Memories
Scraped like old paint, /
memories chip away time, /
bare in summer’s heat.
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#071525 #haiku #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #poem #poetry #photo #memories #time #chip #summer #heat #davidebooker #stormhaven #july #tuesday #2025
Category Archives: haiku
“Waits”
Waits
Around the milkweed /
winds Carolina Snailseed /
while milkweed bug waits.
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#waits #milkweed #snailseed #carolina #bug #around #haiku #haiga #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #071425 #2025 #july #monday
“Place”
Place
Find your proper place /
Even if it’s out of place. /
A new beginning.
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#place #beginning #new #outofplace #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #july #sunday #071321t #071325p #2025
“Threshold”
Threshold
On the threshold, /
cats, moments, and promises /
make their short homes.
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#threshold #071225 #homes #cat #moments #promises #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #2025 #july #saturday
“Never”
Never
Fight and struggle, /
strangle and hold; hate and love
never live alone.
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#never #fight #struggle #strangle #hold #alone #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxvilletn #davidebooker #july #wednesday #2025 #070925
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“Rebirth”
Rebirth
Rescued from the fall, /
sunflowers thrive in the vase. /
Summer storm rebirth.
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#rebirth #rescued #summer #storm #sunflowers #vase #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #july #monday #070824 #2024
“Icarus”
Icarus
Beyond the blind clouds, /
Icarus lingers, forlorn, /
hopes struck by the sun.
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#Icarus #hopes #clouds #sun #forlorn #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxvilletn #davidebooker #july #monday #070725 #2025
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“Within”
Within
Deep the well within. /
Bright the penny that descends. /
Soft the echo ends.
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#within #well #penny #echo #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #july #sunday #070625p #070623t #2025
Haiku to you Thursday: “Lily now”
Lily now
Yellow like sunlight, /
shadows like the fading moon. /
Lily now; lost too soon.
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#lily #now #sunlight #moon #shadows #yellow #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #july #thursday #070325 #2025
“Smudged nightmare”
Smudged nightmare
Van Gogh nightmare: /
sun smudged behind gray clouds. /
Swirling — still no sale.
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#070125 #smudged #nightmare #sun #clouds #vangogh #nosale #poem #poetry #haiku #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #july #tuesday #070125 #2025
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