Category Archives: haiku

“Cancer”

Cancer

Cancer is Winter: /

Hard on the outer shell /

Opens inner seeds.

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Photo finish Friday: “January lights”

January lights

January lights /

echo holiday delights, /

and stir a smile.

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#january #lights #holiday #delights #smile #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #friday #011626 #2026

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“Train”

Train

Train in the rain. /

Car askew in its lane. /

January a bane.

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#train #haiku #haiga #bane #rain #car #poem #poetry #photo #knoxville #davidebooker #january #wednesday #011426 #2026

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“Essence”

Essence

My mind’s essence: /

I strive for understanding. /

I glimpse between worlds.

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#glimpse #essence #haiku #haiga #senryu #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #wednesday #121426 #2026

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“Moon”

Moon

Bare winter branches, /

full moon weaves between them, /

skyward into night.

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#moon #skyward #winter #branches #night #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #sunday #011225 #2025

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“Imagine”

Imagine

Imagine a sky /

a sun and compassion /

all, everywhere.

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#imagine #sky #sun #compassion #everywhere #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #monday #011226 #2026

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“Inward”

Inward

In a word: inward

The birds sing loudly today.

The cat sits alone.

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“Vogue”

Vogue

In Vogue, an old man /

carries his possessions, while /

walking with his cane.

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#vogue #cane #vogue #man #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxville #tennessee #davidebooker #january #wednesday #010725 #2025

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“winter light”

winter light

Street light thins. /

Sun a little longer again. /

Winter day begins.

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#winter #lights #day #street #light #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #sunday #010426 #2026

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“New and Not”

New and Not

Alone and not. /

A body and a shadow. /

New year and still old.

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#new #not #year #old #body #shadow #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #010126 #2026

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