Knots
The fierce rain falls, /
then the Gordian clouds part. /
Knots untied in the sky.
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#knots #rain #gordian #clouds #sky #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxville #davidebooker #may #friday #053025 #2025
Category Archives: haiku
Haiku to you Thursday: “Bespeckled”
Bespeckled
Bespeckled by rain, /
bright asiatic lilies /
shine like yellow suns.
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#bespeckled #lilies #suns #rain #shine #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #stormhaven #may #thursday #052925 #2025
“True love”
True love
It was not true love. /
I lost my head for spinach. /
Olive, please forgive.
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#truelove #spinach #052718 #2018 #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #popeye #may #knoxville
Filed under 2018, haiku, photo, Photo by author, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poet, poetry, poetry by author, Poetry by David E. Booker
“Darkness”
Darkness
What of the darkness /
do you see? Finding the light, /
can there be, you and me?
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#darkness #see #be #you #me #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #davidebooker #knoxville #wednesday #052725 #2025 #may
Filed under 2025, haiku, photo, Photo by author, photo by David E. Booker, poem, poet, poetry, poetry by author, Poetry by David E. Booker
“Signs”
Signs
VBS signs bloom, /
weeding out the heathens. /
Oh, Summer, I’m one.
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#signs #vbs #summer #heathens #weeding #haigu #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxville #davidebooker #may #tuesday #052725 #2025
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“Momentarily”
Momentarily
Red among the green, /
the cardinal grips a limb — /
momentarily.
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#momentarily #cardinal #limb #red #green #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #photobyJenniferLubke #davidebooker #may #sunday #052525 #2025
Filed under 2025, haiku, Old North Knoxville, photo, poem, poet, poetry, poetry by author, Poetry by David E. Booker
Photo finish Friday: “Sweet pea”
Sweet pea
The iris have peaked, /
the day lilies yet to bloom, /
the sweet pea shines.
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#sweetpea #shines #daylily #iris #bloom #peaked #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #stormhaven #may #friday #052325 #2025
“Thunderhead”
Thunderhead
Thunderhead in the sky /
I watch you blithely float by. /
Why no rain? Say why.
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#thunderhead #cloud #rain #float #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #may #sunday #052222 #2022 #haiga
Haiku to you Thursday: “Listened”
Listened
We sat and listened. /
When does breeze become wind? /
Leaves and chimes opined.
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#wind #chimes #breeze #listened #leaves #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #senryu #davidebooker #may #thursday #031923p #052225t #2025
“Desire”
Desires
Through its own desires, /
the Virginia Spiderwort /
returns and blooms.
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#desires #virginiaspiderwort #returns #blooms #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #may #wednesday #052125 #2025
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