February 1, 2024 · 8:33 pm

Dandelion love
It survived the snow, /
ten inches, and frigid nights: /
dandelion love.
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#dandelion #love #snow #nights #inches #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #february #thursday #020124 #2024
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January 25, 2024 · 11:18 pm

Bristles
Bristles in ice /
rattled like bones, but could not /
sweep winter aside.
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#bristles #bones #winter #sweep #ice #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #thursday #012524 #2024
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January 24, 2024 · 11:44 pm

Atlas
Bare limbs, Atlas’ arms, /
hold mammotocumulus /
heavy with winter.
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#mammatocumulus #winter #limbs #atlas #arms #photo #haiga #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #thursday #012424 #2024
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January 18, 2024 · 9:38 pm

Ghost
A ghost of summer, /
a coneflower in winter, /
brittle stalk and day.
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#ghost #coneflower #summer #winter #stalk #day #haiga #haiku #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #photo #davidebooker #january #thursday #011824 #2024
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January 11, 2024 · 11:24 pm

Sometimes
I hold you now /
in memories high as clouds — /
sometimes just as thin.
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#sometimes #memories #thin #clouds #hold #photo #haiga #haiku #poem #poetry #knoxville #davidebooker #january #thursday #011124 #2024
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December 15, 2023 · 12:03 am

One-eyed car
Bare limbs embrace
the full spectrum of evening
and the one-eyed car
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#121423 #oneeyed #car #bare #limbs #evening #spectrum #poem #embrace #poetry #haiku #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #december #thursday #2023
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December 7, 2023 · 11:43 pm

Holiday
A young lad dreams of /
riding his paper airplane /
like Santa’s red sleigh.
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#holiday #dreams #lad #paper #airplane #santa #sleigh #photo #haiga #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #december #thursday #120723 #2023
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November 30, 2023 · 8:53 pm

Communion
Cooper’s Hawk waits /
in empty communion /
with scattered birds.
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#communion #hawk #cooper’s #birds #photo #wait #haiga #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #november #thursday #113023 #2023
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November 16, 2023 · 10:23 pm

Wiry smile
A wiry smile /
bends across a cold, hard face /
in the morning sun.
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#wiry #smile #bend #face #morning #sun #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #haiga #humor #pun #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #november #thursday #111623 #2023
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October 26, 2023 · 11:57 pm

Caress
Sky touches nothing /
yet still caresses the Earth’s /
all-embracing beauty.
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#caress #sky #earth #touch #nothing #beauty #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #october #thursday #102523 #102512 #2023
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