April 9, 2025 · 6:27 pm
Bringing
Sun said to Iris: /
“I bring forth a new Spring day. /
You bring forth new life.”
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#haiku #poem #poetry #sun #iris #spring #life #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #photooftheday #poemoftheday #april #friday #2021 #040921 #haiga
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April 8, 2025 · 8:40 pm
Cherry tree
Bright in the sunshine, /
the flowering cherry tree, /
rains pedals to earth.
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#cherry #tree #pedals #sunshine #earth #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxvilletennessee #davidebooker #april #tuesday #040825 #2025
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April 7, 2025 · 10:13 pm
Stray cat
Ah, that stray cat /
hiding out in search of /
a stolen breakfast.
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#stray #cat #breakfast #search #stolen #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #april #monday #040725 #2025
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April 6, 2025 · 10:36 pm
April rain
The April rain falls. /
Too much or too little, /
it will be rain.
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#april #rain #much #little #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #stormhaven #sunday #040625 #2025
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April 3, 2025 · 11:55 pm
Wind
Wind ripples the flag, /
slapping at the stars and stripes, /
tattering the dreams.
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#wind #flag #slapping #tattering #dreams #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxvilletn #davidebooker #april #thursday #040425 #2025
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April 2, 2025 · 10:46 pm
Poppy
Celandine poppy, /
bright yellow, blooming in spring, /
scent of poetry.
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#poppy #celandine #scent #yellow #spring #poetry #haiku #poem #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #april #wednesday #040225 #2025
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April 1, 2025 · 9:21 pm
Soft bread
Blooms on a cold day. /
Peanut butter on soft bread. /
Simple pleasures.
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#040125 #soft #bread#l #peanutbutter #blooms #day #cold #pleasures #simple #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #tuesday #2025
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March 30, 2025 · 12:39 pm
Holding
Pandora held her hope. /
Schrödinger held his question. /
I hold blooms and rain.
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#holding #pandora #schrodinger #hope #question #blooms #rain #I #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #talltalestogo #march #sunday #033025 #2025 #senryu
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March 27, 2025 · 11:32 pm
Schrödinger declined
Schrödinger declined. /
I am not dead or alive. /
I am the box.
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#schrodinger #declined #dead #alive #box #haiku #poem #poetry #senryu #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #march #thursday #032825 #2025
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March 26, 2025 · 8:54 pm
Skeleton of memories
Winter killed our tree. /
Don’t know if it was before, /
during, or after /
your death. Dead limbs hang barren: /
no buds, no leaves, no cherries. /
Skeleton of memories.
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#death #tree #limbs #winter #skeleton #memories #waka #poem #poetry #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #photo #march #friday #032522 #2022 #haiga #tanka
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