January 11, 2025 · 11:59 pm
Swans
Four swans in the snow: /
stone stiff, nowhere to go. /
Spring soon? Sun rides low.
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#swans #sun #low #stone #spring #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #saturday #011125 #2025
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January 9, 2025 · 11:28 pm
Tea kettle
Tea kettle on ice, /
hot water cracks winter’s glass, /
restores disorder.
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#teakettle #ice #hot #water #winter #disorder #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #thursday #010925 #2025
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January 7, 2025 · 11:58 pm
Ripples
Each drink a ripple. /
Each ripple a crest in time /
caused by a cat’s tongue.
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#ripples #tongue #crest #drink #time #cat #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #tuesday #010725 #2025
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January 4, 2025 · 5:09 am
Cancer
Cancer is Winter: /
Hard on the outer shell /
Opens inner seeds.
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January 4, 2025 · 5:07 am
Openings
Holes and promises,
openings undone until
fulfilled.
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January 1, 2025 · 11:58 pm
Winter Laughs
The New Year arrives
Old Man Winter has a laugh
His cold strokes your hopes.
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December 31, 2024 · 9:54 pm
The husk
In ten billion years /
the sun will be a cold husk /
The sunflower’s cold now.
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December 31, 2024 · 2:42 pm
Shuffle
You shuffle the deck /
then deal the icicles that /
define my future.
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December 31, 2024 · 7:07 am
Falling
Shadows play with clouds; /
the sun descends as if /
falling through a dream.
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#shadows #clouds #play #sun #dream #falling #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #december #tuesday #123124 #2024
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December 30, 2024 · 1:09 am
Memories and seeds
Snow becomes the past. /
Seeds wait, memories to come. /
Seasons step around.
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