Category Archives: 2024

“Oh, Santa”

Oh, Santa

Oh, Santa, your wife /

is so distraught. You left your /

August balls behind.

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Photo finish Friday: “Sun”

Sun

Ordinary star, /

our sun a steady beacon /

in the August sky.

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#sun #beacon #star #sky #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #friday #082324 #2024

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“Know”

Know

A field of flowers: /

bright, showy, and all dressed the same. /

Does each know its own?

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#field #flowers #know #showy #own #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #wednesday #081823t #082124 #2024

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“Withered”

Withered

The dying flower, /

withered with its ending, /

purifies our beauty.

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#withered #flower #dying #ending #purifies #beauty #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #tuesday #082024 #2024

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“Bound”

Bound

Soon bound by the night, /

the cardinal works free seed, /

ruffled vagabond.

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#bound #vagabond #cardinal #seed #night #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #sunday #081824 #2024

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“Curiosity”

Curiosity

Curiosity /

has nine lives or at least one /

of an enticed cat.

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#curiosity #cat #lives #enticed #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #saturday #081724 #2024

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Photo finish Friday: “Evening”

Evening

Evening arises. /

Sunflowers glow under the moon. /

Crickets chirp their dreams.

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#evening #sunflowers #moon #crickets #dreams #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #friday #081624 #2024

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Haiku to you Thursday: “Whisper”

Whisper

August overhead, /

clouds sailing a hot, blue sky, /

whispering of fall.

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Whisper

August overhead, /

clouds sailing a hot, blue sky, /

whispering of fall.

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#whisper #clouds #sky #fall #sailing #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #knoxville ##davidebooker #august #thursday #081524 #2024

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“Busy”

Busy

Busy as a bee, /

you say you are as I stand, /

like a sunflower.

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#busy #sunflower #bee #stand #you #I #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #monday #081224 #2024

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“Transcends”

Transcends

Its blossom fleeting, /

the sunflower lives briefly. /

Its beauty transcends.

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#transcends #beauty #fleeting #sunflower #lives #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #sunday #081124 #2024

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