Category Archives: 2024

Photo finish Friday: “Shade”

Shade

The spring tree gives shade, /

even on a cloudy day, /

sometimes from the rain.

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#rain #spring #tree #shade #day #cloudy #poem #poetry #haiku #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #friday #050324 #2024

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Haiku to you Thursday “Garden”

Garden

Plant a garden not /

out of love, but forgiveness /

and the work it brings.

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#garden #love #forgiveness #work #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #haiga #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #thursday #050224 #042923t #2024

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“Cathedral folds”

Cathedral folds

Pleasant scent of grapes /

within the cathedral folds /

of purple Iris.

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#cathedral #folds #pleasant #grapes #iris #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #wednesday #050124 #2024

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“Planter”

Planter

Fur, flesh and plastic /

the pussycat and the owl /

share a green planter.

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#planter #pussycat #owl #fur #flesh #plastic #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #tuesday #043024 #2024

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“Heartless”

Heartless

Dorothy left me /

rusting among the flowers. /

Heartless beauty.

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#heartless #dorothy #rusting #flowers #beauty #haiga #photo #haiku #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #monday #2024 #042724

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“Hiding”

Hiding

The seed hides in soil /

to reveal what it will be /

once uncovered.

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#hiding #seed #soil #reveal #uncovered #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #sunday #042824 #2024

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“Embrace”

Embrace

Speak not your joys /

but embrace them like Iris /

touched by morning rain.

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#embrace #speak #joys #morning #rain #iris #haiku #haiga #poem #poetry #photo #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #saturday #042724 #2024

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Photo finish Friday: “Thief”

Thief

Beside the street, /

in a flowering Eden /

a snake jerked up Iris.

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#thief #snake #iris #eden #street #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #haiga #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #friday #042624 #2024

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“Bread”

Bread

Bread baking steps /

that step into memories, /

guided by the scents.

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#bread #baking #scents #steps #guided #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #talltalestogo #daivdebooker #april #wednesday #042424 #2024

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“The road”

The road

The road less traveled /

often becomes forgotten /

until the next snow.

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#road #traveled #snow #forgotten #becomes #poem #poetry #haiku #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #monday #042224 #2024 #011724p

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