Hardboiled
Smoke paints the dawn. /
Heat climbs to triple digits. /
LA is hardboiled.
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#hardboiled #smoke #heat #LA #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photonotmine #davidebooker #robertcrais #august #Friday #080825 #2025
Robert Crais’s original words: Smoke painting the dawn, unhealthful air quality, heat climbing to triple digits—LA is hardboiled. Photo by Robert Crais, writer of the Elvis Coke and Joe Pike private detective novels, and others.
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The new pink
The Danse Macabre /
Dark is a black flamingo /
Death is the new pink.
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#pink #danse #macabre #flamingo #black #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #august #wednesday #080618p #080625t #2025
One day
One day, the days end. /
The gravestones mark those days. /
The clouds mourn not.
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#one #day #clouds #gravestones #mourn #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxvilletn #davidebooker #august #tuesday #080525 #2025
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Cat
Dreams find you, /
even on a cloudy day, /
napping on a railing.
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#cat #dreams #napping #day #railing #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #august #sunday #080325 #2025
See
See a soaring face. /
See a gray, brooding mountain. /
See the clouds misplaced.
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#see #face #mountains #clouds #misplaced #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #saturday #080324 #2024
Soft
Soft waves stroke the beach. /
Soft strokes touch your tired soul. /
Recede and return.
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#soft #waves #beach #strokes #soul #recede #return #haiku #poem #poetry #photonotmine #haiga #davidebooker #july #Wednesday #073025t #080225 #2025
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Abstract
Clouds swirl arabesque, /
counting winds, flirting with light. /
Gossamer kisses.
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#abstract #arabesque #winds #light #gossamer #kisses #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #august #tuesday #080222 #2022 #haiga
Hope
Hope flutters my thoughts, /
shaded nighttime butterflies, /
carrying my dreams.
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#hope #thoughts #butterflies #nighttime #dreams #haiku #poem #poetry #davidebooker #july #Thursday #073125 #2025
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