Category Archives: 2026

“Rising and falling”

Rising and falling

Hard: stairs and prayers. /

Thoughtless: stares and players. /

Rising and falling.

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#rising #falling #hard #thoughtless #stairs #stares #prayers #players #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #july #tuesday #071426 #2026

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“Scents”

Scents

Summertime bread /

expands the kitchen with scents /

slowly lost to time.

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#kitchen #bread #scents #time #summertime #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #july #sunday #071226 #2026

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Photo finish Friday: “Touch”

Touch

A touch of rain. /

Here and there; now and then. /

A lover felt and gone.

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#touch #rain #lover #felt #gone #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #july #friday #071026 #2026

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“Puff”

Puff

Puff the magic cloud /

rides the summer updraft heat: /

weather and dragon.

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#puff #cloud #summer #heat #dragon #weather #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #haiga #knoxville #davidebooker #july #wednesday #070826 #2026

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“Border”

Border

Dog at the border: /

more attention and more food. /

Enough is not real.

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#border #dog #food #attention #enough #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #july #tuesday #070726 #2026

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“Within”

Within

Deep, the well within. /

Bright, the penny descends. /

Soft, the echo ends.

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#within #well #penny #echo #descends #ends #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #davidebooker #july #saturday #070326 #2026 #stormhaven #070623t

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“Rule”

Rule

Rule of 95. /

Any flavor you contrive. /

Eat Ice Cream — Survive.

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#rule #95 #icecream #survive #contrive #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxville #davidebooker #july #wednesday #070126 #2026

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“Stairs”

Stairs

Stairs point up and down, /

each step blocked by the next /

obstacle and release.

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#stairs #step #obstacle #release #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photonotmine #davidebooker #june #tuesday #060320p #062823t #063026 #2026

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“Faces”

Faces

Faces are the crowd, /

All large and well-endowed. /

Artist rendered, quite proud.

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#faces #crowd #large #artist #proud #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxville #museum #davidebooker #june #Saturday #062726 #2026

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“Anchor”

Anchor

Anchor of the night. /

Peeking full-moon light. /

Tree climbing in flight.

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#anchor #night #moon #light #tree #flight #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #monday #062926 #2026

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