Category Archives: Old North Knoxville

Photo finish Friday: “Evening sun”

Evening sun

Evening sun threads light /

through the verdant August grass, /

weaving cat tableau.

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#evening #sun #weave #thread #grass #cat #light #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #friday #081222 #2022

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“Honor”

Honor
To honor the dead, /
the living must now remember: /
they are not alone.
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#honor #dead #living #alone #remember #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #august #sunday #080722 #2022

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“Leaf”

Leaf

Long shadows, dead veins, /

leaf stuck in blueberry bush. /

Reading the future.

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#leaf #blueberry #bush #shadows #veins #future #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #saturday #080622 #2022

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“Oh, Cindy Lou”

Oh, Cindy Lou

The Grinch met his end. /

Cindy Lou Who, was it you?/

Heartless mystery.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #thursday #august #2020 #drseuss #cindylouwho #grinch #davidebooker #photooftheday #mystery #oldnorthknoxville #knoxville #tennessee #whoville #murder #080620

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“Hints”

Hints

Fall is dropping hints. /

Yellow, brown, red, orange notes. /

Winter whispers: “Yes.”

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#yellow #notes #brown #fall #hints #winter #whispers #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #talltalestogo #august #thursday #080422 #2022

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“Buzz”

Buzz

Crossing and searching, /

overhead buzzed a manmade bug. /

Cloud holds its silence.

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#buzz #bug #manmade #cloud #silence #crossing #searching #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #wednesday #080322 #2022

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“Abstract”

Abstract

Clouds swirl arabesque, /

counting winds, flirting with light. /

Gossamer kisses.

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#abstract #arabesque #winds #light #gossamer #kisses #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #august #tuesday #080222 #2022

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“Death”

Death

Death is an old skin, /

an exoskeleton shed /

only in passing.

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#death #old #skin #exoskeleton #passing #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #talltalestogo #july #sunday #073122 #2022

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“Flame”

Flame

Pursuing pollen, /

Icarus could have been a bee, /

cindered by desire.

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#icarus #bee #desire #cindered #flame #pollen #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #talltalestogo #july #saturday #073022 #2022

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Photo finish Friday: “Mirror”

Mirror

Mirror sunflower, /

brightest in darker colors. /

Shades of night shining.

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#shades #night #dark #colors #mirror #sunflower #shining #poem #poetry #haiku #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #july #friday #072922 #2022

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