

glistening with rain. /

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#early #rain #tomatoes #morning #poem #poetry #haiku #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #saturday #042024 #2024

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“Cocoon”

Cocoon

An Iris cocooned /

in its purple spire working /

to bloom into now.

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#iris #cocoon #bloom #spire #now #poem #poetry #haiku #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #Friday #041924 #2024

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“Birthday”

Birthday

Thinking of you now. /

Remembering your roots now. /

Flowers bloom in town.

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#now #flowers #thinking #remembering #you #town #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #tuesday #birthday #041922 #2022

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Haiku to you Thursday: “Again”

Again

Tower of purple /

bathed in rain. Blooming again /

to begin again.

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#again #tower #rain #blooming #begin #bathed #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #thursday #041824 #2024

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“Pluck”

Pluck

To pluck the sun, /

pluck the Iris from the Earth /

and leave one more tear.

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#pluck #iris #sun #earth #leave #tear #poem #poetry #haiku #haiga #photo #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #talltalestogo #april #monday #041524 #2024

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“Memory”

Memory

Red columbine, /

shooting star through April rain, /

lights my memories.

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#columbine #memory #light #red #shootingstar #april #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #photo #friday #041522 #2022

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“Arrange”

Arrange

Arrange and exchange: /

flowers and presents and names – /

blooming, wrapped, and loved.

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#arrange #exchange #blooming #wrapped #loved #flowers #presents #names #haiku #haiga #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #sunday #april #041424 #2024

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“Blushes”

Blushes

The Iris blushes /

only for the color, not /

for embarrassment.

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#iris #blushes #color #embarrassment #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #okdnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #thursday #041323 #2023

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“Iris wings”

Iris wings

If angels have wings, /

none could be more beautiful /

than your white Iris.

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#Iris #wings #angels #white #beautiful #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnrthknoxville #davidebooker #april #saturday #2024 #041324

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