Shrug
Ten years have passed. /
You were here then; this was home. /
The summer sun shrugs.
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#shrug #summer #sun #you #home #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxville #davidebooker #july #sunday #072025 #2025
Monthly Archives: July 2025
“Reflection”
Reflection
From seed into bloom, /
the flower does the right thing, /
even unto death.
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#071925 #reflection #flower #seed #bloom #death #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #july #saturday #2025
Haiku to you Thursday: “Closet Cross”
Closet cross
Closet cross. /
Mannequin Christian./
Authoritarian prayers.
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#071725 #closet #cross #prayers #authoritarian #mannequin #christian #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #july #thursday #knoxville #2025
“Memories”
Memories
Scraped like old paint, /
memories chip away time, /
bare in summer’s heat.
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#071525 #haiku #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #poem #poetry #photo #memories #time #chip #summer #heat #davidebooker #stormhaven #july #tuesday #2025
“Waits”
Waits
Around the milkweed /
winds Carolina Snailseed /
while milkweed bug waits.
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#waits #milkweed #snailseed #carolina #bug #around #haiku #haiga #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #071425 #2025 #july #monday
“Place”
Place
Find your proper place /
Even if it’s out of place. /
A new beginning.
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#place #beginning #new #outofplace #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #july #sunday #071321t #071325p #2025
“Threshold”
Threshold
On the threshold, /
cats, moments, and promises /
make their short homes.
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#threshold #071225 #homes #cat #moments #promises #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #2025 #july #saturday
“Outlawed”
Outlawed
Beauty outlawed /
the last flower remains /
defiant unto death.
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#outlawed #death #flower #beauty #defiant #haiku #haiga #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #july #friday #071125 #2025
“Never”
Never
Fight and struggle, /
strangle and hold; hate and love
never live alone.
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#never #fight #struggle #strangle #hold #alone #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxvilletn #davidebooker #july #wednesday #2025 #070925
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