Category Archives: haiku

“Remembrance”

Remembrance

When you reach the end /

there’s a sign. Not an exit, /

but in remembrance.

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Once again (2020)

Once again (2020)

Cold day for treatment. /

Chemotherapy’s embrace /

In both weather and bones.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #poet #writer #writing #davidebooker #tuesday #2020 #january #chemotherapy #treatment #photo #cvold #bones #embrace #knoxville #tennessee #012120 #haiga

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“Seeds”

Seeds

Soybean seeds scattered /

on a cold winter morning,

shining in the sun.

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#seeds #soybean #sun #winter #morning #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #monday #011926 #2026

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“Baking”

Baking

Winter baking /

Pleasant scents rise on the warmth /

of old recipes.

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#baking #winter #recipes #warmth #scents #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #davidebooker #january #sunday #011826 #2026

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“Cancer”

Cancer

Cancer is Winter: /

Hard on the outer shell /

Opens inner seeds.

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#haiku #january #2019 #poem #poetry #writing #writer #cancer #winter #shell #seeds #quilt #inner #outer #haiga #010319 #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #robertajones

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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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