Still life
Still life, resting fruit, /
tormented painter strokes canvas, /
shaping color.
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#still #life #fruit #color #painter #tormented #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #painting #ekphrasis #august #sunday #083125 #2025
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“Still life”
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Photo finish Friday: “Orphan”
Orphan
Orphaned in my cell, /
ten thousand of who I am, /
bury my soul.
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#082925 #orphan #soul #cell #senryu #haiku #haiga #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #knoxville #painting #ekphrasis #davidebooker #august #friday #2025
Haiku to you Thursday: “Still”
Still
Shirt draped over chair. /
Shadows trick my memories. /
You gone; me here still.
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#memories #ekphrasis #haiku #painting #thursday #082925 #shirt #still #shadows #senryu #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #davidebooker #knoxville #2025 #august
“Descending”
Descending
Sun fades onto lake.
Brown trees embrace the shore.
Autumn descending.
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#descending #sun #lake #trees #embrace #shore #autumn #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #painting #davidebooker #august #thursday #082825 #2025 #ekphrasis
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“August days”
August days
Rusted tin man /
and dying cornflowers — /
August days decay.
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#august #days #tinman #cornflower #decay #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #tuesday #082625 #2025
“Stops”
Stops
Abandoned portals: /
memories echo, dust stirs, /
footsteps lead to wind.
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#stops #footsteps #wind #dust #portals #memories #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #august #tuesday #082322 #2022 #haiga
Filed under 2022, haiku, photo, Photo by author, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poet, poetry, poetry by author, Poetry by David E. Booker
“Refrain”
Refrain
Thunder and rain /
August in ugly refrain. /
Dog feeling restrained.
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#refrain #restrain #thunder #rain #dog #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #stormhaven #august #sunday #082325 #2025
“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 #082124 #2024
Haiku to you Thursday: “Portrait”
Portrait
Centuries from now, /
a doctor works diligently. /
Portrait in time.
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#portrait #doctor #time #centuries #works #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #startrek #mccoy #davidebooker #august #thursday #082125t #081516p #2025
“Worry”
Worry
Worry is a leaf /
withered in the August sun, /
worthless in the fall.
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#worry #withered #worthless #leaf #fall #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #august #tuesday #081925 #082123t #2025
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