August 27, 2023 · 11:40 pm

Slowly
Slowly in August /
the petals fall and then wants /
and needs are one.
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#slowly #petals #wants #needs #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #talltalestogo #August #Sunday #082723 #2023
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August 26, 2023 · 11:39 pm

Hide
Fragile and sun-bleached, /
petals of the sunflower /
hide the predator.
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#fragile #petals #sunflower #predator #sunbleached #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #hide #talltalestogo #davidebooker #august #saturday #082624 #2023
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August 25, 2023 · 11:39 pm

Life
Do flowers lament /
as they die or do they laugh /
with life’s transience?
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#life #laugh #lament #die #flowers #transience #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #friday #082523 #2023
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August 24, 2023 · 11:55 pm

Raspberries
Collected at dusk, /
raspberries in an old cap, /
makeshift evening food.
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#raspberries #cap #makeshift #food #dusk #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #thursday #082423 #2023
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August 23, 2023 · 11:44 pm

Reclaim
Up through the asphalt, /
the common sow thistle grows, /
reclaiming its home.
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#asphalt #sow-thistle #home #reclaim #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #UT #knoxville #davidebooker #august #wednesday #082323 #2023
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August 23, 2023 · 10:34 pm

Stops
Abandoned portals: /
memories echo, dust stirs, /
footsteps lead to wind.
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#stops #footsteps #wind #dust #portals #memories #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #august #tuesday #082322 #2022
Stops
Abandoned portals: /
memories echo, dust stirs, /
footsteps lead to wind.
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#stops #footsteps #wind #dust #portals #memories #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #august #tuesday #082322 #2022
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August 22, 2023 · 11:57 pm

Ghost
Is death life’s ghost or /
is life’s impermanence /
the ghost of death?
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#ghost #life #death #impermanence #photo #poem #poetry #senryu #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #tuesday #082223 #2023
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August 21, 2023 · 11:38 pm

Echoes
Flowers do not scream /
when they die, but their beauty /
echoes with the bees.
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#echoes #bees #flowers #scream #die #beauty #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #monday #082123 #2023
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August 20, 2023 · 12:16 am

Eyes
Eyes on the flower, /
a triangular face turns /
and we both ponder.
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#head #face #eyes #flower #ponder #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #oldnorthknoxville
#davidebooker #august #sunday #082023 #2023
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August 18, 2023 · 11:59 pm

Fractured
Face turned toward the light, /
sunflower leaves catch its shade, /
fractured by sunlight.
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#fractured #shade #face #leaves #sunlight #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #friday #081823 #2023
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